Unicaja: a choral team with acquaintances on both sides
Up to seven players from the Málaga team score 8 or more points per game in Kravish, Sima and Ibon Navarro's return to Nou Congost
Bàsquet Manresa has won 31 of the 78 matches played against Baloncesto Málaga SAD in the maximum state competition. The Bages team has accumulated seven consecutive victories (counting the two achieved in the quarter-finals of the Basketball Champions League), the last on May 11, 2022 (95-100), in a duel in which they were winning by 24 points.
Unicaja is a very choral team, as they only have one player among the top five in the competition in some statistical section: Kendrick Perry is the one who commits the most fouls in the Endesa League, with 3.1 per game. The inner game of the Málaga players is made up of two men with a past at Bages: David Kravish, who was at the Manresa club in the 2019-2020 season, and Yankuba Sima, who arrived in Málaga last week, he served there from 2018 to 2022. The Andalusian team is managed by Ibon Navarro, coach of the then ICL Manresa from 2015 to 2017.
As for team statistics, Unicaja is third in efficiency, with 98.75 credits per game, fourth in points in favor, with 86.06, second in assists, with 18.81 (BAXI Manresa is fifth with 18.19), first in rebounds, with 12, third in two-point shots scored, with 21.94, first in percentage of two-point shots, with 58.7%, and third in fouls committed, with 22.44 (BAXI Manresa is the leader with 24.38).
Other interesting facts
-Adam Waczynski played for Unicaja from 2016 to 2021. At this time, specifically on March 25, 2018, he set his record for three-pointers in the competition, with 6, at the Betis court
-In the 2020-2021 season, the Andalusians were a favorable opponent for Guillem Jou. In the first leg in Málaga, played on October 3, 2020, he scored 16 points and three three-pointers, while in the return leg at Nou Congost, on January 16, 2021, he made his maximum in rebounds, 14
-Frankie Ferrari played 6 games with Unicaja in the 2020-2021 season. Before that, on September 25, 2019, the point guard played his best game in the Endesa League against the Andalusians, finishing with his records in three-pointers, 7, assists, 10, and efficiency, 30