Visit to the Obradoiro: a great absentee and well-known wings
Thomas Scrubb leads the team after Bender's absence. Álvaro Muñoz and Adam Waczynski will be reunited with their former team.
Bàsquet Manresa has won 11 of the 24 games it has played against Obradoiro. The last triumph of the Bages team was on January 19, 2022 at Nou Congost, in a duel in which Chima Moneke stood out and in which Pedro Martínez's men certified their presence in the Copa del Rey de Granada (104-84). This result became the largest victory of the Manresans against the Galicians.
The big star of the Santiago de Compostela team is Dragan Bender, who will not be able to play because of an injury to his left knee that will keep him out of the courts for quite some time. The Croatian ranks fourth in efficiency, with 19.3 credits per game, third in points, with 17.2 (Jerrick Harding is second with 17.6), fifth in rebounds, with 6.6, third in free throws scored, with 3.8, second in fouls received, with 5.3, and in dunks, with 1.2. On the other hand, Obradoiro has two of the three players who play the most minutes in the Liga Endesa: Thomas Scrubb, second with 30, and Phil Scrubb, third with 28. Finally, Marek Blazevic, is the fourth player in the competition who commits the most fouls, with 3. The team led by Moncho Fernández also has in its ranks Álvaro Muñoz, who played for the Bagan club from 2017 to 2019.
Regarding team statistics, the Galicians are fourth in blocks, with 2.85, in free throws scored, with 15.77, and in fouls committed, with 22.15 (BAXI Manresa is first with 24.15), and three-pointers scored, with 9.92, and fifth in turnovers, with 14.54 (the Bages team is third with 15.31).
Other interesting facts
-Adam Waczynski played from 2014 to 2016 for Obradoiro, with whom he set some of his records in the Endesa League. For example, on January 3, 2016, during Andorra's visit to Fontes do Sar, he scored his maximum points, with 30. And on October 24, 2015, also at home against Zaragoza, he set his goals in rebounds, 8, and efficiency, 36. Finally, on December 6, 2015, at the Gran Canaria court, he set his record in rebounds, with 3.