GameLab G19: Zunder Palencia - BAXI Manresa

BAXI Manresa will visit the Zunder Palencia court next Saturday starting at 20:45. The Palencia team are the last classified in the competition, with a balance of 3 wins and 15 losses. However, the team led by Luis Guil has won two of the last three games they have played, against Bilbao and Girona.

Who contributes the points to Zunder Palencia?

Palencia's average score is 76.1 points per game, this is the second worst score in the entire Liga Endesa. The man who scores the most points for Zunder Palencia is Vitor Benite. The guard born in Brazil contributes an average of 12.4 points per game. The team led by Luis Guil has other dangerous men in the scoring aspect such as: Anzejs Pasecniks (11.4 pts), Yannick Franke (11.3 pts), Keye Van der Vuurst (10 pts) or Isaiah Piñeiro (7.5 pts).

The duel: Van der Vuurst vs Dani Pérez

Keye Van der Vuurst and Dani Pérez are part of the Top 5 assistants in the Liga Endesa. The BAXI Manresa point guard is the statistical leader with an average of 6.8 assists per game, while the Dutch point guard from Zunder Palencia occupies fourth position in the ranking with 4.9 assists per game.

In the scoring facet the two point guards have an important weight on their team. Both Dani Pérez (8.2 pts) and Van der Vuurst (10 pts) are the fourth player who contributes the most points to their respective team.

Much of the scoring of the two players is caused by their effectiveness in the triple, where the Palencia point guard has 36.4% effectiveness compared to 37% for the point guard born in Hospitalet de Llobregat.

When it comes to contributing efficiency credits, neither of the two players falls short. Van der Vuurst's average rating is 8.6 credits per game, while Dani Pérez's is 9.8.

The shooting %

The 3-point shot: Zunder Palencia 32.9% / BAXI Manresa 32.4%

The 3-point shot: Zunder Palencia 51.3% / BAXI Manresa 53%

The free throw: Zunder Palencia 74.6% / BAXI Manresa 74.4%

Background

BAXI Manresa has visited the Zunder Palencia court on two occasions, both in LEB ORO in the 2017-18 season, in which the Manresa team achieved promotion. In the two visits of the Catalans to Castilla y León, the victory has remained in the hands of the people from Manresa.

In the regular league match played in Palencia on matchday 4 (October 15, 2017), Manresa took the victory with a tight score of 72-76.

The second time that the Bages team returned to the Palencia city was in a duel to obtain a ticket in the final for promotion, where Manresa sealed the tie with a result of 76-83.

Palentinos and Catalans have faced each other on four other occasions, all at the Nou Congost, including LEB ORO and ACB, and in all the duels the victory has fallen to BAXI Manresa.

The Old-knowns

Arnau Moreno: He was part of the Manresa staff between 2014 and 2017.

Dani Pérez: He was a Palencia player during the 2015-16 season.