GameLab G27: Real Madrid - BAXI Manresa
A BAXI Manresa that has three consecutive wins, two of them away of home, visits the leader wanting to to show that wants to fight for the first places.
BAXI Manresa will visit this Sunday one of the most complicated courts in the competition, that of Real Madrid. The ACB leaders have only been defeated once at the WiZink Center this season in the domestic competition, against Unicaja. The men led by Chus Mateo are the most in-form team, leading both the Endesa League, with a balance of 23 wins and 3 losses, and the Euroleague. For its part, Pedro Martínez's team, which has three consecutive victories, will seek to surprise the whites and show that it wants to continue fighting for the first places.
Who contributes the points to Madrid?
Real Madrid's average score is 88.6 points per game, the highest in the competition. The team led by Chus Mateo is full of players with a lot of scoring, but what is leading the team in this aspect this season is the Bosnian forward Dzanan Musa who contributes an average of 13.9 points per game**.
However, other white players maintain a similar statistic to Musa's and contribute a lot of scoring, such as: Facu Campazzo (12.6 points), Mario Hezonja (10.7 points) , Walter Tavares (9.9 points) and Guerschon Yabusele (9.7 points).
The duel: Dzanan Musa vs Devin Robinson
Musa and Robinson are two of the stars of their teams and two of the players with the best statistics in the competition, and in addition, they both lead their teams in scoring. Dzanan Musa is Real Madrid's top scorer with an average of 13.9 points per game, and Devin Robinson is the man from Manresa who contributes the most points per duel with an average of 14.1. However, in the percentage of effectiveness in shooting from 2, it is Musa (59.6%) who surpasses Robinson (55.8%).
In the rest of the statistics, both the Bosnian and the American are slightly even. In rebound it is Robinson who surpasses Musa with an average of 5.7, above the Madrid forward's 2.8, as well as in rating, where with an average of 15.7 credits, Robinson surpasses Musa, who values 15.3.
The shooting %
The 3-point shot: Real Madrid 36.4% / BAXI Manresa 32%
The 2-point shot: Real Madrid 59.7% / BAXI Manresa 52.5%
The free throw: Real Madrid 82.3% / BAXI Manresa 74.8%
Background
The number of victories for BAXI Manresa against Real Madrid in the capital is very low. Only 5 victories in 50 visits are those that Bages team have been able to achieve against one of the 'top' teams on the continent.
In the last game played at the WiZink Center, on matchday 11 of last season, the team from Manresa were defeated in a tight match in which the whites took the victory by 103-89.
To remember the last victory of BAXI Manresa in Madrid we must not go back too far. Pedro Martínez's men defeated the Madridistas 75-86 in the 2021-22 season, led by Chima Moneke and Luke Maye.
And Manresa has good memories at the WiZink Center where, in 2015, the Bages team achieved salvation by defeating Real Madrid (80-90), going 15 points back from the home team.
Old acquaintances
Sergio Llull: He signed for Bàsquet Manresa in 2003, he was part of the youth team for two seasons and in 2006 he debuted with the first team, where he played until 2007.