GameLab G32: Casademont Zaragoza-BAXI Manresa
BAXI Manresa wants to continue in the fight for the play-off, taking a victory on a track where they have only won once. The Manresans face Casademont Zaragoza on Sunday starting at 12:30.
The people from Manresa want to continue occupying play-off positions and keep their distance from Baskonia. To do this, they will have to win in one of the most complicated court for BAXI Manresa ACB, Príncipe Felipe. At home in Zaragoza, the Catalans have only won once in the thirteen occasions they have visited. Opposite will be Casademont Zaragoza, who with a victory would see salvation very close. The Aragonese occupy 13th position with a balance of 11 wins and 20 losses.
Who contributes the points to Zaragoza?
Casademont Zaragoza currently maintains an average of 82 points per game. The Aragonese team has Mark Smith as its leading scorer. The 24-year-old American shooting guard maintains a scoring average of 12.8 points per game.
However, Casademont Zaragoza is made up of players with a lot of scoring such as Trae Bell-Haynes (12.6 points), Mitchell Watt (12.5 points), Santi Yusta ( 12.1 points) or Thad McFadden (7.9 points).
The duel: Bell-Haynes vs Robinson
Trae Bell-Haynes and Devin Robinson are the most valued players on their teams and key pieces for Casademont Zaragoza and BAXI Manresa respectively. They are two very important players in the scoring aspect. The Jamaican-born point guard for the Aragonese team maintains an average of 12.6 points per game, being the second highest scorer for Porfirio Fisac's team. For his part, Devin Robinson is the top scorer for the Manresa team, scoring 14.5 points each game.
To achieve this great score, both players maintain a high success percentage in interior shots, where Bell-Haynes maintains an effectiveness of 54.9%, compared to Robinson's 56%.
Both players receive a high number of fouls, which results in the following success percentages from the free throw: Bell-Haynes 84.1% / Robinson 79.4%
The great statistics of Bell-Haynes and Robinson place them as the most valued players on their teams, with Bell-Haynes with 14.9 rating credits and Devin Robinson with 15.8.
The shooting %
The 3-point shot: Casademont Zaragoza 34.7% / BAXI Manresa 31.6%
The shot of 2: Casademont Zaragoza 54.3% / BAXI Manresa 52.7%
The free kick: Casademont Zaragoza 75.2% / BAXI Manresa 75.8%
Background
Príncipe Felipe is a very complicated setting for BAXI Manresa. In a total of 13 visits by the Catalans to the capital of Aragon, they have only achieved 1 victory (1v-12d).
This only victory for the Bages team against Zaragoza was the 2020-21 season with a result of 102-103.
In the last visit of Pedro Martínez's men last season, the Aragonese defeated the Manresa team in a match that ended 99-88.