The Baxi Manresa You need this Sunday (12:30 CET) hurry your options for ‘play-off'Before a Real Madrid that has nothing at stake in the last three days of the regular league. Those of the Bages, which are not at their best of the season, They need to win whites not to get off the middle-high zone of the table.
The team led by Diego Ocampo, ninth in the classification with a balance of 16 victories and 15 losses, is tied with the eighth classified, the Baskonia, But the particular 'basket-aege' between the two is for the Basques.
In addition, manresanos only draw a triumph of the tenth classified, the Ucam Murcia, Who fell on the previous day by 81-71, which also meant the loss of the 'Basket-Aege' before the university students.
Baxi Manresa accumulates three consecutive losses in the Endesa League before teams that were under his in the classification (86-80 against Covirán Granada, 93-104 before the Breogán River and the result mentioned above in Murcia), so that A triumph against Real Madrid would give relative peace of mind.
Sergio Llull and Álex Reyes, in a Copa del Rey match / ACB Photo – David Grau
Those of Chus Matthew, For its part, with the victory achieved on the previous day against the Breogán River (69-79) They confirmed the first position in the regular phase of the Endesa League, so nothing will be played at the Nou Congost.
For this important duel against one of the favorites to take the title, Ocampo will have the important decline of the power wing Armel Traoré, who suffered an injury in the talus this week, and will be low over the next months.
On the other hand, it will also be doubtful the power wing Marcis Steinberg, that drags muscle discomfort that no longer allowed him to play the last match in Murcia. Who will be is the young base Mario Saint-Supery, That this week he was awarded in the five young ideal of the Endesa 2024-25 League, and will receive said award in the prolegomena of the match against Real Madrid.
Ocampo has valued the difficult encounter against Real Madrid. “It is true that nothing is played, but they are one of the best teams in Europe and will have to give our maximums. We should not demoralize if we chain some negative actions. “
