BAXI Manresa receives an in-form Barça at the Nou Congost

Day 4 of the 2022-23 Endesa League brings a Catalan duel to Nou Congost. BAXI Manresa faces Barça, who defeated Real Madrid in their Euroleague game this Thursday. A demanding match for Pedro Martínez's men, who will not be able to count on Guillem Jou, Babatunde Olumuyiwa and Justin Hamilton.

After a good debut in the Basketball Champions League, with 2 victories in 2 games, BAXI Manresa wants to continue giving a good competitive level to the Endesa League. The balance of the Manresans is for now 1 victory and 2 defeats. On the last day of the league, a narrow defeat at Real Betis.

The Blaugrana arrive with high morale after defeating Real Madrid in the second day of the Euroleague. However, Jasikevicius will not be able to count on Kyle Kuric, Sergi Martínez nor Nikola Mirotic, who are injured. It will be necessary to see who enters the call and travels to the capital of Bages. The Culers have a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in the Liga Endesa, and this season they have brought in big names such as the Czechs Tomas Satoransky, Jan Vesely, the Serbian Nikola Kalinic, Oscar da Silva, Oriol Paulí or Mike Tobey .

Brancou Badio and Marcus Lee have appeared before the media in the preview. The Senegalese pointed out that "playing against big teams like Barça is a motivation for the whole group; we will go out to compete with everything, and to play the best possible». For his part, the Californian pointed out that «I think I'm adapting well, at university the players also changed every year and I already know how to adapt; like each of the games, they are all 'winnable' and 'losable', the key is to do what we have to do well, stay focused, bring energy and play our game».