BAXI Manresa wants to maintain the competitive level at the Palau
The Bages team face a Barça that has not yet lost a game at home this season. With the already known losses of Jou, Vaulet and Pérez, the Manresans will try to face a luxury squad.
After one derby comes another. The Palau Blaugrana will be the stage for the advanced match of matchday 15 between Barça and BAXI Manresa this Wednesday at 20:30. The Blaugrana want to recover from the defeat in Zaragoza, while the Manresans want to continue with a good competitive line.
BAXI Manresa is still installed among the group of teams that want to be among the first eight. After the victory against Girona, the reds are sixth with 7 wins, but tied with Baskonia, Gran Canaria, Girona and Joventut. It will be necessary to compete very well at the Palau Blaugrana to have chances of victory. Pedro Martínez's are still traveling without captain Guillem Jou, Juampi Vaulet or Dani Pérez.
Barça will play as home team, with familiar faces on the bench: Roger Grimau is the coach, Carles Marco is the assistant and Rafa Martínez is also part of the staff. The squad has names like Willy Hernangómez, Laprovittola, Brizuela, Vesely, Jabari Parker... Lots of talent in a team that has to fight for all the titles it contests. The Culers are now third, with 9 wins and 4 losses.
Pedro Martínez said in the press conference that "our priority is to be competitive and try to win; I think that Barça is in a good line, they have lost some games but I like the idea that I see of what they want to do tactically; Roger Grimau is doing very well, I see details that I like and that will end up being even better; we must always fight, whatever the score; it's not the same to lose at 20 than at 22, but always, no matter how things go».