BAXI Manresa hosts Baskonia that aims to move up in positions
The Manresa team will host a talented team at Nou Congost this Sunday at 5:00 PM, eager to move up in the Copa del Rey. On the home side, Guillem Jou and Musa Sagnia are doubtful.
BAXI Manresa has shared an open-door training session with fans this morning just before Diego Ocampo appeared in the pre-match press conference. The match against Baskonia on Sunday at 17:00 has been prepared, a great duel where BAXI Manresa wants to continue to be strong at home and the Basques want to get back into the fight for the Copa del Rey positions.
BAXI Manresa wants to make the defeat at the Nou Congost against MoraBanc Andorra a rarity and will try to beat Baskonia on Sunday. Diego Ocampo's men prepared during these Christmas holidays for a difficult match. It remains to be seen if they will be able to count on Guillem Jou (with a slight lumbago) and Musa Sagnia, with a viral infection.
For their part, Pablo Laso and Chima Moneke's Baskonia will appear at the Nou Congost with the duty of trying to win to fight to be among the top 8. The Vitorians have had an irregular start to the season and want to move up the rankings to be in the Copa del Rey in Gran Canaria next February. The Basques, who are waiting to play a Euroleague game tonight, have plenty of talent: names like Markus Howard, Moneke himself, Sedekerskis and Trent Forrest are just some of the standouts from a squad full of quality.
Diego Ocampo appeared before the media this Friday at midday. The Galician coach said that «Baskonia is a team with a lot of talent, a lot of offensive talent, with the power to play 2 against 2, with the ability to generate advantages to shoot from outside; they are a team that is being formed, we know the talent they have and the demands that we will have».