BAXI Manresa add minutes in Balaguer against a great team

99 Baskonia I Thompson 3, Howard, Sedekerskis 14, Hommes 14 and Kotsar 15; Marinkovic 14, Costello 14, Enoch 2, Giedraitis 12, Kurucs 4, Raieste 7 and Milaknis

81 BAXI Manresa I Dani Pérez 9, Bortolani 3, Sagnia 5, Steinbergs 4 and Olumuyiwa 13; Badio 4, Tyson Pérez 15, Dani Garcia 5, Valtonen, Vaulet 5 and Hamilton 18

Partials: 22-18, 19-16, 37-26, 21-21

More load on the legs of Pedro Martínez's players, who found themselves facing a rival with a lot of quality. Defeat against Joan Peñarroya's Baskonia, a Euroleague team, which was able to dominate, especially from the second half.

The Basques made a better start to the game and went on a 9-2 run, forcing Pedro Martínez to call a timeout. The stop was positive for the Manresa team, who reacted and tied at 17 thanks to a three-pointer by Tyson Pérez. At the end of the first quarter, the Vitoria team scored four points thanks to a three-pointer by Giedraitis (22-18).

In the second, the game was very tight and Baskonia dominated the scoreboard against some Bages team who went just over four minutes without scoring. In the middle of the match, Joan Peñarroya's players dominated by seven points (41-34).

In the second half, the Basques again made a better start, and again the coach of BAXI Manresa had to ask for a minute. Then the Bages team tried to get closer to the scoreboard, but in front they had a very successful opponent from the three-point line, who scored 37 points in this quarter and acquired a difference of 18 points.

In the last ten minutes, the dynamic did not change and the Baskonists did not give the Bages team any chance to get close to the scoreboard. They continued with success, while in the ranks of Manresa you could see the normal tiredness after the accumulation of minutes.

BAXI Manresa's next match will be on Tuesday at 18:45, in an official Catalan League match, against Joventut, in Tarragona.