GameLab G11: Baskonia - BAXI Manresa

BAXI Manresa travels to Vitoria to seek to surprise a Baskonia team that has only had one victory in its last 5 ACB games and is tenth with a balance of 5-5. The team led by Dusko Ivanovic will receive the Catalans in the same setting where last Sunday they defeated Valencia Basket (83-74).

Who contributes the points to Baskonia?

The most important figure in scoring for Baskonia is Markus Howard, the American shooting guard who contributes an average of 17.7 points per game. On the court, Howard is well accompanied in the scoring aspect by players like Codigo Miller-McIntyre (11.4p), Chima Moneke (11.1p), Vanja Marinkovic (10, 5p) or Matt Costello (9.4p).

The duel: Robinson vs Moneke

Devin Robinson and Chima Moneke are being the star figures of BAXI Manresa and Baskonia. Both the American and the Nigerian appear in the Top 10 players with the best rating in the competition. Robinson is the 3rd highest rated player in the ACB with an average of 17.5 credits per game, and Moneke is in 7th position* * of the ranking with 16.7 credits**.

In addition, the two power forwards contribute a large amount of points to their respective teams. At BAXI Manresa, Robinson is the second top scorer with an average of 14.4 points per game, while at Baskonia, Moneke contributes an average of *11.1 points * per game, thus being the third player with the highest scores on Dusko Ivanovic's team.

This great score from the two players is due to the good percentage of success they have in the 2-point shot; Devin Robinson 65.3% and Chima Moneke 61.1%.

Another fact that Robinson and Moneke share is rebounding power. Moneke (7.1) is the 4th highest rebounder in the Liga Endesa, and Robinson (5.1) is 12th.

The shooting %

Baskonia leads all shooting percentages against BAXI Manresa but with great equality.

In the 3-point shot the Vitorians have 34.7% effectiveness compared to 32.1% from Manresa.

In the shot of 2 we once again find very equal percentages between the two teams; Baskonia 55% / Manresa 53.4%.

In the free kick Baskonia (77.6%) and Manresa (77%) have almost identical effectiveness.

Background

A total of 47 times BAXI Manresa has visited the Buesa Arena to face Baskonia. Of all these duels, the Catalans have achieved 14 victories and have been defeated 33 times.

In the last visit to Vitoria, Pedro Martínez's team was defeated by a Baskonia team led by former Manresa Joan Peñarroya (107-92) on matchday 26 of last season.

BAXI Manresa's last victory against the Basques was on January 5, 2020 with a result of 79-80.

To find BAXI Manresa's largest victory in Vitoria we must go back to matchday 14 of the 1985-86 season, when the Catalans defeated Baskonia with a difference of 15 points (73-88).

The Old-known

Chima Moneke: played for BAXI Manresa in the 2021-22 season, competing in the Copa ACB, the ACB Play-offs and the Final Four of the Basketball Champions League.