Lenovo Tenerife: battle of rhythms in the Canary fort
The Islanders are the team that allows the least possessions to the opponent, in addition to having the lowest ratio of points conceded per attack
-Lenovo Tenerife and BAXI Manresa will meet in a BCL game for the second time, after their matchup in last season’s Final that ended with a 98-87 win for Lenovo Tenerife; Tenerife are on a 12-game winning sequence at home, their longest such sequence in the competition.
-BAXI Manresa have lost their two most recent BCL games, but only once before have they lost more in a row in the competition (L4 in between January and February 2020); six of Manresa’s last eight BCL games on the road ended up with margins of five or fewer points.
-Lenovo Tenerife have allowed their opponents to have 68.8 possessions per game, the lowest average of any team in the BCL this season; they have conceded just 102.1 points per 100 possessions, the best defensive rating amongst all teams in the league in 2022/23.
-Marcelinho Huertas (Tenerife) has made an average of 8.4 assists per game in his last 20 BCL appearances where he played 20+ minutes; this run includes 14 assists against BAXI Manresa in the final last year, the most for a player in a BCL games from the quarter-finals onwards.
-Jerrick Harding (Manresa) has scored more than 20 points in each of his last three BCL games but is yet to do it in more consecutive games in a row; he has made 91.4% of his free-throws in his last nine games in the competition (32/35)