Lucas Faggiano finalized his return to the Brazilian basketball league last night, where he had already performed in the 2019-20 season.
Yesterday he had his debut match with the Minas Tennis Clube de Belo Horizonte jersey, although it was with a loss against Flamengo by 85 to 73 at home.
The point guard from Bahia totaled 6 points (3-6 in doubles, 0-1 in triples), 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 19m.
Faggiano comes from playing two seasons in Spanish basketball, the first with Gipuzkoa (2020-21) in the ACB league, while the second was with Estudiantes de Madrid in the LEB Oro. In our country he trained and played professionally in Estudiantes (Bahía), Bahía Basket, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and San Martín de Corrientes, from where he went to Baurú (2019-20).
Other Argentines
In Flamengo there were also Argentine presences. The most outstanding was point guard José Vildoza, author of 19 points (1-3 in doubles, 5-9 in triples, 2-3 in free throws), 9 assists, 2 recoveries and a rebound in 34 minutes.
In addition, forward Martín Cuello signed a list with 13 units (1-1 in doubles, 2-6 in triples, 5-5 in free throws), 4 rebounds and an assist in 30m., while the point guard from Santiago, Nicolás “Penka” Aguirre contributed with a rebound in 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, point guard from Juninense Facundo Corvalán (former Ciclista Juninense and Bahía Basket) contributed with 19 points (7-7 in doubles, 1-3 in triples, 2-2 in free throws), 4 rebounds and 2 goal passes in 25m. for Unifacisa, which beat Cerrado Basquete 90-79.
The Córdoba-born point guard Diego Figueredo scored 16 points (2-2 in doubles, 4-9 in triples, 0-1 in free throws), grabbed 5 rebounds and provided 3 assists for Sao José, who lost to Corinthians, 82-77.
continue tomorrow
The tournament will continue this Monday with Pato Basquete-Sao José; Unifacisa-Brasilia; Fortaleza-Cerrado Basquete and Río Claro-San Pablo.
The other Argentines who will participate in the NBB this season are the Córdoba-born point guard Jonatan Machuca (former San Martín de Corrientes) for Baurú; Paraná forward Erik Thomas (former Ferro) for Brasilia and Juninense strategist Santiago Scala (former Institute) for the current champion, Sesi Franca. (The New./Telam).
