The Coviran Granada will face each other on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Martín Carpena in Málaga Unibox in which it will be first Andalusian derby of the red and black team in the Endesa league. Both teams will be looking for a victory that will allow them to endorse their great dynamic of results before the break caused by the selection commitments in the FIBA windows.
Paul Pin will have for the first time in the entire season 13 players available for the clash after the recovery of Dejan Todorovic. The exterior has been exercised during the week with total normality both in the sessions carried out in the facilities of The Embassy as in the Veleta pavilion and could debut in official competition with Covirán Granada. The recovery of him will force the coach from Granada to make a discard to complete the call before the clash.
The rojinegro will once again be able to use a wide rotation on the Martín Carpena parquet, as in the first six days of competition. Covirán Granada needs to show its best version during the 40 minutes to be able to compete against Unicaja de Málaga that arrives with a positive streak of two victories achieved against Real Betis Basketball and the PAOK.
The opponent of Coviran Granada They won last week at home by a resounding 106-60 against the Verdiblanco team. The best of the clash was Melvin Ejim, who went up to 17 points and a PIR of 25. Unicaja de Málaga has a wide range of offensive production options, although it is also the second best defense in the competition, a record that is only surpassed by Lenovo Tenerife.
The direction of the game of the Malaga team is shared between Alberto Díaz, Melvin Ejim and Kendrick Perry. Between the three they average 22.3 points, 7.3 assists and a PIR of 22.3. In addition, Coviran Granada will have to pay special attention to reducing the impact of Tyler Kalinoski, Darío Brizuela and Nihad Djedovic. The Bosnian, with German nationality, goes up to 11.2 points and a PIR of 12.
Covirán Granada will also have to pay special attention to the defense of Dylan Osetkowski and David Kravish. The first averages 9.5 points on average and the second contributes 7.8 points on average. In addition, both Augusto Lima and Will Thomas have plenty of experience in the Endesa league.
The Andalusian derby returns to the Martín Carpena more than 11 years later, since the last match played between both teams in the Endesa league took place last year May 5, 2011also in Malaga territory.
