BAXI Manresa won the Catalan derby against Bàsquet Girona (101-87) to take a giant step in the fight for a ticket for the Copa del Rey 2024 that will be held in February in Malaga.
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Lineups
(29+23+27+22): Badio (16), Taylor (12), Sagnia (7), Robinson (19), Oriola (5) -starting five-, Williams (6), Garcia (12), Steinbergs (13), Valtonen (4) and Geben (7).(17+25+27+18): Iroegbu (18), Davis (10), Martínez (8), Pons (22), Goloman (2) -five initial-, Susinskas (11), Sorolla (2), Fjellerup, Vila, Quino Colom (6), Brown (6) and Djordjevic (2).
The best players in the derby were, on the local side, the power forward Devin Robinsonwith 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists and on the visiting side the most outstanding was the power forward Yves Pons with 22 points and 8 rebounds.
The Manresa team started the game with incredible success in the first minutes, scoring in practically every attacking play. A penetrating basket by ex-Azulgrana Brancou Badio (9-2, min. 3) quickly caused Salva Camps’ first timeout.
A break that helped Bàsquet Girona score their first triple thanks to Ike Iroegbu, but Baxi Manresa continued to be very successful from long distance with an inspired Brandon Taylor to put things in the way at the Nou Congost (19-7, min. 6).
In the last minutes of the first period, the interior power of Musa Sagnia and the good work of Dani García in directing the game gave the home team the maximum advantage (29-17, min. 10). Bàsquet Girona started with a partial score of 0-5 after a triple by Sergi Martínez and a basket by Ike Iroegbu (29-22, min. 12), but once again the team led to perfection by Pedro Martínez returned to the fray.
After several good plays by Devin Robinson, a triple by Brancou Badio gave the home team the maximum advantage (37-24, min. 13) and caused a monumental anger of Salva Camps.
Bàsquet Girona wanted to reduce the disadvantage with a partial 0-5 start in the second quarter after a triple by Sergi Martínez and a basket by Ike Iroegbu (29-22, min. 12), but again Manresa would once again subdue the visitors. After several good plays by Devin Robinson, a triple from Brancou Badio gave the home team the maximum advantage (37-24, min. 13), which caused a monumental anger from Salva Camps and another timeout.
Goloman, defended by a magnificent Devin Robinson / EFE
The people from Girona reacted with the help of Yves Pons from the triple, managing to reduce the deficit to seven (39-32, min. 15), but then Devin Robinson and a Travanté Williams in ascending line to continue doing damage to the Girona Basketball defense (46-36min. 17).
Two practically consecutive triples from Williams himself closed the first half with the score of 52-42 in favor of Baxi Manresa in a high-voltage Catalan derby.
However, after 63-53, Básquet Girona signed a partial 0-11 led by Markel Brown’s triples to completely turn the game around and put the visitors ahead for the first time (63-64, min. 26).
In a blink of an eye, The partial Manresa score of 12-0 arrived to once again open a gap on the scoreboard and do a lot of damage to a Bàsquet Girona that managed to do the most difficult thing (74-64, min. 29).
Pedro Martínez is the best asset of BAXI Manresa / EFE
From then on, Baxi Manresa was a roller in attack and managed to get the maximum after two triples from Brandon Taylor and Marcis Steinbergs (86-69, min. 31).
Bàsquet Girona made an attempt at a comeback with several positive plays by Yves Pons and Quino Colom (90-78, min. 36), but Baxi Manresa pulled the trigger again and un triple of the recovered Dani García put his team back with the maximum difference (95-78, min. 37) to leave everything seen for sentencing in the Nou Congost.
2023-12-10 02:08:08
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