After failing to secure qualification for the Copa del Rey directly after losing in Bilbao, the second bullet did smile at a BAXI Manresa that needed a Madrid victory by more than one point on the Baskonia court. And he arrived in the match that closed this last day of the first round.
Therefore, the BAXI Manresa will accompany Real Madrid, Unicaja, Barça, Dreamland Gran Canaria (all four seeded), UCAM Murcia, Valencia Basket and Lenovo Tenerife in a Copa del Rey that will be played at the José María Martín Carpena in Málaga with the team led by Ibon Navarro as defending champions.
The Manresa team faced the day depending on itself to return to the Copa del Rey after a season away. In fact, in 2022 the team led by Pedro Martínez was at the Granada Cup event 18 years after its previous presence.
BAXI Manresa needed victory on the difficult Surne Bilbao Basket court to ensure their second participation in three seasons in the most exciting weekend of the year with the blot of a past year in which the board did not get it right in the summer.
However, to those of Pedro Martínez everything went wrong for them and they never had a chance to fight for victory. The ‘Men in Black’ made a breakthrough in the first quarter with eight points from ex-Azulgrana Alex Renfroe (22-13) and quelled the rebellion of a Catalan team that came within four points (30-26, min. 14: 46).
There an 11-0 run with seven points from former Madrid player Pantzar ended the game and gave way to a local exhibition especially in defensive tasks until 74-54 definitive that left BAXI Manresa with a foot and a half out of the Copa del Rey waiting for the leader Real Madrid not to fail in Vitoria.
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The curious thing about the case is that A Baskonista defeat by one point would also mean a fateful ninth place. for those of Bages, who, on the contrary, would be in the big event in Malaga in the event of a Madrid victory by more than one point at the Buesa Arena.
The added problem is that the white box arrived less than 48 hours after a very tough match of Euroleague that ended with a victory after four overtimes against Anadolu Efes (130-126) when they lost by seven points (95-102) in the last minute of the second.
And Madrid did not fail. The Super Cup champion and great dominator of the Endesa League and the Euroleague not only won by more than one point as the Catalans needed, but they did so 85-99 with 26 points from a sensational Yabusele who returned to the court after his long injury and 20 of a Campazzo who is ‘excessive’ in Europe.
2024-01-07 20:54:23
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