A long, emotional day with a happy ending this Sunday for Baxi Manresa, who will play in the Cup again two years later. Pedro Martínez’s team traveled to Bilbao with the possibility of sealing his presence in the Malaga event (15-18 / II) with a victory in Miribilla. A scenario that did not occur. “I don’t know what happened. Maybe they are better. “Sometimes we believe things that are not,” admitted the Manresa coach after suffering a resounding defeat against Surne Bilbao. But the Bages team had a second bullet in the chamber and it was the one that finally ended up putting a smile on his face with the sun already more than hidden. Real Madrid attacked Baskonia and left Dusko Ivanovic’s team out of the Cup, while qualifying Baxi Manresa.
For its part, Barça continues to add victories since before taking the grapes Juan Carlos Navarro, the manager of the section, came out to criticize the players in public. Roger Grimau’s disciples completed a perfect first week of 2024 with their third win in five days, a result that guaranteed them being seeded in the cup draw. Having surpassed Real Madrid and Baskonia in the Euroleague, the Barça team repeated in the Endesa League against Monbus Obradoiro in an epic match, resolved in extra time with a shot by Joel Parra at the buzzer.
Barça suffered the unspeakable against Moncho López’s team, surely showing a little fatigue after a very demanding start to the week on a physical and mental level, and also the absence of Jan Vesely, whom Grimau rested after scoring 50 points in the last two crashes. Barça had a disastrous performance from the free kick, missing up to 15, but they never gave up and completed a spectacular comeback in the last five minutes with a 16-0 run that crushed Obradoiro’s hopes, which promised them very happy ones. with 63-76 midway through the fourth quarter. Willy Hernangónez, with 23 points, was the top scorer, although the Barça victory is impossible to understand without the contribution of Kalinic (19 points) in the most tense moments and the faith of Laprovittola (16 points) despite his unusual bad shooting day. free (2/6).
