The Catalan team needed victory to move away from the relegation zone of the table
The Manresans remain with nine victories, one more than Real Betis and Covirán Granada
The Carpena witnessed this Wednesday Unicaja’s eleventh consecutive victory, between the Endesa League and the FIBA Champions League, in an even match against BAXI Manresa (97-88) that decided in their favor in an electric section of the last quarter with the contribution of Tyler Kalinoski from the triple (17 points).
DATA SHEET
Endesa League
UNI
BAX
LINEUPS
Unicaja
(21+16+28+32): Perry (13), Djedovic (11), Barreiro (0), Kravish (9), Thomas (11) -starting five- Ejim (9), Carter (8), Kalinoski ( 17), Sima (6), Osetkowski (13).
Baxi Manresa
(22+21+19+26): Pérez (9), Harding (20), Jou (3), Robinson (9), Geben (10) -starting five- Waczynski (11), Olumuniya (2), Vaulet ( 10), Badio (9), Garcia (3), Sagnia (0), Steinbergs (2).
referees
Carlos Peruga, Joaquín García and Iyán González.
incidents
Match corresponding to matchday 32 of the Endesa League, advanced by the Final Four of the FIBA Champions League. It was held in the José María Martín Carpena Pavilion before 7,184 spectators.
This result leaves the Manresa team in a dangerous situation in the fight for salvation.
At first, the afternoon did not look good for Unicaja, who suffered an 8-15 partial start at the same time that the people from Manresa declared their intentions. They were going to step on the Carpena with the obligation to win, pbecause necessity forced them to do so as they were fighting in the lower zone of the Endesa League.
A triple by Dylan Osetkowski equalized the game one minute from the end of the first quarter (19-19) andl Unicaja once again recalled one of the reasons for its streak of seven consecutive ACB victorieswhich is his ability to not disengage from the games.
BAXI Manresa managed to win the shooting battle, with a high-level Jerrick Harding who left with 15 points in the first half, but did so without managing to get away from the scoreboard until he took advantage of the moment of drought for the cashiers.
The hit statistics from the triple marked 25 percent for the Malaga team, who made four of 16 attempts, something that weighed down a lot in the first 20 minutes of the game, which ended with Pedro Martínez’s team winning by six.
Ibon Navarro’s team continued to persist after the break, with more heart and greater success, and returned to equalize the result taking advantage of two free throws from an unsportsmanlike foul and a basket from two by Nihad Djedovic (53-53, minute 25).
A triple by Tyler Kalinoski, who added five in his personal account, and a two-handed dunk by Tyson Carter, who played many minutes at base due to the absence of the injured Alberto Díaz, were the two sparks with which Unicaja took the lead for a last quarter in which sparks were going to fly.
Two arbitration decisions caused the despair of Carpena, who saw his team up to two consecutive techniques. In the tension, BAXI Manresa was hurt with a set of three triples and a dunk from Unicaja, ready to find the courage to win the game. The result was 83-74 at 4:58 from the end.
The BAXI Manresa could not get up from that blow and remains with nine victories, one more than Real Betis and Covirán Granada, whichThere are three more teams involved in the fight not to be relegated, while Unicaja continues to oppose entering fourth place in the final phase of the Endesa League.