Obradoiro’s next opponent started April on the right

Obradoiro will welcome Murcia on Saturday afternoon in one of the games that Compostela fans love the most from season to season. History has forever connected both clubs and the oldest in the place are enjoying themselves like never before when the Bordeaux team bows out in Sara.

In the first round, the ninth round of the Endes League, at the end of November, On the Murcian track, Moncho Fernández’s quintet won narrow 80-84, after a good morning against the opposite basket of Dragan Bender (15 points and 11 rebounds, six of which were offensive) and the Scrubb brothers (Thomas, 17 and Phil, 16), with 31% in three-pointers (9 of 29).

For the duel on Saturday, Moncho Fernández expects his players to improve their offensive performances, because in the last three days Obradoiro failed to exceed 70 points. Sometimes due to low efficiency in triple shots and sometimes due to poor color management. Against Murcia, after three consecutive defeats against Tenerife, Breogán and Manresa, the Compostelans hope to return the smile in one of the most anticipated and desired matches in the calendar.

Murcia, which occupies the 12th place in the league table with 10 wins (one less than Obra) and 15 losses, closed the month of March with a win (85-80, over Unicaja Málaga) and three losses, all at home (94 -68, against Joventut de Badalona; 107-89, against Gran Canaria; and 88-67, against Granada). The Murcians have fallen in their last four trips. The last smile on someone else’s field was in January against Fuenlabrada (72-88). In addition to this match, Bordeaux recorded two more victories on their visits: Valencia Basket (74-75) and Zaragoza (64-81).

In order to end their losing streak, Murcia started April on the right foot. With an offensive recital (102-79) he demolished Bàsquet Girona de missing Marc Gasol (0 points for 21 minutes of play). Six Murcia players scored double-digit points: Jelinek (20 points and 4 three-pointers), Anderson (17 and 3 three-pointers), McFadden (15), Radović (14, with 7 of 10 points), Diop (13 and 3 three-pointers) and Pustovyi (10). They won 89 out of a total of 102 points.

Stopover in Malaga

Before traveling to the Galician capital on Saturday, Murcia had to make a stop in Andalusia. tonight is tuesday game for Martín Carpena against Unicaja Málaga first leg of the quarterfinals, in a best-of-three series, from Basketball Champions League. The quintet from Málaga will have the home ground factor on their hands. The winner will qualify for the final four competitions as a prize. This relationship will have its second chapter next week in Murcia. Hapoel Jerusalem-AEK Athens was also played last night, and today the quarter-finals will be completed by Tenerife-Manresa and Bonn-Strasbourg.