Basketball: Minas keeps Brazil 100% after the 1st round of the Champions League
Brazilian men's basketball ended the first round of the Champions League of the Americas unbeaten, a tournament equivalent to Libertadores in the modality. This Wednesday (15), Minas Tênis Clube defeated Obras Sanitarias (Argentina) by 95 to 84 at Arena Minas, in Belo Horizonte, by Group C of the competition.
#BCLAmerics Final
— #BCLAmericas (@BCLAmericas) December 16, 2021
⬆️ @MinasTenisClub 95
⬇️ @ObrasBasket 84
🔝 MVP 👌 @RenanLenz
🎯 20 points
😤 7 rebounds
🧙 4 assists
🔥 30 efficiency pic.twitter.com/ZFB2e6WG7h
The Minas tennis players reached four points and top the key, with two victories in two games. On Monday (12), the Brazilian team beat Biguá (Uruguay) by 95-73.
Bahamian pivot Tavario Miller and wing/pivot Renan Lenz, both from Minas, were the top scorers in the match against Obras, with 20 points. Miller scored 90% on two-point balls and caught six rebounds, while Renan, who started the game on the bench, scored 12 points on three-shots (almost 60% efficiency on the ground) and distributed four assists. In the Argentine team, the main name was the North American wing/pivot Keith Stone, with 17 points.
In the first phase, the 12 participants are divided into four groups, in which the first two qualify for the knockout. The teams play each other in the brackets in three turns, each at the headquarters of one of the clubs. The next round of Group C will be played at Antel Arena, in Montevideo (Uruguay), between January 31st and February 2nd.
The other Brazilian representatives also lead the respective brackets. São Paulo tops Group B after winning the matches played at the Ciudad de Santiago del Estero (Argentina) gym, against Nacional (Uruguay), last Saturday (11), 98-73, and host Quimsa, on Sunday ( 12), from 83 to 74. The second round will also be played between January 31 and February 2, in Montevideo.
🔝💫🎥 Group B‼️ Don't miss the best of @SPFCBasquetebol (83) vs @AAQuimsa (74) win.
— #BCLAmericas (@BCLAmericas) December 13, 2021
📍 Santiago del Estero, Argentina #BCLAmericas pic.twitter.com/1hIXvHwKeq
The current champion Flamengo is the leader of Group D, which had the opening shift held at Maracanãzinho, in Rio de Janeiro. Last Friday (10), Rubro-Negro defeated Boca Juniors (Argentina) by 88-66. On Sunday, the victim was Universidad de Concepción (Chile): 85-68. between January 28 and 30, at the Luis Conde gym, known as La Bombonerita, home of Boca, in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
We started the Champions League with two games and two wins! The next round of competition takes place in early February, in Buenos Aires.
— Team Flamengo (@TimeFlamengo) December 13, 2021
Now, #FlaBasquete turns its attention to the NBB. Domingo has Flamengo x Unifacisa at Maracanãzinho!
📸: Gilvan de Souza and Paula Reis/CRF pic.twitter.com/4qrW0Ax015
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