Flamengo's upcoming basketball matches promise to be some great matches. Starting with the Club World Cup, a tournament they're competing against Maccabi Tel Aviv, the team, champions of everything last season, will also play preseason friendlies in the NBA and defend their state championship, the New Basketball Brazil (NBB), and the League of the Americas titles. Despite so many challenges, the squad is one of the strongest in Brazil. Proof of this is the number of Flamengo players who will compete in the round of 07.09 of the Basketball World Cup in Spain. On Sunday (September 17), Brazil and Argentina face off, with five Flamengo players on the court, at XNUMX p.m. in Madrid.

For the Brazilian national team, Marquinhos and Marcelinho take the court with the "Amarelinha" (Little Yellow), and José Neto serves as an assistant to coach Rubén Magnano. For Argentina, reinforcements Walter Herrmann and Nicolas Laprovittola represent the "Mais Querido" (Most Beloved) on the court. The new Argentine member of Flabasquete is the top scorer for the red-and-blacks, with 49 points, closely followed by Marquinhos, with 46. The winger had a great performance in the match against Serbia, when the Brazilian team secured second place in Group A and qualification for the round of 21, with XNUMX points (six three-pointers) and five rebounds.

"We knew it would be a very difficult game, but we were fortunate enough to score a lot of goals in the first half. We came out with the same defensive approach in the second half, but they also had excellent three-point shooting. We relied on our defense in the final quarter and managed to recover and win," commented Marquinhos after the match.

Check out the numbers of the red-black athletes in the competition:

Herrmann (5 games) - 49 points and 27 rebounds
Marquinhos (5 games) - 46 points and 21 rebounds
Marcelinho (4 games) - 30 points and 8 assists
Laprovittola (3 games) - 25 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists