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Back from recess, FlaBasquete faces Minas away from home

Team has ten wins in 11 games played in NBB 9

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After two weeks of recess, FlaBasquete is back in the New Basketball Brazil (NBB). The next challenge will be at 19pm this Thursday (12), against Minas Tênis Clube, in the opponent's arena - the same day it was the team's new reinforcement, the American Hakeem Rollins, was announced.

Match history
Flamengo and Minas Gerais have faced each other 16 times in the NBB, all in the qualifying round. Minas Gerais has won 13 of the 16 matches played between the teams. The last time the teams faced each other was in the NBB8, on March 27, 2016, at Tijuca Tênis Clube. On that occasion, Flamengo secured its twenty-second victory of the season. Minas Gerais won the match 76-65, with Meyinsse scoring the top scorer with 16 points.

Leadership and highlights
So far, Orgulho da Nação is leading the NBB9 qualifying round. The team has a total of ten wins in 11 rounds played. Olivinha is one of the standout performers of the season so far. The power forward has the highest rebounding average among players in the competition. In the penultimate game, against Vitória, the power forward recorded his XNUMXth double-double in the NBB, once again reaching double-digits in two fundamentals.

Embezzlement
Humberto suffered a recurrent fracture of his fifth left metatarsal and will spend the next two months recovering from the injury, which has already been surgically treated. Point guard Ricardo Fischer will also be sidelined. The player, who has edema in the posterior muscles of his right thigh, is being held out for treatment, as recommended by the medical department.

The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo adult basketball team relies on direct funding from its sponsor Estácio, in addition to investments from Tim via the State Sports Incentive Law/State Secretariat for Sports, Leisure and Youth (ICMS).