Flamengo takes the court this Saturday (March 17.03) against Uberlândia, ready to break a record: in three NBB meetings, the red-and-black team has never beaten the Minas Gerais team. The game will be played at 21 p.m. at the Sabiázinho gymnasium in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. Sportv will broadcast it live. In the first round, in January, Uberlândia prevailed at the Tijuca Tênis Clube gymnasium in Rio: 89 x 81.

Furthermore, the Rio de Janeiro team wants to recover from the defeat to Franca in the last round, Thursday (15.03), in Franca. With the result, Flamengo moved up to fourth place in the overall NBB standings, with 17 wins in 23 games (73,9% success rate). The Rubro-negro, however, has two games less than the leader Pinheiros (80% success rate) and one less than São José, second place (79,2%), and Brasília, third (75%).

Uberlândia, in turn, is in fifth place, just behind the red-blacks, with 16 wins in 25 games (64% success rate).

After Uberlândia, Flamengo will still have four more matches in the NBB qualifying phase (Brasília, Limeira, Araraquara and Tijuca, respectively) and still has a chance of finishing at the top of the table, depending on a combination of results.