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Flamengo hosts the Liga Sorocabana aiming to consolidate its leadership of the NBB

Mais Querido takes to the court this Thursday (11), at 20 pm, at Arena Carioca 1

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Flamengo takes to the court this Thursday (11) for another challenge in NBB 10. Leader of the championship, Mais Querido receives Liga Sorocabana, at 20 pm, at Arena Carioca 1. With 100% success in Rio de Janeiro, the red-black basketball team can consolidate the good moment and shoot to the top of the table.

In the final round, FlaBasquete defeated Mogi das Cruzes 77-71 in a match marked by the team's takeover by coach José Neto. With another outstanding performance by JP Batista, the red-and-black team's top scorer with 22 points, the Red-and-Black team secured its fifth home win in the competition. 

Flamengo
Shipowners: Arthur Pecos and David Cubillan
Shooting guards: Ronald Ramon and Humberto
Wings: Marcelinho, Marquinhos and Danilo
Power forwards: Olivinha, MJ Rhett and Pilar
Pivots: JP Batista and João Vitor

the opponent
The Liga Sorocabana sits in fourteenth place in the Novo Basquete Brasil standings. With twelve games and only two wins, the São Paulo team is still trying to find its place in the competition. In their last match, coach Rinaldo Rodrigues' team was defeated by Minas Tênis Clube 71-61. Americans Anton Cook and Kevin Crescenzi are the LSB's standouts, averaging 17.4 and 11.7 points per game, respectively. 

Retrospect
In the match between Flamengo and LSB, the red-and-black team's record is 100%. In the twelve matches played, they won twelve. In the last meeting, in the 16-17 season, the Mais Querido emerged victorious with a score of 90-58. Marquinhos, with 15 points, was the match's top scorer.

Tickets
Tickets are now on sale at guicheweb.com.br/flamengo and cost R$20 (full price) and R$10 (half price). On the day of the match, tickets will be sold at the venue for the Nação Rubro-Negra, and parking is free for everyone.

Transmission
The match will be broadcast on the NBB's official Facebook page at 20 pm. 

Social media coverage
You can also follow the match live on Flamengo's official social media channels using the hashtag #FlaBasquete. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like our Facebook page. FlaTV also brings exclusive images to the Red-Black Nation. Sign up with one click, it's free! 

The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – thinkseg, Estácio, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources from the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.