With four rounds remaining in the qualifying phase of the New Basketball Brazil (NBB), Flamengo qualified in first place, but approached the following matches with the same determination that made the team the best in the championship so far. The team now faces a twenty-day period without games, until the quarterfinals in the last week of April.

Coach José Neto reminds us that the group's days off end next Thursday, and from then on, the team will begin preparing on the court for the playoffs.

"We'll be back training this Thursday (10.04). We've made a plan to work on some technical, tactical and physical aspects that we missed due to the sequence of games we've had. We're expecting a tough playoff. We'll work to be prepared to face one of the two teams, Ceará or Bauru, in the quarterfinals and thus continue in the competition," said the coach.

Flamengo's first playoff opponent will be the best-of-five series between Bauru and Basquete Cearense in the Round of 16. Flamengo, ranked among the top four in the first stage of the championship, advances directly to the quarterfinals.