FORTALEZA TRIES TO DEFEAT FLAMENGO IN THE NBB AFTER 7 YEARS OF FAST OF VICTORIES

Fortaleza Basquete Cearense (FBC) will need to overcome an uncomfortable 7-year fast without beating Flamengo to dream of qualifying for the NBB semifinals. Carcalaion begins this Friday, 3rd, in Rio de Janeiro, the series of clashes against Mengão in the quarter-finals of the competition. The duel will be played at Tijuca Tênis Clube-RJ, at 8 pm, and marks the first clash in the best-of-five playoff series. The match will be broadcast on SporTV and FlaTV.

Classified in 1st place, Flamengo had the best campaign in the regular phase with 31 wins and just five defeats. Carcará had 20 triumphs and 16 setbacks, finishing in eighth place. Carcalaion is participating in the seventh round of the national competition and is competing in the quarter-finals for the third time, without ever having advanced to the stage. If they overcome Rubro-Negro at this stage, Fortaleza BC will be the first northeastern team to compete in an NBB semifinal since 2017.

NBB clashes are decided in the best of five games. Whoever wins three of the five matches qualifies. The first clash takes place at the home of the team with the best campaign, while the second and third take place at the home of the other team. If necessary, the last two duels return to the home of the team with the best campaign.

In the series between Flamengo and Fortaleza BC, the second duel is scheduled for Tuesday, 7th, at 7:30 pm, while the The third will take place on Thursday, 9th, at 7:30 pm, both at the Olympic Training Center (CFO), in the capital of Ceará. The fourth and fifth matches do not yet have a defined schedule.

In total, Rubro-Negro faced Leão do Pici 24 times. Flamengo won 22 times, Fortaleza only twice. In the last five clashes, victories for the Rio team. The most elastic score of this match was 99 to 64 in favor of the RJ team.