2021 BCL Americas Final

2021 BCL Americas Final
Event2021 BCL Americas
Flamengo Real Estelí
84 80
Head coach:
Gustavo de Conti
Head coach:
David Rosario
1234 Total
Flamengo 25122320 80
Real Estelí 24202317 84
Date14 April 2021
VenueAlexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua
MVPRafael Hettsheimeir

The 2021 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2021 BCL Americas, the 2nd season of the league under its new entity and the 14th of the pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in Managua on 14 April 2021. The game was played between Nicaraguan club Real Estelí and Brazilian club Flamengo.

Flamengo won the final and captured its second pan-American championship, thus also qualifying for the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[1]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League era.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Real Estelí None
Flamengo 2 (2014, 2020)

Road to the final

Real Estelí Round Flamengo
Opponent Result Group phase Opponent Result
Caballos de Coclé 78–69 (H) Gameday 1 Minas 79–69 (H)
Titanes de Barranquilla 79–88 (H) Gameday 2 Instituto Cancelled
Caballos de Coclé 74–72 (N) Gameday 3 Instituto 78–77 (N)
Titanes de Barranquilla 66–98 (A) Gameday 4 Minas 96–93 (A)
Caballos de Coclé 72–78 (A) Gameday 5 Instituto 70–61 (N)
Titanes de Barranquilla 81–72 (N) Gameday 6 Minas 90–80 (A)
Group A first place

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Real Estelí 6 10
2 Titanes Barranquilla 6 8
3 Caballos de Coclé 6 9
Source: BCL Americas
Group phase Group D first place

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Flamengo 5 10
2 Minas 6 8
3 Instituto 5 6
Source: BCL Americas
Opponent Result Playoffs Opponent Result
Franca 94–73 Quarterfinals Caballos de Coclé 74–59
Minas 98–95 Semifinals São Paulo FC 75–66
  • (H): Home game
  • (A): Away game
  • (N): Neutral venue

Game details

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) Real Estelí 80–84 Flamengo Managua
19:10 GMT–6 Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 23–24, 13–25, 29–18
Pts: De Jesús 23
Rebs: Franklin 11
Asts: Three players 4
PIR: Franklin 24
Boxscore Pts: Dos Santos 16
Rebs: Martinez 8
Asts: Dos Santos 8
PIR: Hettsheimeir 28
Arena: Alexis Arguello Sports Complex


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Jezreel De Jesús 23 9 4
SG 44 Javier Mojica 16 5 2
SF 42 Alexander Franklin 14 11 4
PF 32 Renaldo Balkman 13 7 4
C 23 Bartel Lopez 2 1 1
Reserves:
G 1 Vansdell Wester DNP
PG 4 Sharlon Hodgson 0 0 1
SF 9 Dalton Cacho 2 0 0
F 15 Andy Estrada DNP
C 17 Jeleel Akindele 2 4 2
SF 24 Jared Ruiz 8 2 1
F 29 Francisco Garth DNP
Head coach:
David Rosario
Real Estelí
Flamengo

Estelí Statistics Flamengo
31/65 (48%) 2-pt field goals 27/66 (41%)
7/17 (41%) 3-pt field goals 13/39 (33%)
11/15 (73%) Free throws 17/27 (63%)
8 Offensive rebounds 11
32 Defensive rebounds 28
40 Total rebounds 39
18 Assists 22
15 Turnovers 8
7 Steals 8
4 Blocks 3
23 Fouls 17


2021 BCL Americas champions

Flamengo
1st league title
2nd continental title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 Yago dos Santos 16 2 8
SF 11 Marquinhos 15 3 3
SF 25 Luke Martinez 12 8 2
PF 71 Léo Demétrio 0 1 0
C 30 Rafael Hettsheimeir 13 6 3
Reserves:
G 7 Jhonatan Luz 8 2 2
SF 8 Luciano González DNP
G 9 Ryan Miranda DNP
C 12 Rafael Mineiro 6 4 3
PF 16 Carlos Olivinha DNP
PF 20 Rafael Rachel DNP
PG 91 Diego Figueredo 1 0 0
Head coach:
Gustavo de Conti

References

  1. ^ "Flamengo wins 2021 BCLAmericas Championship". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 January 2022.