2021 BCL Americas Final

2021 BCL Americas Final

Event	2021 BCL Americas
Flamengo Real Estelí 84 80
1 2 3 4 Total Flamengo 25 12 23 20 80 Real Estelí 24 20 23 17 84
Date	14 April 2021
Venue	Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua
MVP	Rafael Hettsheimeir
← 2020  →

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[]

Real Estelí v Flamengo

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: 11 Asts: Three players 4 PIR: Franklin 24	Boxscore	Pts: Dos Santos 16 Rebs: 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 2 1 1 Reserves: G 1 DNP PG 4 0 0 1 SF 9 2 0 0 F 15 DNP C 17 Jeleel Akindele 2 4 2 SF 24 8 2 1 F 29 DNP Head coach:

Real Estelí Flamengo 0 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 15 13 Turnovers 8 15 Steals 8 7 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 Marquinhous 15 3 3 PF 16 12 8 2 PF 41 0 1 0 C 30 Rafael Hettsheimeir 13 6 3 Reserves: G 7 Jhonatan Luz 8 2 2 SF 8 Luciano González (basketball) DNP G 9 DNP C 12 Rafael Mineiro 6 4 3 PF 16 Carlos Olivinha DNP PF 20 DNP C 88 Diego Figueredo 1 0 0 Head coach: Gustavo de Conti

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