# 2021 BCL Americas Final

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.

## 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 | Real Estelí | Round | Flamengo | 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 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 | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Vansdell Wester | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 4 | Sharlon Hodgson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Dalton Cacho | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 15 | Andy Estrada | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 17 | Jeleel Akindele | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 24 | Jared Ruiz | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 29 | Francisco Garth | DNP | DNP | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 7 | Jhonatan Luz | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 8 | Luciano González | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 9 | Ryan Miranda | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 12 | Rafael Mineiro | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| PF | 16 | Carlos Olivinha | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 20 | Rafael Rachel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 91 | Diego Figueredo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gustavo de Conti ||||||