A direct showdown for the leadership of the Liga Endesa vs. La Laguna Tenerife.

Valencia Basket's men’s team will make up for their postponed game from the sixth round of the Liga Endesa by hosting La Laguna Tenerife (Friday, December 13, 20:05h, Fonteta, Movistar Deportes 2). The winner of this game will take first place in the ACB.

 

Originally scheduled for November 3 and postponed due to the aftermath of the DANA storm, the game will once again raise awareness of the needs of those affected by this tragedy and focus on proposals to solve related problems through “15 matches, 15 initiatives.”

 

The orange squad faces the challenge of maintaining their strong home performance in a clash of styles, pitting the two most effective offenses in Liga Endesa. Previous encounters at the Fonteta have been favorable for the home team, and although the black and yellow team won in 2020, the last three matchups ended in a Valencia victory.

 

To continue their good momentum, coach Pedro Martínez knows he will be without injured players Ethan Happ and Nate Reuvers, and the status of point guard Sergio De Larrea remains uncertain, as he had to leave Tuesday’s game in Hamburg after injuring his ankle.

 

Valencia Basket enters this sixth-round makeup game in second place in the Liga Endesa, with a record of 7-2 and a general point difference of +109.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Brancou Badio

Senegal

Escolta

1.91

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base-Esc

1.88

10

Jorge Carot

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Pívot

2.08

35

Amida Brimah

Ghana

Pívot

2.13

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

77

Nate Sestina

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.05

 

Questionable

 

 

 

5

Sergio De Larrea

España

Base

1.98

 

Injured list

 

 

 

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08

Pedro Martínez

Entrenador

 

LENOVO TENERIFE

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

David Kramer

Alemania

Alero

1.96

2

Kostas Kostadinov

Bulgaria

Alero

2.03

6

Bruno Fitipaldo

Uruguay/Italia

Base

1.83

9

Marcelinho Huertas

Brasil/Italia

Base

1.91

11

Thomas Scrubb

Canadá/UK

Alero

1.98

12

Ilimane Diop

España

Pívot

2.10

13

Lluís Costa

España

Base

1.87

15

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

19

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Pívot

2.17

21

Tim Abromaitis

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

35

Fran Guerra

España

Pívot

2.14

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/P. Bajos

Ala-pívot

2.01

 

Txus Vidorreta

 

Entrenador

 

 

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