Closing of the double Christmas session at La Fonteta with the visit of FC Barcelona in Euroleague

Valencia Basket men’s team returns to La Fonteta ten days after their victory against Panathinaikos Athens to close a Friday of basketball at home to face a new commitment of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague against FC Barcelona (Friday 23, 20:30 hours, Fonteta, DAZN/Movistar+ dial 65) in a round 15 game of the top continental competition.

 

The Taronja team will put its good offensive moment to the test (three victories in the last four games with an average of 100 points scored) against the best defense in the Euroleague, since Barça is not only the team that receives the fewest points, but also the that causes worse shooting percentages in its rivals.

 

It will be the fourth visit of FC Barcelona to La Fonteta in a European competition game (balance of 1-2 favorable to the Catalans) on a night in which a special Christmas animation has been prepared and a preview so that the fans can stay in L 'Alqueria del Basket in the time between the previous LF Endesa and this Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games.

 

In the Endesa League precedent played just under two months ago, the blaugrana team won 80-92.

 

Long-term injured players Millán Jiménez, Sam Van Rossom and Martin Hermannsson still sidelined, although the other thirteen players are available to play the game and the coach Álex Mumbrú will decide the final roster in the moments before the tip-off

 

Valencia Basket remains at the beginning of this round located in the 12th position with a balance of 6-8.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

James Webb

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/Armenia

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

FC BARCELONA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Oscar Da Silva

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.06

3

Oriol Paulí

España

Alero

2.01

6

Jan Vesely

Rep.Checa

Pívot

2.10

10

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

13

Tomas Satoransky

Rep.Checa

Base

2.01

20

Nico Laprovittola

Argentina/Italia

Base

1.90

21

Álex Abrines

España

Escolta

1.98

22

Cory Higgins

EE.UU

Alero

1.96

23

Mike Tobey

EE.UU/SLO

Pívot

2.13

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/SVQ

Escolta

1.93

31

Rokas Jokubaitis

Lituania

Base

1.93

33

Nikola Mirotic

Montenegro/ESP

Ala-pívot

2.08

46

James Nnaji

Nigeria

Pívot

2.12

 

Sarunas Jasikevicius

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: DIFALLAH, ROCHA, SHEMMESH