Complicated test for the taronja streak with the visit to the court of the leader Barça Lassa

Valencia Basket closes the Endesa League round 31 visiting the court of the leader Barça Lassa (Friday 10, 21:30h, Palau Blaugrana, #Vamos) in the first of his two meetings in less than 44 hours. With the spot for the Playoffs and the Top-5 position already guaranteed mathematically, the team will try to extend a run that is already of five wins in a row in the Endesa League to seek its next goal: ensure the home-court advantage for the Playoffs. Something that could get on this round 31 if the taronja squad takes the win at the Palau Blaugrana and Unicaja is defeated this afternoon on its own court vs. Montakit Fuenlabrada.

 

Although the balance in the recent visits to the Barça Lassa’s court are quite balanced, Valencia Basket will try to break a dynamic that is of three consecutive defeats in the Catalan fief. For this, coach Ponsarnau recovers the point-guard Sam Van Rossom, Antoine Diot will travel to Barcelona but it’s questionable and Alberto Abalde (who continues with the recovery after being operated on a finger of the right hand) and Matt Thomas (right thigh bruise) still sidelined.

 

The Taronja shooting guard will miss a match in which two of the best teams of the Endesa League in the three-points shooting will face each other and in which five of the six best three-point shooters in the Spanish League are in the rosters of those two teams. Valencia Basket currently occupies the fourth position of the Endesa League with a 20-10 in the standings.

 

Rosters

BARÇA LASSA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Kevin Seraphin

Francia

Pívot

2.06

3

Kevin Pangos

Canadá/Eslovenia

Base

1.85

5

Pau Ribas

España

Escolta

1.94

6

Chris Singleton

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

8

Adam Hanga

Hungría

Alero

1.99

9

Jaka Blazic

Eslovenia

Alero

1.96

10

Rolands Smits

Letonia

Alero

2.07

13

Thomas Heurtel

Francia

Base

1.89

14

Artem Pustovyi

Ucrania

Pívot

2.18

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/Eslovaquia

Escolta

1.93

30

Víctor Claver

España

Ala-pívot

2.07

44

Ante Tomic

Croacia

Pívot

2.17

 

Svetislav Pesic

 

Entrenador

 

 

PLANTILLA VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

33

Tomas Pavelka

Eslovaquia

Pívot

2.17

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Injured list

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: PEREZ PIZARRO, Emilio - MANUEL, Sergio - PADROS, Arnau