Direct duel in the fight for the Euroleague Top-8 with the visit of Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul

Valencia Basket repeats at home to face another fundamental game in its fight to stay in the playoff positions of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, in this case hosting a direct rival as Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul (Friday 28, 21:00h, DAZN) seeking to recover with the support of its fans the strength shown during much of the competition in La Fonteta and break his current bad streak at home (three defeats in the last four European games in Valencia).

 

The Taronja squad has in its favor that it has had a full week to prepare this crucial clash, although that margin has not allowed it to recover players and Jordan Loyd, Sam Van Rossom and Guillem Vives remain sidelined.

 

Friday's game will unbalance the history of clashes between these two teams in Fonteta, which so far is a win for each side. And Valencia Basket will try to maintain its good precedents against Turkish rivals in La Fonteta (with 11 local wins in 14 games), although the taronja squad has lost in the last two visits of teams of this nationality in the Euroleague.

 

The taronja team starts this round 26 maintaining the seventh position of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague that has defended the last five games, with a 12-13 in the standings.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Quino Colom

España

Base

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Brock Motum

Australia/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.08

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

45

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.85

Sidelined

3

Jordan Loyd

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

FENERBAHÇE BEKO ISTANBUL

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

James Nunnally

EE.UU

Escolta

2.01

9

Leo Westermann

Francia

Base

1.98

10

Melih Mahmutoglu

Turquía

Base

1.91

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

13

Tarik Biberovic

Turquía

Alero

2.01

16

Kostas Sloukas

Grecia

Base

1.90

19

Nando De Colo

Francia

Escolta

1.96

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

23

Malcolm Thomas

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

24

Jan Vesely

Rep.Checa

Pívot

2.13

35

Ali Muhammed

EE.UU

Base

1.78

44

Ahmet Duveriouglu

Turquía

Pívot

2.09

70

Luigi Datome

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.03

77

Joffrey Lauvergne

Francia

Pívot

2.11

 

Zeljko Obradovic

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: LATISEVS, PASTUSIAK, MAJKIC