Direct duel to stay in the Playoff zone on the court of AX Armani Exchange Milan

Valencia Basket closes its tour of four away games in a row with the complicated challenge of changing its dynamics in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on the court of AX Armani Exchange Milan (Tuesday 12, 8:45 p.m., Mediolanum Arena, DAZN) in a game corresponding to day 19 of the maximum continental competition.

 

In a direct duel to stay within the Playoff zone between the two teams that make the cut, Valencia Basket will seek its first victory at the Mediolanum Forum against an opponent the taronja squad has won in two of its three visits to Italy, but in the two cases in substitute courts and never in Milan.

 

In the duel of the first leg, the Taronja squad took the win by 86-81, so beating the Italian side, in addition to helping it stay within the Top-8, would allow Valencia Basket to beat a direct opponent in basket-average in the fight to be in the Playoffs.

 

Bojan Dubljevic and Vanja Marinkovic still sidelined for this game, although Klemen Prepelic, absent in Saturday's win in Bilbao due to a personal matter, has already joined the group and will be helping in Milan. Valencia Basket currently occupies the eighth position in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a balance of 10-8.

 

Rosters

AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILÁN

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Kevin Punter

EE.UU

Base

1.93

2

Zach Leday

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.02

3

Davide Moretti

Italia

Base

1.89

5

Vladimir Micov

Serbia

Alero

2.01

9

Riccardo Moraschini

Escolta

Italia

1.94

10

Michael Roll

EE.UU

Escolta

1.98

13

Sergio Rodríguez

España

Base

1.91

15

Kaleb Tarczewski

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

19

Paul Biligha

Italia

Pívot

2.00

20

Andrea Cinciarini

Italia

Escolta

1.93

23

Malcolm Delaney

EE.UU

Base

1.91

32

Jeff Brooks

EE.UU/Italia

Ala-pívot

2.03

42

Kyle Hines

EE.UU

Pívot

1.98

70

Luigi Datome

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.03

 

Ettore Messina

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

 

Injured list

 

 

 

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: BOLTAUZER, VILIUS, SUKYS