EuroCup Finals move to Malaga for the game 2

Valencia Basket faces the 7DAYS EuroCup Finals game 2 as their first chance to get the title if they win after winning the game 1 by 68-62 (Friday 31, 21:00h, Martín Carpena, Teledeporte/ Eurosport2/ Euroleague TV). Although the most recent precedents are positive for the Taronja team (has won Unicaja in eight of its last nine games), the equality of the last two games played on Saturday and Tuesday in the Fonteta makes clear the good shape of the Malaga team. For this second match of the European final, coach Pedro Martinez maintains the absences of Antoine Diot and Slava Kravtsov.

 

Unicaja has been intractable on their own court in the 7DAYS EuroCup playoffs, beating Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals (82-67) and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in the semifinals (74-63). The team of Joan Plaza has been advancing rounds to get into the final based on an excellent defense that has not allowed more than 70 points to none of their rivals in the last five games of the tournament. As in the first match, center Dejan Musli, with a grade 2 sprain in his right ankle, is out, while Serbian bodyguard Nemanja Nedovic has declared today that he has overcome his physical problems in the ankle.

 

Rosters

UNICAJA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Viny Okouo

Congo

Pívot

2.14

8

Kyle Fogg

EE.UU

Base

1.90

9

Alberto Díaz

España

Base

1.88

11

Dani Díez

España

Alero

2.01

15

Jamar Smith

EE.UU

Escolta

1.91

16

Nemanja Nedovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.91

20

Oliver Lafayette

EE.UU/Croacia

Base

1.88

21

Adam Waczynski

Polonia

Alero

1.99

23

Jeff Brooks

EE.UU/Italia

Ala-pívot

2.03

43

Carlos Suárez

España

Ala-pívot

2.03

92

Alen Omic

Eslovenia

Pívot

2.16

 

Out

 

 

 

44

Dejan Musli

Serbia

Pívot

2.13

 

Joan Plaza

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Romain Sato

R.Centroafricana

Alero

1.94

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

42

Luis Ferrando

España

Base

1.85

43

Luke Sikma

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

52

Emil Savic

Croacia

Escolta

2.00

 

Out

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base/Escolta

1.93

55

Viacheslav Kravtsov

Ucrania

Pívot

2.13

 

Not available

 

 

 

21

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: JAVOR (Slovenia), BELOSEVIC (Serbia) and PANTHER (Germany)