First round of the quarterfinals vs. TD Systems Baskonia with the support of the fans at La Fonteta

Valencia Basket opens its Endesa League quarterfinals Playoff series against TD Systems Baskonia (Monday 31, 7:45 p.m., Movistar Deportes) in a Fonteta in which the taronja squad will be able to have the support of up to 1,500 fans in the stands.

 

The taronja squad enters the series for the title in good dynamics, with seven wins in its last eight games, and has had a week to continue improving its performance to face this tough best of three games clash.

 

However, Valencia Basket has the history against, since the taronja squad has only been able to eliminate the Vitorian team on one of the five previous occasions in which faced Baskonia in the acb Playoffs. In the current season equality is the keynote, with two wins for each side and the two teams winning both home games.

 

Coach Jaume Ponsarnau has the full roster to face this start of the post-season, although coach has already revealed in the preview that he will keep the same 12-man list of the last games, with Josep Puerto and Vanja Marinkovic as players who will be left out of the list if there are no problems in the last work sessions.

 

Rosters

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

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

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

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

TD SYSTEMS BASKONIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Sander Raieste

Estonia/ESP

Alero

2.04

4

Frantz Massenat

Haití

Escolta

1.93

5

Tonye Jekiri

Nigeria

Pívot

2.12

7

Pierria Henry

EE.UU

Base

1.96

8

Tadas Sedekerskis

Lituania

Alero

2.04

10

Quino Colom

Andorra

Base

1.88

12

Ilimane Diop

España

Pívot

2.10

19

Youssoupha Fall

Senegal/FRA

Pívot

2.21

25

Alec Peters

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

30

Zoran Dragic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.96

31

Rokas Giedraitis

Lituania

Alero

2.02

33

Achille Polonara

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.05

47

Arturs Kurucs

Letonia

Escolta

1.93

 

Dusko Ivanovic

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES:  Hierrezuelo -  Oyón - García González