Hard test for the taronja European improvement in the Anadolu Efes' court

Valencia Basket will try to maintain its improvement in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, with four victories in the last six games, visiting in a complicated physical situation the Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s court (Thursday 1, 18:00h, Sinan Erdem, Movistar Deportes 2). The taronja squad has left this morning towards Turkey with only seven professional players in its roster. To the six injured players that the team had in the game in Santiago has joined the absence for this game of the forward Fernando San Emeterio, who has remained in Valencia to recover from some discomfort in the left knee.

 

German center Tibor Pleiss has been able to travel will the team and will play, although he drags a fascitis in the right foot. The youngsters from the 2nd team Tryggvi Hlinason, Josep Puerto and Luis Ferrando allow the taronja squad to complete the ten-player minimum roster. The precedents are also not favorable to Valencia Basket, who has never been won at Efes’ court in its previous visits in the top continental competition

 

Rosters

ANADOLU EFES  ISTANBUL

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Errick McCollum

EE.UU

Base/Escolta

1.88

4

Dogus Balbay

Turquía

Base

1.85

5

Derrick Brown

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

6

Yigitcan Saybir

Turquía

Alero

1.98

8

Birkan Batuk

Turquía

Alero

1.96

10

Onuralp Bitim

Turquía

Alero

1.96

12

Brock Motum

Australia

Ala-pívot

2.08

15

Vladimir Stimac

Serbia

Pívot

2.10

22

Muhaymin Mustafa

Turquía

Alero

1.96

23

Toney Douglas

EE.UU

Base

1.88

30

Zoran Dragic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.96

42

Bryant Dunston

EE.UU

Pívot

2.03

44

Krunoslav Simon

Croacia

Alero

1.97

 

Ergin Ataman

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

3

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

13

Luis Ferrando

España

Base

1.85

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

21

Tibor Pleiss

Alemania

Pívot

2.18

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

32

Erick Green

EE.UU

Escolta

1.90

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

51

Tryggvi Hlinason

Islandia

Pívot

2.15

 

Injured list

 

 

 

5

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

22

Latavious Williams

EE.UU

Pívot

2.02

Txus Vidorreta

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: BOLTAUZER (Slovenia), GKONTAS (Greece) & DIFALLAH (France)