Hard test to close a demanding week visiting Baskonia’s court

Valencia Basket closes a demanding start to the year with their third game in six days to visit the Baskonia court (Sunday 7, 6:30 p.m., Fernando Buesa Arena, #0) in a match in which a taronja triumph would certify mathematically the ticket for the Copa del Rey. A classification that could be closed even before the initial jump of this game if there are a series of results that confirm the final classification to the KO tournament. The taronja squad wants to take advantage of the moral pull of their three victories in the last four games and especially the energy derived from the comeback in the Unicaja’s court to try to assault the court where Valencia Basket have the worst percentage of victories in the Endesa League, although the taronja squad has won in Vitoria in two of her last three visits.

 

Point guard Sergi Garcia will travel for the first time with the team since he arrived from Zaragoza, although he only made one practice with the team. On the bad side, the accumulation of minutes as a result of the short rotation makes Erick Green and Damjan Rudez travel with discomfort and are questionable for this game. The other five occupants of the infirmary remain in Valencia (Fernando San Emeterio, Guillem Vives, Joan Sastre, Antoine Diot, Latavious Williams). Valencia Basket currently occupies the third position in the Endesa League, with a balance of 10-4.

 

Rosters

BASKONIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

6

Janis Timma

Letonia

Alero

2.01

7

Johannes Voigtmann

Alemania

Pívot

2.14

9

Marcelinho Huertas

Brasil/Italia

Base

1.90

10

Rodrigue Beaubois

Francia

Escolta

1.90

11

Matt Janning

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

12

Ilimane Diop

España

Pívot

2.11

15

Jayson Granger

Uruguay/Italia

Base

1.89

17

Vincent Poirier

Francia

Pívot

2.13

19

Iván Martínez

España

Escolta

1.92

21

Kevin Jones

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

23

Tornike Shengelia

Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

29

Patricio Garino

Argentina/Italia

Alero

2.01

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Coach

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

2

Ion Galarza

España

Ala-pívot

1.96

3

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

5

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Damjan Rudez

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.05

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

21

Tibor Pleiss

Alemania

Pívot

2.18

32

Erick Green

EE.UU

Escolta

1.90

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

51

Tryggvi Hlinason

Islandia

Pívot

2.15

 

Lesión

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

22

Latavious Williams

EE.UU

Pívot

2.02

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

 

Txus Vidorreta

 

Coach

 

 

REFEREES: CONDE - ALIAGA - MUNAR