Highest level test at Fonteta vs. the leader Barça Lassa

Valencia Basket will close the Gran Festa del Basket that has been prepared for tomorrow with Endesa League round 5 game that will face the taronja squad with Barça Lassa (Sunday 21, 7:15 p.m., Fonteta, #Vamos) in a game in which Valencia Basket will try to extend its winning streak, which has led him to chain four wins in a row. The men of Jaume Ponsarnau will try to take profit of the home-court advantage that has led the taronja squad to prevail over this rival in six of the last seven visits of the blue and purple team, although the closest precedent ended with a visitor's win by one point. Valencia Basket does not recover either Joan Sastre (acute back pain), Antoine Diot or Rafa Martínez, so Valencia Basket will present the 12-men rotation that in the game vs. Partizan of Belgrade. The taronja squad currently occupies the 8th position of the Endesa League with a balance of 2-2.

 

Jaume Ponsarnau analizes the game

Valencia Basket coach Jaume Ponsarnau said that "to play against Barça Lassa we have to be smart in our attack game to play against their size and be dynamic. Have rhythm and from this rhythm find a mobility that makes difficult for players of their size to be where they want to be. In defense we need to be very good against all these plays that have go inside and play P&R. And that all this contributes the possibility of continuing in rhythm also from the defense. All his players can be important and I hope that those players who appear will find good response from our defense and that they do not find spaces of confidence to be inspired"

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

50

Ion Galarza

España

Alero

1.96

 

Injured list

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

BARÇA LASSA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Kevin Seraphin

Francia

Pívot

2.06

3

Kevin Pangos

Canadá/Eslovenia

Base

1.85

5

Pau Ribas

España

Escolta

1.94

6

Chris Singleton

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

9

Jaka Blazic

Eslovenia

Alero

1.96

10

Rolands Smits

Letonia

Alero

2.07

13

Thomas Heurtel

Francia

Base

1.89

14

Artem Pustovyi

Ucrania

Pívot

2.18

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/Eslovaquia

Escolta

1.93

30

Víctor Claver

España

Ala-pívot

2.07

44

Ante Tomic

Croacia

Pívot

2.17

 

Svetislav Pesic

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: PÉREZ PÉREZ- GARCÍA ORTIZ- SERRANO