Jerusalem, tough first option to get the ticket to the 7DAYS EuroCup finals

Valencia Basket has their first opportunity tomorrow in Jerusalem to get into the big 7DAYS EuroCup final with the 7DAYS EuroCup semifinals game 2 vs. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (Friday 17, 13:00h, Pais Arena, Teledeporte / Eurosport2 / Euroleague TV) after getting the win in the game 1 played on Tuesday in Spain by a score of 83-68. In this format with the best of three matches, extend the good streak in Israel (Valencia Basket has not lost in any of his three visits to Jerusalem so far) will guarantee the team taronja his presence in their seventh final. The Taronja squad traveled to Israel this morning with only nine professional players to face this match, due to injury absences, all on the left foot, of Guillem Vives, Antoine Diot and Slava Kravtsov. Romain Sato, with a nasal fracture, has finally been able to travel with his teammates and will be able to help the team using a personalized protective mask.

 

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem will try to assert the strength of a Pais Arena in which this season has only lost against Valencia Basket in European competition (84-86 in the Regular Season) to extend this series of semifinals and return to the Fonteta next Wednesday. Tarence Kinsey joined the two most valued players in the 7DAYS EuroCup (Curtis Jerrells with 16.9 credits and Amar'e Stoudemire with 15.2 credits) to be the most oustanding players in the game 1, but not was enough to get the triumph of the Fonteta. In this second chapter, they have the support of a gym that has touched the 9,000 spectators in the last European commitments, in which they increase their offensive performance and in which they present a balance of 7-1 in the 7DAYS EuroCup.

 

Pedro Martinez: "A good mental response is key"

Valencia Basket coach Pedro Martínez said in reference to this second game that "sure is going to be a hard game again, we will have the same injuries we had in the first game. But as always, we have to find in the team the answer to the injuries. I expect a game in which the mental aspects will be key: being prepared to suffer, being able to not decentrate when you are some points up and they recover or down. We need to have a good response to all the things that the game may have in a hostile environment, on a very hot court. These is very motivating to play, but logically is very positive for the local team"

 

 

Rosters

HAPOEL BANK YAHAV JERUSALEM

Nº

Name

Born

Position

Height

1

Amar’e Stoudemire

USA

C

2.08

2

Jerome Dyson

USA

SG

1.91

7

Or Ron

Israel

PG

1.85

8

Lior Eliyahu

Israel

PF

2.05

10

Yotam Halperin

Israel

SG

1.93

11

Bar Timor

Israel

PG

1.90

21

Tarence Kinsey

USA

SF

1.98

22

Shawn Jones

USA

PF

2.03

42

Travis Peterson

USA

C

2.08

55

Curtis Jerrells

USA

PG

1.85

91

Isaac Rosefelt

USA

PF

2.04

 

Injured

 

 

 

95

Brian Randle

USA

PF

2.03

 

Simone Pianigiani

 

Coach

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Name

Born

Position

Height

0

Will Thomas

USA/Georgia

PF

2.03

9

Sam Van Rossom

Belgium

PG

1.88

10

Romain Sato

CAF

SF

1.94

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

C

2.05

17

Rafa Martínez

Spain

SG

1.90

18

Pierre Oriola

Spain

PF

2.06

19

Fernando San Emeterio

Spain

SF

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

Spain

SG

2.00

42

Luis Ferrando

Spain

PG

1.85

43

Luke Sikma

USA

PF

2.03

52

Emil Savic

Croatia

SG

2.00

 

Injured

 

 

 

8

Antoine Diot

France

PG/SG

1.93

16

Guillem Vives

Spain

PG

1.92

55

Viacheslav Kravtsov

Ukraine

C

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Coach

 

 

 

REFEREES: RYZHYK (Ukraine), PETEK (Slovenua) & OBRKNEZEVIC (Serbia)