Key duel in the fight for the fourth spot in the Fonteta vs. Unicaja

Valencia Basket repeats in the Fonteta to play the postponed Endesa League round 27 game that will face Unicaja (Wednesday 24, 20:30h, Fonteta, #Vamos) in a direct duel to get the home-court advantage at the end of the Regular League. The taronja team comes to this game in the fourth position and with a game advantage over the Malaga team, so a win would allow the taronja squad to put two games away with the fifth position.

 

On a night when the fourth title of the 7DAYS EuroCup will rise to the roof of the Fonteta to stay there forever, coach Jaume Ponsarnau recovers Guillem Vives and captain Rafa Martínez, so he will have to make a technical discard in addition to the already known by Sergi García.

 

The inducements will not be lacking in a duel of sport rivalry that with the one of tomorrow will have been played 20 times in the last four seasons, although the taronja squad has prevailed in eight of the last nine visits of the Unicaja. Three of the seven most valued players of the Endesa League meet on the floor of La Fonteta and face each other two of the teams that throw more and better from behind the three-point line.

 

Jaume Ponsarnau

"We play against one of the best teams in the league and it will require us to be very good in the control of these advantages, in the physical game and in factors such as rebound or turnovers in which there is going to be an important competition for take the game. For me the most important thing is to reach the Playoff with the best conditions, with the best fitness and the best feelings. But we came from winning a competition and we showed our pride in having achieved the home-court advantage and it helped us a lot. Now it is not decisive but for the ambition that we want to show at this moment, what is more decisive is to get the home-court advantage".

 

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

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

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

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Baja

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

UNICAJA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Viny Okouo

Congo

Pívot

2.14

3

Jaime Fernández

España

Base

1.86

7

Morgan Stilma

Países Bajos

Ala-pívot

2.02

9

Alberto Díaz

España

Base

1.88

10

Sasu Salin

Finlandia

Escolta

1.91

11

Dani Díez

España

Alero

2.01

12

Dragan Milosavljevic

Serbia

Alero

1.96

17

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Pívot

2.17

21

Adam Waczynski

Polonia

Alero

1.99

22

Brian Roberts

EE.UU

Base

1.88

26

Mathias Lessort

Francia

Pívot

2.05

33

Kyle Wiltjer

Canadá

Ala-pívot

2.08

 

Luis Casimiro

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez - Rafael Serrano - Jacobo Rial