Key duel in the recovery in the Endesa League with the first visit to the Covirán Granada's court

Valencia Basket closes a three games week by visiting the Covirán Granada’s court for the first time (Sunday 18, 6:30 p.m., Palacio de los Deportes, Movistar+ Deportes) in a game corresponding to round 12 of the Endesa League. With the accumulated wear and tear of beating Panathinaikos Athens in overtime and fighting until the end but losing at FC Bayern, the Taronja team wants to close the week positively, looking for a victory that will allow them to continue reducing the gap that separates them from the positions that give access to the Copa del Rey.

 

Looking for that objective, the taronja squad will have to see how the accumulated fatigue affects a Dubljevic who this week is giving an excellent performance (25.5 points with 4 three-pointers per game, 6 rebounds and an average of 30 PIR in the two Euroleague games this week) and find more inspired players to back the captain.

 

On an afternoon in which Víctor Claver could become the eighth player in history to reach 300 appearances with Valencia Basket, the Taronja forward is the only survivor of our last visit to the Palacio de los Deportes in Granada for an acb game, which arrived a little less than twelve years ago, against the disappeared CB Granada and which ended with a Valencian victory.

 

Point guard Chris Jones, who rested in the Munich game so as not to subject his right knee to the requirement of a week of three games, has been part of the thirteen-player roster that heads to Granada this afternoon. On the eve of the match, coach Álex Mumbrú will decide which of the three non-EU players (Rivero, Webb III or Harper) is left out of the list for Sunday.

 

The Taronja team maintains the absences of the long-term injured Sam Van Rossom (surgery on his right knee), Millán Jiménez (who had surgery last Wednesday to end his left ankle discomfort) and Martin Hermannsson. Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 10th position with a balance of 5-6.

 

Rosters

COVIRÁN GRANADA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Thomas Bropleh

Liberia

Alero

1.96

7

Petit Niang

Senegal

Pívot

2.09

12

Alex Renfroe

EE.UU/Bosnia

Base

1.91

13

Ramon Vilà

España

Alero

2.03

14

Christian Díaz

España

Base

1.84

15

Lluis Costa

España

Base

1.87

19

Pere Tomàs

España

Alero

2.00

21

David Iriarte

España

Ala-pívot

2.05

24

Prince Ali

Ghana

Escolta

1.93

50

Jacobo Díaz

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Pablo Pin

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

James Webb

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/Armenia

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Injured list

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Jordi Aliaga- Francisco Araña- Iyán González