La Fonteta hosts a direct duel in the race for the Playoffs with the visit of Zalgiris Kaunas

Valencia Basket faces the first of the clashes against direct rivals in the fight for the race to make the Playoffs of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague that will play at home hosting Zalgiris Kaunas (Wednesday 27, 9:00 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN / Movistar dial 59) in a game which will close round 22 of the top European competition.

 

The Taronja squad will try to get stronger again at La Fonteta, where they have seven wins in a row, against a rival against whom they have positive precedents in Valencia and who won in the first leg by 82-94.

 

In a clash between two of the most offensively effective teams in the Euroleague, Valencia Basket recovers Bojan Dubljevic and Klemen Prepelic from the last Euroleague game, although loses the participation of Joan Sastre due to a muscle injury in the left thigh and Derrick Williams is questionable due to the left knee injury that made him who miss the last game of the taronja side.

 

The Valencian team begins this round 22 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in ninth position of the tournament with an 11-10 in the standings.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

 

Lesionado

 

 

 

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

ZALGIRIS KAUNAS

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Thomas Walkup

EE.UU

Base

1.93

4

Lukas Lekavicius

Lituania

Base

1.80

10

Nigel Hayes

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Paulius Jankunas

Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.05

16

Karolis Lukosiunas

Lituania

Alero

1.95

21

Arturas Milaknis

Lituania

Escolta

1.95

23

Martinas Geben

Lituania

Pívot

2.08

24

Augustine Rubit

EE.UU

Pívot

2.03

31

Rokas Jokubaitis

Lituania

Escolta

1.93

40

Marius Grigonis

Lituania

Alero

1.98

77

Joffrey Lauvergne

Francia

Pívot

2.11

 

Martin Schiller

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: ROCHA, PETEK, GKONTAS