Second round of the Endesa League semifinal repeating visit to the Real Madrid’s court

After losing the first point of the series, Valencia Basket faces the second game of the Endesa League semifinals vs. Real Madrid (Saturday 8, 21:00h, Wizink Center, #Vamos) with the aim of recovering sensations and compete better in a game 2 that historically has always been favorable (the taronja squad has won three of the five "games 2" of  series against this opponent).

 

The taronja squad has two practice sessions in Madrid to work this game, although the distribution of minutes of the first game of the series and rest in a vortex of games every two days also seem key elements in the preview of this second match of the tie.

 

Both coach Jaume Ponsarnau and players Guillem Vives and Aaron Doornekamp did not want to hide behind excuses and were convinced that taronja performance will improve in the second game of this semi-final.

 

Shooting guard Matt Thomas, who continues with the recovery of the intervention to which he was subjected in the right thigh, still sidelined for this full series, but the team will have the support of a hundred taronja fans that will help the team from the stands of the Wizink Center.

 

Rosters

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Escolta

1.95

3

Anthony Randolph

EE.UU/Eslovenia

Ala-pívot

2.11

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

7

Facundo Campazzo

Argentina/España

Base

1.81

9

Felipe Reyes

España

Ala-pívot

2.04

14

Gustavo Ayón

México

Pívot

2.07

16

Santiago Yusta

España

Alero

2.00

20

Jaycee Carroll

EE.UU/Azerbaijan

Escolta

1.88

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Base

1.90

24

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

33

Trey Thompkins

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.08

44

Jeffery Taylor

Suecia

Alero

2.01

 

Pablo Laso

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

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

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Injured list

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: MARTÍN BERTRAN, CALATRAVA, SERRANO