The #CalderaTaronja decides the ticket for the Liga Endesa semifinals

Valencia Basket will have the support of a Fonteta who will be a true #CalderaTaronja to face the third and final Liga Endesa Quarterfinals game vs. Bitci Baskonia (Monday 30, 9:00 p.m., Fonteta, #Vamos) in a game that represents the third consecutive campaign in which the taronja team faces a match-ball at home in the playoffs against this rival and that poses a reissue of the situation of the last season’s quarterfinals.

 

Once again the series is 1-1, although in this case both teams have won their away game, a constant that has been repeated in the four clashes between these two teams in the current season.

 

That 78-73 win in the 2020-21 season Quarterfinals game 3 was the fifth time that Valencia Basket took advantage of the option of sneaking into the semifinals by playing the decisive game at La Fonteta, while on three other occasions it was eliminated despite playing at home.

 

Imposing their style and not letting the Bitci Baskonia defense stop the taronja team's offensive fluency have been key aspects so far, as evidenced by the fact that Valencia Basket has distributed more than double the number of assists in the quarters that they have beaten this rival this season.

 

To continue contributing in this regard, the physical condition of Icelandic point guard Martin Hermannsson will be important, as he was already able to contribute to Sunday's victory with just under 23 minutes on the court despite the Achilles tendinopathy in his right leg that he is dragging. The only confirmed sidelined player will be the Slovenian shooting guard Klemen Prepelic.

 

To find the ticket for what would be the fourth acb semifinals in a row for the taronja team, Valencia Basket encourages all season ticket holders who are not going to be able to attend the game to give up or free up their seats so that there are no free seats on Monday night.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Neno Dimitrijevic

Macedonia del N.

Base

1.90

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.05

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

21

Olivier Hanlan

Canadá

Escolta

1.93

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

99

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

Joan Peñarroya

Entrenador

 

BITCI BASKONIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Sander Raieste

Estonia

Alero

2.01

5

Wade Baldwin

EE.UU

Base

1.93

8

Tadas Sedekerskis

Lituania

Alero

2.04

9

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

10

Yannick Wetzell

Nueva Zelanda

Pívot

2.08

11

Jayson Granger

Uruguay/Italia

Base

1.88

20

Simone Fontecchio

Italia

Alero

2.03

23

Steven Enoch

EE.UU/Armenia

Pívot

2.08

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Ala-pívot

2.08

25

Alec Peters

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

31

Rokas Giedraitis

Lituania

Alero

2.02

47

Arturs Kurucs

Letonia

Escolta

1.93

 

Neven Spahija

 

Entrenador

 

 

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