The court of a renewed Baxi Manresa puts the taronja good shape to test

Valencia Basket opens the away-games section in the second leg of the Endesa League by visiting the court of Baxi Manresa (Sunday 3, 7:30 p.m., Nou Congost, Movistar +) in the game that will close on the round 19. The taronja squad will try to maintain its position in the Top 4 and its good dynamic of results, with 16 wins in the last 17 games, in a court that historically has been good for us in this decade (seven wins in his last eight visits)

 

However, Valencia Basket will face the best Baxi Manresa at the qualifying level of recent years. In fact, our team does not visit Manresa with the local team involved in Playoff positions for 21 years. It was in the 1997-98 season, a pleasant memory for both teams. The Valencian won the Copa del Rey and the Catalan team lifted the ACB League title months later.

 

The taronja squad will hold two practice sessions at Nou Congost, so this morning they have moved to Manresa with the twelve players available. Point-guard Antoine Diot (left hamstring injury) and power forward Louis Labeyrie (vertigo) will be sidelined for this game. Valencia Basket currently occupies the fourth position in the Endesa League with a record of twelve victories and six defeats, with a seven wins in its last eight national competition games streak.

 

Rosters

BAXI MANRESA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Corey Fisher

EE.UU

Base

1.85

2

Ryan Toolson

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

5

Guillem Jou

España

Escolta

1.95

6

Gabriel Lundberg

Dinamarca

Escolta

1.93

12

Erik Murphy

EE.UU/Finlandia

Ala-pívot

2.08

17

Yankuba Sima

España

Pívot

2.11

19

Pere Tomàs

España

Alero

2.00

20

Tomislav Zubcic

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.11

25

Cady Lalanne

Haití

Pívot

2.08

33

Álvaro Muñoz

España

Alero

1.96

77

Jokubas Gintvainis

Lituania

Base

1.92

 

Joan Peñarroya

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

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

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

 

Injured list

 

 

 

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: HIERREZUELO - PEREA - MERINO