The Endesa League returns to La Fonteta with the visit of Lenovo Tenerife

Valencia Basket will try to hold on to the heat of its fans and its good moment at home in national competition (five wins in a row in the acb) to try to turn the page on the severe correction the taronja squad received on Friday night in Vitoria in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and recover their best version in the return of the Endesa League to Fonteta, facing one of the hottest teams before the break, Lenovo Tenerife (Sunday 5, 6:30 p.m., Fonteta, #Vamos) in a game corresponding to round 21.

 

Less than 44 hours after their European competition game, Álex Mumbrú's men will need to recover all the energy possible and feel the support of La Fonteta as the sixth player to carry out a challenge as demanding as that of facing against a rival that hasn't gotten off the leading van of the Endesa League all season.

 

A duel in which the battle of rhythm will be key to trying to impose the taronja style against an opponent who is the one who plays with fewer possessions in the acb. The precedents at home are favorable to the taronja team 10-2 in acb, although the black and yellow team won at Fonteta two seasons ago.

 

Coach Álex Mumbrú will have to leave out one of the three non-EU players (Rivero, Webb III or Harper), so the Icelandic point guard Martin Hermannsson could be the one chosen to complete the roster and return to the list 279 days after his severe left knee injury. Kyle Alexander, Sam Van Rossom and Millán Jiménez still sidelined.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 8th position with a balance of 10-10.

 

Rosters

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

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

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

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

LENOVO TENERIFE

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Jaime Fernandez

España

Escolta

1.86

4

Sergio Rodríguez

España

Alero

2.04

6

Bruno Fitipaldo

Uruguay/Italia

Base

1.83

9

Marcelinho Huertas

Brasil/Italia

Base

1.91

10

Sasu Salin

Finlandia

Escolta

1.90

12

Moussa Diagne

Senegal

Pívot

2.11

19

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Pívot

2.17

21

Tim Abromaitis

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

23

Elgin Cook

EE.UU

Alero

1.96

35

Fran Guerra

España

Pívot

2.14

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

93

Diego Fernández

España

Escolta

1.98

 

Txus Vidorreta

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Carlos Peruga - Carlos Cortés - Rubén Sánchez Mohedas