Valencia Basket appeals to La Fonteta to begin its reaction vs. Real Betis Baloncesto

Less than two days after finishing their participation in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Valencia Basket men's team will try to break its losing streak in national competition and become strong again at La Fonteta, hosting Real Betis Baloncesto (Sunday 16, 20: 00h, Movistar Deportes 2) in a game that will close Endesa League round 27.

 

The taronja team will seek to change a negative dynamic that has led it to chain three defeats in the acb and lose all the advantage it had over its pursuers in the race to be in the Playoff against a rival that has carried out a profound remodeling of its roster and have improved a lot in recent games to try to escape from the relegation zone.

 

And that has also shown itself to be an uncomfortable visitor, since it is one of the teams that has achieved the best results in La Fonteta in recent times, having won at the Taronja fiefdom in four of its last ten visits in the Regular League, including the last season clash.

 

It will be a very special game for Shannon Evans, who will face the team with which he began the season for the first time before joining Valencia Basket.

 

Sam Van Rossom and Klemen Prepelic still sidelined and Xabi López-Arostegui is questionable after the Spanish forward missed Friday's game in Barcelona due to discomfort in the plantar fascia of his left foot.

 

Millán Jiménez continues with his set-up after the ankle injury and today he will play with the LEB Plata second team. In addition, one of the three non-EU players will not be able to be registered for this game, with Jared Harper currently out.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 8th position of the Endesa League with 13-13 in the standings.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

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

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Not registered

 

 

 

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

 

Injured list

 

 

 

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REAL BETIS BALONCESTO

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Zsombor Maronka

Hungría

Alero

2.08

1

Tyson Pérez

R.Dominicana

Ala-pívot

2.02

2

BJ Johnson III

EE.UU

Escolta

2.01

4

Aleksandar Cvetkovic

Serbia

Base

1.88

8

Jean Montero

R.Dominicana

Escolta

1.88

10

Pablo Almazán

España

Alero

2.00

11

Jeremy Pargo

EE.UU

Base

1.88

13

Dairis Bertans

Letonia

Escolta

1.93

18

Anzejs Pasecniks

Letonia

Pívot

2.16

30

Eulis Báez

R.Dominicana

Ala-pívot

2.01

40

Luke Fischer

EE.UU/Armenia

Pívot

2.11

43

Amar Sylla

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

52

Volodymyr Gerun

Ucrania

Pívot

2.08

 

Luis Casimiro

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Rafael Serrano- Francisco Araña- Roberto Lucas