Valencia Basket appeals to La Fonteta to stay alive in the Liga Endesa Semifinals

Valencia Basket returns home in a game in which it needs to win to extend its season and force the game 3 of its semifinal series against Real Madrid (Tuesday 8, 9:15 p.m., Fonteta, #Vamos) after losing the first series game by 81-70.

 

The taronja team will have the encouragement of up to 1,000 people to try to bring out its best version again and become strong again in the Fonteta, as it did in its two games in the quarter-finals series against TD Systems Baskonia.

 

It will not be easy for a rival who has won their 19 away games this season in the Endesa League and who Valencia Basket cannot knock down at the Fonteta in national competition for almost 4 years.

 

However, the balance of clashes this season is balanced with three wins for each team and the taronja squad has already beaten the white team once at the Fonteta this season (89-78 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague).

 

On a night in which Jaume Ponsarnau will reach the figure of 200 games at the Valencia Basket’s bench as head coach, the Catalan coach has the full roster available to face the second game of this series.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

2

Juan Núñez

España

Base

1.91

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

7

Alex Tyus

EE.UU/Israel

Pívot

2.03

11

Tristan Vukcevic

Italia

Ala-pívot

2.08

12

Carlos Alocén

España

Base

1.94

16

Usman Garuba

España

Pívot

2.03

17

Vincent Poirier

Francia

Pívot

2.13

20

Jaycee Carroll

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

44

Jeff Taylor

Suecia

Alero

2.01

 

Pablo Laso

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Peruga- Perea- Sánchez Sixto