Valencia Basket appeals to the #CalderaTaronja vs. the hottest team in Europe, Olympiacos Piraeus

The Euroleague returns after two weeks of hiatus and does it in a big way with one of the best games possible. The Valencia Basket men's team will need all the support of their #CalderaTaronja to try to break their particular curse at home against the hottest team on the continent, Olympiacos Piraeus (Friday 24, 8:30 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN/Movistar+ dial 65) in a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round 25 game.

 

The Taronja squad will try to extend its recent good dynamics in the top continental competition (six wins in the last seven games) against an opponent that has not lost since January 10 and the only rival of the current Euroleague participants at that Valencia Basket has never been able to win at La Fonteta (six Greek victories so far in the precedents).

 

Álex Mumbrú's men will need La Fonteta more than ever to become the sixth player to give an additional boost to a squad that is beginning to recover players. With Martin Hermannsson sidelined despite the fact that he returned to train with the group this week after his serious knee injury and the absence of the long-term injured Sam Van Rossom and Millán Jiménez, Coach will have to rule out one of the thirteen players available.

 

As a model, the victory in the first leg game in Piraeus by 82-83 with the three decisive free throws by Chris Jones and the final block by James Webb III. Valencia Basket begins this day located in the 8th position with a balance of 13-11.

 

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

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

 

Injured list

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Thomas Walkup

EE.UU

Base

1.93

3

Isaiah Canaan

EE.UU

Base

1.83

4

Michalis Lountzis

Grecia

Escolta

1.95

5

Giannoulis Larentzakis

Grecia

Escolta

1.96

10

Moustapha Fall

Francia

Pívot

2.18

11

Kostas Sloukas

Grecia

Base

1.90

14

Sasha Vezenkov

Bulgaria

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Kostas Papanikolaou

Grecia

Alero

2.04

21

Joel Bolomboy

Ucrania

Pívot

2.04

25

Alec Peters

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

28

Tarik Black

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

77

Shaquielle McKissic

EE.UU

Alero

1.96

 

Georgios Bartzokas

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: JAVOR, JOVCIC, MOGULKOC