Valencia Basket closes Liga Endesa Regular Season on the court of MoraBanc Andorra

Valencia Basket men's team closes the Endesa League Regular Season visiting the MoraBanc Andorra’s court (Sunday 12, 6:30 p.m., Pavelló de Govern, Movistar Deportes 7) in a game in which it seeks a victory that would allow the taronja squad to secure the home-court advantage status in the Endesa League Playoffs.

 

A victory in the Principality would leave the Taronja team third or fourth, although they could also be in the Top-4 with a loss. Xavi Albert's men cannot fall below fifth place, a position they would occupy only if a specific combination of results occurs: defeat in Andorra, victory for Dreamland Gran Canaria and defeat for Lenovo Tenerife.

 

It will not be easy to win on a court where, although Valencia Basket leads the overall history by 4-5, in its last five visits has had three defeats and two wins by just one point.

 

Brandon Davies will miss his third consecutive game due to an injury to his right knee and his absence joins that of the long-term injured Boubacar Touré.

 

The Taronja team has travelled with fourteen players and will hold two work sessions in Andorra to decide the two players ruled out for this game, one of them necessarily one of the three Americans.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round in fourth position in the Endesa League with a balance of 21-12.

 

Rosters

MORABANC ANDORRA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Mihajlo Andric

Serbia

Ala-pívot

2.01

1

Tyson Pérez

Rep.Dom/ESP

Ala-pívot

2.02

3

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base

1.88

5

Rafa Luz

Brasil

Base

1.88

7

Juan Rubio

España

Alero

1.97

8

Tobias Borg

Suecia

Escolta

1.84

9

Nacho Llovet

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

10

Jerrick Harding

EE.UU

Base

1.85

11

Stan Okoye

Nigeria

Alero

1.98

23

Felipe Dos Anjos

Brasil

Pívot

2.18

24

Alexander Madsen

Finlandia

Ala-pívot

2.08

30

Adam Somogyi

Hungría

Escolta

1.93

34

Marin Maric

Croacia

Pívot

2.11

 

Natxo Lezkano

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Escolta

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

Justin Anderson

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

10

Damien Inglis

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

27

Alpha Kaba

Francia

Pívot

2.08

30

Kassius Robertson

Canadá/JAM

Escolta

1.90

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

47

Kevin Pangos

Canadá/SLO

Base

1.85

 

Injured list

 

 

 

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

32

Brandon Davies

EE.UU/UGA

Pívot

2.08

Xavi Albert

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Martín Caballero - Sergio Manuel - Yasmina Alcaraz