Valencia Basket, facing the challenge of seeking its first win on the CSKA Moscow’s court

Valencia Basket will face its fourth game in eight days to look for the most difficult one yet on a court where has never been able to win, the CSKA Moscow’s one (Thursday 29, 6:00 p.m., Megasport Arena, DAZN) in a game corresponding to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round 6.

 

The Taronja squad has traveled directly to Moscow with the same roster of 13 players that won yesterday in Santiago, with Joan Sastre as the only player sidelined due to an injury. And he does it with the wear of this straight run of close games but with the confidence that gives the streak of three wins in a row that Jaume Ponsarnau's men chained and the fact that they have not yet lost as a visitor in this competition (wins in Madrid and Kaunas so far).

 

Point guard Guillem Vives can in this game equal Víctor Luengo's 115 games in European competitions (which would make him the fourth player with the most games in continental tournaments), while Sam Van Rossom is only 3 points away from becoming the fourth player in our history who reaches a thousand points in European competition.

 

Valencia Basket remains in the Playoff positions and opens this sixth round in the fourth position of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a balance of 3-1 and the match pending to relocate and play against Zenit at the Fonteta

 

Rosters

CSKA MOSCOW

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Joel Bolomboy

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.04

5

Mike James

EE.UU

Base

1.85

6

Darrun Hilliard

EE.UU

Escolta

1.98

7

Ivan Ukhov

Rusia

Escolta

1.93

10

Daniel Hackett

Italia

Base

1.93

11

Semen Antonov

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.02

13

Janis Strelnieks

Letonia

Base

1.91

17

Johannes Voigtmann

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.11

21

Will Clyburn

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.01

23

Tornike Shengelia

Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.06

28

Andrei Lopatin

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.08

33

Nikola Milutinov

Serbia

Pívot

2.13

41

Nikita Kurbanov

Rusia

Alero

2.02

 

Dimitris Itoudis

 

Entrenador

 

 

PLANTILLA VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

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

 

Injured list

 

 

 

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: LATISEVS, MOGULKOC, GKONTAS