Valencia Basket finishes the Regular Season in La Fonteta hosting the leader Real Madrid

Valencia Basket men's team faces its last home game in the Endesa League Regular Season hosting the competition leader, Real Madrid (Friday 10, 9:00 p.m., Fonteta, Movistar Plus+) in an acb round 33 game.

 

After sealing its presence in the Playoff last week, the Taronja team has the opportunity to achieve the best possible position for the qualifying series for the title, being able to finish in any position between third and eighth.

 

The options are so open that the Taronja team would not necessarily guarantee being in the Top 4 by winning the two remaining games in the Regular Season and could finish fourth by winning only one.

 

In a new edition of the most repeated game by Valencia Basket in its acb history, Xavi Albert's men will oppose their dynamic of five wins in a row at La Fonteta in acb against one of their longest negative streaks: they have not won an Endesa League Regular Season against the white team for more than eleven years.

 

With the absence of the long-term injured Boubacar Touré and Brandon Davies questionable due to the discomfort in his right knee that made him miss last week's game, the Taronja team will have to leave three of its players non-Spain-raised players out of the squad, one of them necessarily one of the Americans.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round in fourth position in the Endesa League with a balance of 20-12.

 

Rosters

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

32

Brandon Davies

EE.UU/UGA

Pívot

2.08

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

Xavi Albert

Entrenador

 

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Facu Campazzo

Argentina

Base

1.81

11

Mario Hezonja

Croacia

Alero

2.02

12

Carlos Alocén

España

Base

1.94

13

Sergio Rodríguez

España

Base

1.91

14

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

17

Vincent Poirier

Francia

Pívot

2.13

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Escolta

1.90

28

Guerschon Yabusele

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.01

30

Eli John Ndiaye

España

Ala-pívot

2.04

31

Dzanan Musa

Bosnia

Alero

2.05

 

Chus Mateo

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Pérez Pizarro - Martínez Fernández - Merino