Valencia Basket looks for the 2nd spot in the Regular Season ending vs. UCAM Murcia

Valencia Basket closes the Regular League in a Fonteta where the orange squad have fourteen wins in a row in Liga Endesa to receive the best version of the season of UCAM Murcia (Sunday 14, 18: 00h, Movistar + dial 68). The Taronja team will repeat their best classification at the end of a ACB Regular Season, the second position that already obtained in 2003 and 2014, if wins the game. Valencia Basket can even finish second by still losing and winning Baskonia his game against Montakit Fuenlabrada, as long as the Vitorian team does not trace the 29 points difference in the general basket-average that is now between the two teams.

 

As in the last three games, centers Mike Tobey and Slava Kravtsov are out for the match, while Sam Van Rossom, who missed some practice sessions during the week for knee discomfort, will be available in Sunday afternoon. At the end of a final journey with unified schedule (with the exception of Herbalife Gran Canaria - RETAbet Bilbao Basket), the Taronja team will know who will be their opponent in the quarterfinals of their eleventh consecutive playoff participation. Herbalife Gran Canaria, FC Barcelona Lassa, Iberostar Tenerife or Unicaja are the possible candidates to face Valencia Basket in a series that would start in the Fonteta on 20 or 21 May. The Taronja team currently occupy second spot in the Endesa League with 23W-8L.

 

Pedro Martínez: "The priority is to win and be second

Valencia Basket coach, Pedro Martínez, said in the preview of the week 34 Endesa League game vs. UCAM Murcia (Sunday 14, 18: 00h, Movistar + dial 68) that "they are a team that is in very good shape. They have won a lot of games with the new coach. We have to try to give the best of ourselves because they are going to come to demonstrate their pride as professionals and their dignity to be competitive. They are going to play very hard and I do not think it will be a comfortable match because they no longer have playoff options. We must prepare for a complicated game, with alternatives. The priority is to win this game, to be seconds, to celebrate if we get it and from Monday we will start the next challenge".

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base/Escolta

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Romain Sato

R.Centroafricana

Alero

1.94

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

43

Luke Sikma

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

 

Baja

 

 

 

21

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

55

Viacheslav Kravtsov

Ucrania

Pívot

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

UCAM MURCIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

5

José Ortega

España

Escolta

1.90

6

José Ángel Antelo

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

7

Facundo Campazzo

Argentina

Base

1.81

8

Vitor Benite

Brasil

Escolta

1.94

9

Pedro Llompart

España

Base

1.87

10

Daniel Clark

Gran Bretaña

Ala-pívot

2.10

11

Nemanja Radovic

Montenegro

Ala-pívot

2.08

12

Billy Baron

EE.UU

Escolta

1.87

16

Marcos Delía

Argentina/Italia

Pívot

2.11

17

Martynas Pocius

Lituania

Alero

1.97

24

Kevin Tumba

Bélgica

Pívot

2.06

27

Sadiel Rojas

Rep.Dominicana

Alero

1.98

 

Fotis Katsikaris

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: HIERREZUELO - MARTINEZ FERNANDEZ - ZAMORANO