Valencia Basket open the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16 in the Fonteta receiving ALBA Berlin

Valencia Basket opens the year 2017 in the Fonteta receiving the ALBA Berlin in the week 2 Top 16 7DAYS EuroCup game (Wednesday 11, 20: 30h, Fonteta, Teledeporte, direct on the web, delayed 01: 00h) in a meeting in which the Taronja squad will try to maintain their perfect balance against German teams in the Fonteta trying to add their second win in this second phase of the European competition. The orange team will have the support of his fans (no loses at home since 19 October) and with the full roster, after the center Slava Kravtsov has recovered from the back problems that had prevented him from playing in the last two games. Pedro Martínez's men will defend at home the best winning streak in the competition (seven wins) against an opponent who has the fifth best attack of the 7DAYS EuroCup (86.9 points per game) with the third best percentage in three pointers of the competition (40.4%).

 

Pedro Martínez: “Consolidate at home the last week´s win”

Valencia Basket coach Pedro Martínez said in the preview press conference that "the last week’s win in Zagreb was very important, but now we have to consolidate it in the home games. The only one we have at home in this first round of Top 16 is ​​the tomorrow’s game, with which its importance is capital, decisive. We will see if we can win it with the energy of our fans and with the effort of the team".

 

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

55

Viacheslav Kravtsov

Ucrania

Pívot

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

ALBA BERLÍN

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

5

Niels Giffey

Alemania

Alero

2.00

6

Jonathan Malu

Alemania

Pívot

2.00

7

Peyton Siva

EE.UU

Base

1.83

8

Ismet Akpinar

Alemania

Base

1.90

9

Elmedin Kikanovic

Bosnia

Pívot

2.11

10

Tim Schneider

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.02

11

Akeem Vargas

Alemania

Escolta

1.92

13

Malcolm Miller

EE.UU

Alero

2.00

14

Engin Atsur

Alemania

Base

1.89

21

Dragan Milosavljevic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

22

Carl English

Canadá

Escolta

1.96

33

Tony Gaffney

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Out

 

 

 

15

B. Radosavljevic

Alemania

Pívot

2.13

 

Ahmet Caki

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: PAPAPETROU (Greece), VOJINOVIC (Serbia) and RADOJKOVIC (Croatia)