Valencia Basket opens its Super Tour visiting the court of Zenit St.Petersburg

Valencia Basket opens its series of four consecutive away-games visiting the court of one of the most solid teams in Europe, Zenit St. Petersburg, in a game corresponding to round 26 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (Thursday 25, 6:00 p.m., Sibur Arena, DAZN / Movistar dial 59).

 

The Taronja team will try to extend its positive inertia of results after chaining two wins at Fonteta against CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid against a rival that has become one of the great sensations of the Euroleague by deploying the best defense of the tournament.

 

In a clash of styles, Jaume Ponsarnau's men will try to impose the offensive proposal that has made him the second best attack in the competition against a team that is the second that allows the fewest points and the one that allows the fewest possessions in their games.

 

Visiting Saint Petersburg for the third season in a row, the Taronja squad has a 1-1 balance at this court and won last season in their only visit in the Euroleague by 81-86. With Joan Sastre returning to the squad a month after his muscle injury in the left thigh, Valencia Basket has traveled with an expedition of 13 players in which the only absence is that of point guard Guillem Vives due to his back problems. The taronja team currently occupies the tenth position in the Euroleague, with a balance of 13-12.

 

Rosters

ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

KC Rivers

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

3

Denis Zakharov

Rusia

Base

1.92

4

Kevin Pangos

Canadá/SLO

Base

1.86

7

Vitaly Fridzon

Rusia

Escolta

1.94

9

Austin Hollins

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

12

Billy Baron

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

13

Dmitry Khvostov

Rusia

Base

1.90

14

Anton Pushkov

Rusia

Pívot

2.08

16

Vladimir Trushkin

Rusia

Alero

2.01

20

Andrey Zubkov

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.06

22

Alex Poythress

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

25

Mateusz Ponitka

Polonia

Alero

1.98

77

Arturas Gudaitis

Lituania

Pívot

2.08

 

Xavi Pascual

 

Entrenador

 

 

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

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

 

Injured list

 

 

 

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: RADOVIC, MOGULKOC, CICI