Valencia Basket opens the second leg of the acb on the complicated court of Unicaja

Valencia Basket men’s team begins the second leg of the Endesa League by visiting the Unicaja’s gym (Sunday 29, 1:00 p.m., Martín Carpena, #Vamos) in a game of the round 18 of the national competition in which the taronja squad will try to extend his good dynamic of results (six wins in a row) facing one of the hottest teams in the competition.

 

To try to keep their good streak alive in the first of the four games in eight days ahead, Álex Mumbrú's men will have to try to impose their good offensive performance in recent games against the most efficient team in the Endesa League in defence.

 

Although the recent precedents are favorable to the Valencian team (they have won nine of their fourteen visits to the Malaga fiefdom), Unicaja has only lost twice on their court so far this season and has only suffered one defeat at home in the Endesa League (and it was on October 9 against Real Madrid).

 

Valencia Basket will repeat the same roster as in their triumph on Thursday in Berlin, with Bojan Dubljevic (right ankle sprain) and Jasiel Rivero (right knee sprain) off the list in addition to the long-term injured (Van Rossom, Hermannsson and Jiménez).

 

The positive note is put by the forward Víctor Claver, who could return to play a national competition game after already having twelve minutes in the game on Thursday at the ALBA Berlin stadium. Valencia Basket begins this day located in the 8th position of the Endesa League with a record of 9-8.

 

Rosters

UNICAJA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Dylan Osetkowski

EE.UU/Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.06

3

Melvin Ejim

Canadá/Nigeria

Alero

2.01

4

Tyler Kalinoski

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

7

Jonathan Barreiro

España

Alero

2.03

8

Darío Brizuela

España

Escolta

1.96

9

Alberto Díaz

España

Base

1.88

11

Tyson Carter

EE.UU

Base

1.93

14

Nihad Djedovic

Bosnia/Alemania

Escolta

1.97

15

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

45

David Kravish

EE.UU/Bulgaria

Pívot

2.08

55

Kendrick Perry

EE.UU/Montenegro

Base

1.83

77

Yankuba Sima

España

Pívot

2.11

 

Ibon Navarro

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

James Webb

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/Armenia

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Óscar Perea, Vicente Bultó, Fabio Fernández