Valencia Basket opens the second leg of the Euroleague on the FC Barcelona’s court

Valencia Basket opens the second leg of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season visiting the FC Barcelona’s court (Thursday 7, 9:00 p.m., Palau Blaugrana, DAZN) in a game that represents the second stage of the taronja tour of four away games in a row.

 

After starting 2021 with two solid victories in the Endesa League, the taronja squad will try to return to the path of victory in European competition on a court where has never won in the Euroleague (0-2 so far), but in which this same season won in a Endesa League by 90-100. It will be the third clash between these two teams in the current campaign, with a victory for each side (Barça won at Fonteta on round 3 of the Euroleague by 66-71).

 

In a match with many aspects to take into account, the two teams that shoot the best out of two in the competition are measured in a confrontation in which the Taronja team will try to impose its offensive effectiveness against the second-best defense in the competition (73, 65 points received by the Catalans).

 

The big news is the return of Guillem Vives, who has missed the last three games due to a muscle contusion in his left thigh. The Catalan playmaker has already joined practices and will be in the 12-men roster for tomorrow. Valencia Basket currently occupies the seventh position in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with 10-7 in the standings.

 

Rosters

FC BARCELONA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

8

Adam Hanga

Hungría

Alero

1.99

9

Leandro Bolmaro

Argentina/Italia

Base

1.98

10

Rolands Smits

Letonia

Alero

2.07

14

Artem Pustovyi

Ucrania

Pívot

2.18

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

21

Álex Abrines

España

Alero

1.98

22

Cory Higgins

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

23

Sergi Martínez

España

Alero

2.02

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/SVQ

Escolta

1.93

33

Nikola Mirotic

Montenegro/Esp

Ala-pívot

2.08

99

Nick Calathes

Grecia

Base

1.96

 

Sarunas Jasikevicius

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

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

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

 

 

 

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: PATERNICO, SILVA, NIKOLIC