Valencia Basket raises the backdrop of the quarterfinals in the Fonteta vs. FC Barcelona Lassa

Valencia Basket opens the Endesa League quarterfinals receiving FC Barcelona Lassa in the Fonteta (Saturday 20, 18: 00h, #0) in a match that faces these two rivals just one month after the last precedent In this same scenario and that finished with taronja win by 76-59. Valencia Basket begins their eleventh consecutive participation in the Playoffs with the intention of lengthening their good dynamics, since it has managed to advance to the semifinals in the last three seasons. The orange squad counts in his favor with his recent dynamics against FC Barcelona Lassa, with three wins in the last three visits of the catalan team to the Fonteta, and with the support of his fans after securing the home-court advantage after finishing in third position the Regular Season.

 

Coach Pedro Martinez will not count with the Belgian point guard Sam Van Rossom, who fell from his left knee injury and has not been entered for the Playoff, and aldo without Mike Tobey. Will be ready to help three months after his last game the Ukrainian center Slava Kravtsov, recently recovered after his surgery on the little finger of the left foot.

 

Pedro Martínez: "We have the ambition to win the series”

Valencia Basket coach, Pedro Martínez, pointed out in the previous press conference prior to the Endesa League quarterfinals game 1 vs. FC Barcelona Lassa that "it is not difficult to have great respect for our rival, it is a team with many good players. The difficulties are maximum, we have been third but the sixth has been only one victory away. If they had won the home game against Tenerife could have been seconds. Barça Lassa has the prestige of having great players, who are top and we know it will be difficult, but we have the ambition and hope to make good games and win the series"

 

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

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

 

Out

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

21

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

FC BARCELONA LASSA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Xavier Munford

EE.UU

Base

1.90

2

Tyrese Rice

EE.UU/Montenegro

Base

1.85

10

Víctor Claver

España

Ala-pívot

2.07

14

Aleksandar Vezenkov

Bulgaria

Ala-pívot

2.06

20

Marcus Eriksson

Suecia

Alero

2.01

21

Moussa Diagné

Senegal

Pívot

2.11

24

Brad Oleson

EE.UU/España

Escolta

1.91

25

Petteri Koponen

Finlandia

Base

1.94

32

Alex Renfroe

EE.UU/Bosnia

Base

1.91

33

Stratos Perperoglou

Grecia

Alero

2.03

44

Ante Tomic

Croacia

Pívot

2.17

 

Out

 

 

 

5

Justin Doellman

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.06

11

Juan Carlos Navarro

España

Escolta

1.92

 

Georgios Bartzokas

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: GARCIA GONZALEZ - MANUEL - SERRANO