Valencia Basket repeats in Russia to visit the court of an improved Zenit St.Petersburg

Valencia Basket repeats clash in Russia three days after getting its first win on the Khimki Moscow Region court, and does so with the opportunity to take the Zenit St. Petersburg court for the first time (Friday 17, 18: 00h, Sibur Arena , DAZN) in a Turkish Airlines Euroleague round 20 game.

 

The Taronja team landed yesterday in the jewel of the Baltic and will have two training sessions to prepare their confrontation against an opponent that although it has the worst home games balance in the Euroleague (2-7 in the Sibur Arena), has greatly improved its performance to get out of the standings last spot.

 

Valencia Basket has the opportunity to extend a dynamic as a visitor in the Euroleague that is already the best in its history and to achieve for the first time chaining three wins in a row as a visitor. To do this, you will have to minimize the contribution of the inside game of the blue team, led by Will Thomas and Gustavo Ayón, without any of our pure centers.

 

Mike Tobey (soleus right leg) and Captain Bojan Dubljevic (right ankle sprain) will continue sidelined in this game. Valencia Basket comes to this game in the ninth position of the Euroleague, with a balance of 9-10 and only one point away from the Playoff positions.

 

Rosters

ZENIT ST.PETERSBURG

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

4

Colton Iverson

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

6

Andrew Albicy

Francia

Base

1.78

7

Anton Ponkrashov

Rusia

Escolta

2.00

9

Austin Hollins

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

12

Alex Renfroe

EE.UU

Base

1.91

14

Anton Pushkov

Rusia

Pívot

2.08

16

Vladislav Trushkin

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.01

18

Evgeny Voronov

Rusia

Escolta

1.94

20

Andrey Zubkov

Rusia

Ala-pívot

2.06

21

Tim Abromaitis

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

25

Mateusz Ponitka

Polonia

Alero

1.98

34

Gustavo Ayón

México

Pívot

2.08

 

Joan Plaza

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Quino Colom

España

Base

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Jordan Loyd

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

12

Brock Motum

Australia/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.08

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

43

Tomas Pavelka

Eslovaquia

Pívot

2.14

Sidelined

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: PATERNICO, DIFALLAH, GKONTAS