Valencia Basket returns to Fonteta in Euroleague to host an Panathinaikos OPAP Athens on a roll

Valencia Basket returns home to play a game of Turkish Airlines Euroleague three weeks after its last continental commitment at Fonteta and after solving with two wins in three games its tour of Russia to host Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (Friday 31, 21:00h, Fonteta, DAZN) in a maximum continental competition round 22 game.

 

The Taronja squad will have its first opportunity as a local to defend its position in the Euroleague Playoff zone looking for a win that prevents the difference with the first six positions of the table from getting bigger and recovering the good dynamics in the Fonteta, where the defeat against Olympiacos cut a streak that became six straight wins.

 

Valencia Basket already broke two seasons ago his badge against Greek teams in the Fonteta in a Euroleague game winning the greens and would favor the balance against Panathinaikos on Valencian soil in case of taking the win on Friday night.

 

For this, Shooting guard Joan Sastre is back to the roster, but Mike Tobey and Jordan Loyd still sidelined. Valencia Basket started this round 22 located in the seventh position of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, with a balance of 10-11.

 

Jaume Ponsarnau

"They took a step forward, especially at a mental level. They consolidated their feelings and the fact that they have great players. Fredette has finally adapted to the new competition, Papapetrou and Papagiannis have also become important. We have to get ready to play against a team full of great players not just Calathes and Rice. They know how to compete and they have talent in defense. We have to be mentally ready and understand how to play the best defense against them. And then we also have to attack well of course."

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Name

Born

Position

Height

1

Quino Colom

Spain

PG

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

SG

1.98

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

PF

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

Spain

SF

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

France

PF

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Belgium

PG

1.88

12

Brock Motum

Australia/LIT

PF

2.08

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

C

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

Spain

PG

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

Spain

SF

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

Spain

SG

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canada/NED

PF

2.01

Injured list

3

Jordan Loyd

USA

SG

1.93

10

Mike Tobey

USA

C

2.13

Jaume Ponsarnau

Coach

 

PANATHINAIKOS OPAP

Nº

Name

Born

Position

Height

0

DeShaun Thomas

USA

PF

2.01

5

Tyrese Rice

USA

PG

1.85

6

Georgios Papagiannis

Greece

C

2.20

8

Andy Rautins

Canada

SG

1.93

10

Ioannis Papapetrou

Greece

SF

2.05

15

Ian Vougioukas

Greece

C

2.11

24

Wesley Johnson

USA

SF

2.01

32

Jimmer Fredette

USA

SG

1.87

33

Nik Calathes

Greece

PG

1.96

35

Jakob Wiley

USA

PF

2.02

44

Konstantinos Mitoglou

Greece

PF

2.10

50

Ben Bentil

Ghana

PF

2.06

 

Rick Pitino

 

Coach

 

 

REFEREES: RYZHYK, JOVCIC, VILIUS