Valencia Basket seeks to change dynamics with the heat of La Fonteta vs. Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul

Valencia Basket men's team returns home for one of the last opportunities to have the support of its fans in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to try to break a negative dynamic that is four losses in a row and hold on to the race for Playoff spots facing one of the hottest teams at the moment, Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul (Thursday 16, 8:30 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN) in a top continental competition round 29 game.

 

The Taronja squad will need to improve its defensive performance to try to minimize the extensive offensive machinery of a Turkish team that has been very solid at home and that a few weeks ago won on the Partizan’s court.

 

The precedents are balanced with two wins for each team in the previous clashes at La Fonteta and in the first leg game, the Taronja team competed until the end to end up falling by a tight 79-77.

 

Jaime Pradilla (left shoulder), Kyle Alexander (right ankle sprain) and the long-term injuries of Sam Van Rossom and Millán Jiménez remain sidelined, so coach Mumbrú will have twelve pro-players available to face the game.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 12th position of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a balance of 13-15.

 

Rosters

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

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

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Injured list

 

 

 

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

FENERBAHÇE BEKO ISTANBUL

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Johnathan Motley

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

2

Sehmus Hazer

Turquía

Escolta

1.93

3

Scottie Wilbekin

EE.UU

Base

1.88

4

Carsen Edwards

EE.UU

Base

1.80

8

Nemanja Bjelica

Serbia

Ala-pívot

2.09

10

Melih Mahmutoglu

Turquía

Base

1.91

11

Nigel Hayes-Davis

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Tarik Biberovic

Turquía

Escolta

2.01

22

Tonye Jekiri

Nigeria

Pívot

2.12

23

Marko Guduric

Serbia

Escolta

1.96

27

Tyler Dorsey

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

31

Devin Booker

EE.UU

Pívot

2.05

33

Nick Calathes

Grecia

Base

1.96

37

Kostas Antetokounmpo

Grecia

Pívot

2.08

 

Dimitris Itoudis

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: LOTTERMOSER, HORDOV, PEER