Valencia Basket seeks to end its bad streak on the Dreamland Gran Canaria’s court

Valencia Basket men's team faces a direct duel in the fight to remain in the top positions of the Endesa League, visiting the Dreamland Gran Canaria’s court (Sunday 31, 1:00 p.m., Gran Canaria Arena, #Vamos) in an acb round 27 game.

 

To continue looking towards the positions that guarantee the home court advantage in the Playoffs, the Taronja squad will try to break its particular curse on this court, where it has been more than seven and a half years since it has won in an Endesa League game and in the which he has lost in his last eight visits (seven of them in acb).

 

After the victory of the yellow team in the first leg match by 79-86, Valencia Basket is looking for a victory that would allow it to get ahead in the standings and avoid being 2-0 against in the particular tie-breaker. Even put it in your favor if the taronja squad win by more than seven points. In the most recent confrontation, in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, Valencia Basket won in the overtime by 81-89.

 

The taronja team could recover center Brandon Davies, who has missed the last five games due to a muscle injury in his left calf. The North American interior with a Ugandan passport will be tested in the work session that the Taronja team will have on the scene of the game on Saturday afternoon and will be questionable until the last moment.

 

Point guard Chris Jones will be sidelined for this game due to the discomfort he has had in his left ankle after Thursday's game in Belgrade, center Boubacar Touré remains sidelined due to his back injury and one of the three non-EU players will have to be ruled out for this game.

 

Valencia Basket is within that group of four teams that currently have a balance of 16-10, occupying seventh position in the Endesa League.

 

Rosters

DREAMLAND GRAN CANARIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Jovan Kljajic

Montenegro

Escolta

1.95

4

AJ Slaughter

EE.UU/Polonia

Escolta

1.91

5

Ferran Bassas

España

Base

1.81

6

Andrew Albicy

Francia

Base

1.78

8

Roko Prkacin

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.06

9

Nico Brussino

Argentina/Italia

Alero

2.05

10

Miquel Salvó

España

Alero

2.05

13

Pierre Pelos

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.05

14

John Shurna

EE.UU/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.04

15

Sylven Landesberg

EE.UU/Austria

Alero

1.98

16

Rubén López

España

Ala-pívot

2.01

21

Amar Gegic

Bosnia

Escolta

2.00

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

44

Ben Lammers

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

 

Jaka Lakovic

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Escolta

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

Justin Anderson

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

10

Damien Inglis

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

30

Kassius Robertson

Canadá/JAM

Escolta

1.90

32

Brandon Davies

EE.UU/UGA

Pívot

2.08

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

47

Kevin Pangos

Canada/SLO

Base

1.85

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Jordi Aliaga - Iyán González - Rubén Sánchez Mohedas