Valencia Basket seeks to keep its streak alive on the Joventut Badalona's court

Valencia Basket men's team tests its streak in the acb (has won its last six games), its good shape (it has won eleven of its last twelve games) and its unbeatability as a visitor in national competition (has won in the three away games so far) on the Joventut Badalona’s court (Sunday 5, 6:30 p.m., Olímpic Badalona, ​​Movistar Plus+) in a round 8 Liga Endesa game.

 

To keep its current good dynamics open, the Taronja team will need to maintain the good defensive performance that makes the taronja squad the team that concedes the fewest points for each shot received (0.96) against a rival that has very similar numbers to those of the Valencian squad in offensive efficiency and is the second in scoring the most two-points baskets.

 

And they will have to do it on a court that historically has not been good for them (19-13 for the black and green in the overall balance) and in which they have lost in five of their last six visits. Since the 2016-17 season, Valencia Basket has only managed to win Badalona on one occasion, in the 2020-21 campaign, by 80-91.

 

With point guard Martin Hermannsson as the only sidelined player, coach Álex Mumbrú has fourteen pro players available to make the roster for this game. After resting Víctor Claver and Xabi López-Arostegui in the Euroleague game, the Taronja coach will have to include one more Spain-raised player in the roster and deactivate the record of a non-Spain-raised player.

 

Valencia Basket begins this eighth round in second position in the Endesa League with a balance of 6-1.

 

Rosters

JOVENTUT BADALONA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Deshaun Thomas

EE.UU

Alero

2.01

1

Yannick Kraag

Países Bajos

Alero

2.02

3

Pep Busquets

España

Escolta

1.97

4

Pau Ribas

España

Escolta

1.94

9

Rubén Prey

Portugal

Pívot

2.12

11

Jordi Rodríguez

España

Alero

1.99

12

Andrew Andrews

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

21

Miguel Allen

España

Alero

2.03

23

Michael Ruzic

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Carles Duran

 

Entrenador

 

 

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

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

10

Damien Inglis

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

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

 

Injured list

 

 

 

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Carlos Cortés - Óscar Perea - Cristóbal Sánchez Cutillas