Valencia Basket tests its momentum on the ALBA Berlin court

Valencia Basket men's team opens a week of two consecutive away-games by visiting the ALBA Berlin’s court (Thursday 26, 8:00 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN/Movistar+ dial 65) in a game corresponding to round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague that will mark the 15th clash between these teams, which makes the German team our second most frequent rival in continental tournaments.

 

The Taronja team will try to keep their good streak of results open (five wins in a row) in a whole Taronja European classic in which they will have to overcome their problems in the center position after an injury to Bojan Dubljevic's right ankle who joins the absence of Jasiel Rivero.

 

In the squad of twelve players who traveled to Berlin this afternoon, Víctor Claver returns after missing the last seven games due to a rib fracture, point guard Shannon Evans will make his debut in the highest continental competition after debuting as a taronja in La Fonteta and they are still out the long-term injured (Van Rossom, Hermannsson and Jiménez).

 

The precedents are favorable to the Taronja team both in the global calculation (11-3, including the victory in the first leg game at La Fonteta that ended with an 87-73 win for Valencia) and in their visits to Berlin (3-2). And with a piece of information that invites optimism, they have always won on this court in Euroleague games.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 11th position of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a 10-10 in the standings.

 

Rosters

ALBA BERLÍN

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Maodo Lo

Alemania

Base

1.91

1

Gabriele Procida

Italia

Escolta

1.98

3

Jaleen Smith

EE.UU

Base

1.90

6

Malte Delow

Alemania

Escolta

1.94

7

Yanni Wetzell

Nueva Zelanda

Ala-pívot

2.06

9

Jonas Mattisseck

Alemania

Escolta

1.94

10

Tim Schneider

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.08

19

Louis Olinde

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.05

21

Christ Koumadje

Chad

Pívot

2.23

32

Johannes Thiemann

Alemania

Pívot

2.05

43

Luke Sikma

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

44

Ben Lammers

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

45

Tamir Blatt

Israel

Base

1.85

50

Yovel Zoosman

Israel

Alero

2.00

 

Israel González

 

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

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

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

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: JAVOR, PEERANDI, LEZCANO