Valencia Basket visits the court of undefeated leader Zalgiris Kaunas

Valencia Basket returns to the competition nine days after its last official commitment to visit the court of the current undefeated leader of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Zalgiris Kaunas (Thursday 22, 7:00 p.m., Zalgirio Arena, DAZN), in a game corresponding to the fifth round of the maximum continental tournament.

 

The Taronja team will try to win again in Europe after falling last Tuesday vs. FC Barcelona and the postponement of its game vs. Zenit, although it will do so to face the only team among those who have played the first 4 Euroleague games that have not know defeat. And that it will also have the support in the stands of a relatively high percentage of the fans in the Zalgirio Arena.

 

For this, they will have to show off the defensive capacity that has led them to be the third team that receives the fewest points in the Euroleague (70.33) in a duel that faces the second best defense in the competition (69.75).

 

Captain Bojan Dubljevic can match Rafa Martínez as the top three-point scorer of Valencia Basket in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with his next shot made from behind the line in a game in which the only sidelined player due to an injury will be guard Joan Sastre. Valencia Basket remains in the Playoff positions, currently occupying the eighth position with a balance of 2-1.

 

Rosters

ZALGIRIS KAUNAS

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Thomas Walkup

EE.UU

Base

1.93

1

Marek Blazevic

Lituania

Pívot

2.09

4

Lukas Lekavicius

Lituania

Base

1.80

10

Nigel Hayes

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Paulius Jankunas

Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.05

16

Karolis Lukosiunas

Lituania

Alero

1.95

21

Arturas Milaknis

Lituania

Escolta

1.95

23

Martinas Geben

Lituania

Pívot

2.08

24

Augustine Rubit

EE.UU

Pívot

2.03

31

Rokas Jokubaitis

Lituania

Escolta

1.93

32

Steve Vasturia

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

40

Marius Grigonis

Lituania

Alero

1.98

77

Joffrey Lauvergne

Francia

Pívot

2.11

 

Martin Schiller

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

 

Injured list

 

 

 

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: LOTTERMOSER, PEERANDI, ISGUDER