Valencia Basket wants to continue dreaming with the #CalderaTaronja vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv

Valencia Basket men's team repeats at La Fonteta less than two days after breaking their record of wins in a row in the highest European competition with the intention of becoming strong again with their #CalderaTaronja to continue the good dynamics against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (Thursday 2, 8:30 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN/Movistar+ Dial 65) in a game corresponding to round 23 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

 

The Taronja team will try to defend its newly acquired position in the Top 8 against its immediate rival and remain the hottest team in the competition (it is the only one that has won its last five Euroleague games) with the same roster as Tuesday's game with five confirmed sidelined players due to injury (Dubljevic, Van Rossom, Hermannsson, Rivero and Millán Jiménez are still out).

 

Álex Mumbrú's men will need to repeat the good group effort in defense and in the fight for the rebound last Tuesday against an opponent who is the best in the competition in offensive rebounding.

 

The precedents against Maccabi are even, with two wins for each team in the Israeli team's previous visits to La Fonteta. And at the start of the second leg in which have won the particular basket-average to all the rivals for the moment, the Taronja squad will not have an easy time turning around the extensive 84-68 defeat of the first leg game.

 

Valencia Basket begins this round located in the 8th position with a 12-10 in the standings.

 

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

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

 

MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Jalen Adams

EE.UU

Base

1.91

5

Wade Baldwin IV

EE.UU

Base

1.93

6

Jarell Martin

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.08

8

Rafi Menco

Israel

Alero

1.98

9

Roman Sorkin

BLR/Israel

Pívot

2.08

12

John DiBartolomeo

EE.UU/Israel

Base

1.83

13

Darrun Hilliard

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

15

Jake Cohen

Israel

Ala-pívot

2.10

17

Suleiman Braimoh

Nigeria

Pívot

2.03

32

Josh Nebo

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

33

Iftah Ziv

Israel

Base

1.91

50

Bonzie Colson

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

 

Oded Kattash

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: LOTTERMOSER, NIKOLIC, RACYS