Valencia Basket wants to stay in the fight hosting LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne at La Fonteta

Valencia Basket men's team faces its last game of the Regular Season of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at home looking for a win against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne that will allow the taronja squad to keep alive its options of reaching the positions that give Access to the the play-in (Thursday 4, 8:45 p.m., Fonteta, Movistar Deportes) in a round 33 game of the top continental competition.

 

Although a defeat might not be the end of the mathematical options of reaching tenth place depending on other results, Álex Mumbrú's men know that they no longer have a margin for error and that to make the cut it will probably take 16 wins, which requires to win the last two games, starting with the one on Thursday night in which they will have the support of La Fonteta.

 

The positive point that the taronja team has is that has the tie-breakers in its favor with all rivals except with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and pending with Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, so it would benefit from many multiple draws.

 

The precedents are in favor of the Taronja team 6-1, although the French team won at La Fonteta for the first time last season.

 

For this game, the roster is complete except for the well-known long-term absence of center Boubacar Touré.

 

Valencia Basket currently occupies 14th position in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a balance of 14-18.

 

 

Rosters

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

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

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

 

 

 

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

LDLC ASVEL VILLEURBANNE

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

00

Mike Scott

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

1

Deshaun Thomas

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

 

3

Paris Lee

EE.UU

Base

1.83

5

Charles Kahudi

Francia

Alero

1.99

7

Joffrey Lauvergne

Francia

Pívot

2.11

9

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

Francia

Alero

2.01

11

Edwin Jackson

Francia

Escolta

1.90

12

Nando De Colo

Francia

Escolta

1.96

19

Youssoupha Fall

Francia

Pívot

2.21

23

David Lighty

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

24

Mbaye Ndiaye

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.04

31

Noam Yaacov

Dinamarca

Base

1.86

 

Pierric Poupet

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: PATERNICO, PASTUSIAK, BALAK