Very hard test for the taronja streak with the visit to the court of Real Madrid

Valencia Basket returns to compete in the Endesa League nine days after its last game to visit the court of Real Madrid (Tuesday 21, 21:00h, Wizink Center, #Vamos) in a game corresponding to round 33 postponed by the participation of the white team in the Euroleague Final Four. The taronja squad puts into play its good run in national competition (seven wins in a row) against another team that has not lost in April and May (Real Madrid has eight wins in a row in Liga Endesa) so one of the two positive dynamics will arrive to its end on Tuesday night.

 

Coach Jaume Ponsarnau recovers forward Alberto Abalde after recovering from a right hand finger injury but will have problems in his frontcourt rotation with Mike Tobey sidelined (subluxation of the left shoulder) and Louis Labeyrie as questionable (who suffered today an episode of vertigo that did not allow him to practice). It also maintains the already known absence of the shooting guard Matt Thomas.

 

With fourth place guaranteed mathematically and knowing that their rival in the quarterfinals of the Playoffs will be the Unicaja, the taronja squad will try to maintain its good performance in a court in which has won in three of its last eight visits.

 

Rosters

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Escolta

1.95

3

Anthony Randolph

EE.UU/Eslovenia

Ala-pívot

2.11

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

7

Facundo Campazzo

Argentina/España

Base

1.81

9

Felipe Reyes

España

Ala-pívot

2.04

14

Gustavo Ayón

México

Pívot

2.07

16

Santiago Yusta

España

Alero

2.00

20

Jaycee Carroll

EE.UU/Azerbaijan

Escolta

1.88

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Base

1.90

24

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

25

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

44

Jeffery Taylor

Suecia

Alero

2.01

 

Pablo Laso

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

33

Tomas Pavelka

Eslovaquia

Pívot

2.17

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Injured list

13

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: MARTÍN BERTRAN - PEREA - OLIVARES