Very tough start to a three home games week hosting Baxi Manresa

Valencia Basket men's team opens a three home games week hosting Baxi Manresa, a team that arrives entrenched in third position and in excellent shape (Monday 14, 8:30 p.m., Fonteta, Movistar Deportes 1) in a Endesa League round 23 game.

 

And it will do so with the intention of relying on a Fonteta with 100% capacity to turn the page on the defeat suffered on Saturday at the Joventut Badalona’s court and maintain the good feelings shown at home in recent games.

 

This game will have a clear protagonist even before the tip-off, since the eternal taronja captain Rafa Martínez will return, who knows if for the last time, to play an official game in a Fonteta where he has reserved space for his number 17 on the roof of the gym.

 

This excellent version of the Bages team will put Valencia Basket's good run against this rival at home to test, as the taronja squad chained ten wins in a row against this rival at La Fonteta and have not lost against them at home since the 2008/09 season.

 

Long-term injured Sam Van Rossom still sidelined, although the rest of the team will available for coach Peñarroya. Valencia Basket currently occupies the sixth position in the Endesa League with a balance of 13-8.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Neno Dimitrijevic

Macedonia del N.

Base

1.90

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

2.05

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

99

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

Joan Peñarroya

Entrenador

 

BAXI MANRESA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Sylvain Francisco

Francia

Base

1.85

6

Dani García

España

Base

1.85

11

Chima Moneke

Nigeria

Ala-pívot

1.98

12

Marcis Steinbergs

Letonia

Ala-pívot

2.08

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

21

Ismael Bako

Bélgica

Pívot

2.08

22

Juampi Vaulet

Argentina/Polonia

Alero

1.99

32

Joe Thomasson

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

33

Luke Maye

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

55

Dani Pérez

España

Base

1.84

77

Yankuba Sima

España

Pívot

2.11

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

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