Men's team 24 Mar 2025

La Fonteta, an extra factor for a very tough semifinals game 1 vs. Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv

BKT EuroCup semifinals game 1

Miguel Ángel Polo

Valencia Basket men's team faces the first chapter of their tenth semifinal in the BKT EuroCup against Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (Tuesday 25, 20:30h, Fonteta, #Vamos), with the support of the Familia Taronja they earned throughout the group stage.

Pedro Martínez's men will need the atmosphere of a big European night in La Fonteta to try to secure the first point of the series against a team with an excellent roster, coached since November by top-level coach Dimitris Itoudis, and considered from the start of the competition alongside our team as one of the top favorites to lift the title.

This will be the first time these two teams meet, making the red team our 108th opponent in continental competitions and the fifth Israeli team to visit La Fonteta for an official match. Teams from this country have been dangerous opponents in the past, having won five of their fourteen previous visits.

Although there are no previous records against this rival, Valencia Basket has had good results in the past in the semifinals with this format.

The Taronja team will be without long-term injured players Ethan Happ and Sergio De Larrea for this game.

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Brancou Badio

Senegal

Escolta

1.91

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base-Esc

1.88

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Pívot

2.08

35

Amida Brimah

Ghana

Pívot

2.13

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

77

Nate Sestina

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.05


Lesionados



5

Sergio De Larrea

España

Base

1.98

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08


Pedro Martínez

Entrenador



HAPOEL SHLOMO TEL AVIV

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Johnathan Motley

EE.UU

Pívot

2.06

1

Joe Ragland

EE.UU

Base

1.81

2

Antonio Blakeney

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

4

Marcus Bingham

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

9

Guy Palatin

Israel

Base

1.93

10

Bar Timor

Israel

Base

1.91

14

Oz Blayzer

Israel

Alero

2.00

17

Marcus Foster

EE.UU

Escolta

1.91

24

Ishmail Wainright

EE.UU

Alero

1.96

26

Yam Madar

Israel

Base

1.90

31

Noam Yaacov

Israel

Base

1.86

41

Tomer Ginat

Israel

Ala-pívot

2.05

51

Bruno Caboclo

Brasil

Pívot

2.08


Dimitris Itoudis

Entrenador


REFEREES: DAMIR JAVOR - LUKA KARDUM - HUGUES THEPENIER