Valencia Basket looks to regain confidence on the tough court of Casademont Zaragoza

Valencia Basket men's team returns to competition fifteen days after their last official game to visit the court of Casademont Zaragoza (Saturday, 1st, 18:00h, Príncipe Felipe, Movistar+ Deportes) in a game that starts Round 21 of the Liga Endesa.

 

The team will try to regain confidence and break its negative streak in domestic competition on one of the toughest courts. The Aragonese team has a 13-3 record at home so far.

 

Although our eight international players returned from their national team commitments without any significant physical issues, the group has only been able to complete two training sessions with the full squad to prepare for a game that will be the first time Valencia Basket visits the court of Bojan Dubljevic's team since our club signed the Montenegrin center in 2012.

 

In a duel between the two highest-scoring teams in the Liga Endesa, who also make the most of second-chance opportunities from offensive rebounds, coach Pedro Martínez will be without long-term injured players Ethan Happ and Sergio De Larrea. Stefan Jovic (with a leg contusion) and Jaime Pradilla (who wasn't with the national team due to a hip issue) are uncomfortable, but the coach is confident he can count on them for tomorrow's game.

 

Valencia Basket starts this round in fourth place in the Liga Endesa with a 14-6 record.

 

Rosters

CASADEMONT ZARAGOZA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Marco Spissu

Italia

Base

1.85

2

Trae Bell-Haynes

Canadá/Jamaica

Base

1.88

3

AJ Slaughter

EE.UU/Polonia

Escolta

1.91

4

Santi Yusta

España

Alero

2.00

7

Miguel González

España

Alero

2.03

8

Yoanki Mencía

Cuba

Ala-pívot

1.98

9

Nate Watson

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

10

Jaime Fernández

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

19

Emir Sulejmanovic

Bosnia

Ala-pívot

2.05

28

Álex Moreno

España

Base

1.93

33

Tomas Dimsa

Lituania

Alero

1.96

 

Porfirio Fisac

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

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

 

Injured list

 

 

 

5

Sergio De Larrea

España

Base

1.98

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08

Pedro Martínez

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Jordi Aliaga - Jorge Martínez - Cristóbal Sánchez Cutillas