Álex Mumbrú’s team has achieved four victories in a row that have allowed them to escape from the lower zone and place themselves one step away from play-off places
With nine victories in their locker, Bayern visit La Fonteta with the aim of getting hooked on that fight to enter the playoffs for the title
Valencia Basket welcomes Bayern Munich this Tuesdayon the twenty-second day of the regular phase of the Euroleague, with the aim of extending the winning streak that he has in the tournamentoy, if other results accompany it, break into the top eight and to do it after having seen how a defeat on the Unicaja track cut short their good moment in the Endesa League.
In the continental tournament, Álex Mumbrú’s team has achieved four victories in a row that have allowed it to escape from the lower zone and place itself one step away from the ‘top 8‘. It is ninth with eleven wins, the same as Maccabi Tel Aviv, which is eighth and the one he receives this Thursday at La Fonteta and one less than those who have Cazoo Baskonia and Zalgiris Kaunas, sixth and seventh respectively. Behind him, they are followed with ten victories by Anadolu Efes, Partizan and Red Star.
A victory against the German team would allow them to benefit in one way or another of the direct duel between Efes and Zalgiris in Istanbul. In addition, Baskonia plays on the Milan court and Maccabi in that of an inspired Barça, so they could also take advantage of those games.
Bayern is also looking for the play-off
With nine wins under his belt, Bayern visits La Fonteta with the aim of getting hooked on that fight to enter the playoffs for the title and endorsed by the two victories in a row that he has, against Virtus and on the Efes track. He also defends the five points of advantage that he obtained in Valencia’s visit to Munich.
That match, played just a month and a half ago, showed a Valencia that did not have too many problems to keep up with the locals but to which his bad defense did not allow him to plant a real battle for the victory against his rival.
In addition, in that match his best player was the interior Bojan Dubljevic, who has missed the last two games due to a sprained ankle Y will be low for this one too. His absence and that of the interior Jasiel Rivero have diminished the scoring ability but above all rebounding and the internal strength of the teama situation that the coach Álex Mumbrú has indicated that they must overcome as a team, with more activity from the outsiders and exploiting the virtues they have left.
Mumbru, with many casualties
The Valencian team launched the improvement that it has experienced in recent weeks at the moment in which it had the most casualties and he built it on a defensive intensity that with the accumulation of victories has been relaxing. In fact, this past Sunday in Malaga he received 102 points.
for this meeting he will also keep three casualties on the outside line. The point guards Sam Van Rossom and Martin Hermannsson will not be there, nor will the shooting guard Millán Jiménez although it is expected to recover Klemen Prepelic, who could not play that last game due to knee discomfort. The status of Xabi López-Arostegui, who suffered a severe blow in the clash in Malaga, is also pending.
This situation could facilitate the debut in the tournament with the Valencian team of Shannon Evanswho was on the benchro without playing in last week’s triumph on the field of ALBA Berlin but who has already participated in two league games.
The German team has also had injury problems for months, although he could recover players like Vladimir Lucic, ex of Valencia, or Andreas Obst. On the contrary, he was seriously injuredd last week Elias Harris and will still be without Zan Mark Sisko.