VAL vs PAN Dream11: Valencia Basket return home following their away defeat at CSKA Moscow in the last round as they play host to an in-form Panathinaikos in EuroLeague round-22 match at Pavelló Municipal Font de San Lluís on Friday night (IST).
Despite losing 81-70 to the champions in Moscow, Valencia’s overall form in Europe is good, having won six times in the last nine games. They are 9th going into this game but can move into the top-8 with a win over Panathinaikos in this game.
Panathinaikos, on the other hand, arrive in this game on a six-game winning run in all competitions. They won 100-88 against ASVEL in the last round and improved their EuroLeague regular-season record to 13-8 after 21 rounds.
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Match details:
Teams: Valencia Basket and Panathinaikos
Venue: Pavelló Municipal Font de San Lluís
Match Timing: February 01, @ 01:30 AM
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Valencia Basket team news: Liga ACB side is without Jordan Loyd these days. In fact, he has been ruled out until March with a broken foot.
Also, Mike Tobey missed the last three games due to injury, and but is listed as doubtful for this game.
Panathinaikos team news: The Greek side has no injuries or suspension to contend with ahead of the tilt against Valencia Basket.
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Valencia Basket: Bojan Dubljevic, Sam Van Rossom, Aaron Doornekamp, Guillem Vives, Louis Labeyrie
Panathinaikos: Ioannis Papapetrou, Deshaun Thomas, Georgios Papagiannis, Nick Calathes, Jimmer Fredette
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Likely squads:
Valencia Basket: Vanja Marinkovic, Fernando San Emeterio, Bojan Dubljevic, Sam Van Rossom, Aaron Doornekamp, Guillem Vives, Louis Labeyrie, Quino Colom, Maurice Ndour, Brock Motum
Panathinaikos: Ioannis Papapetrou, Deshaun Thomas, Georgios Papagiannis, Nick Calathes, Jimmer Fredette, Tyrese Rice, Konstantinos Mitoglu, Wesley Johnson, Andy Rautins, Ben Bentil, Ian Vougioukas, Jacob Wiley
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Team 1:
PG: Nick Calathes (SP), T Rice, S V Rossom
SG: V Marinkovic
SF: I Papapetrou
PF: L Labeyrie
C: C Papagiannis, B Dubljevic
Team 2:
PG: Nick Calathes (SP), T Rice
SG: V Marinkovic, J Fredette
SF: I Papapetrou
PF: A Doornkamp
C: C Papagiannis, B Dubljevic