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Dhe breather is short. Alba Berlin continues on Thursday (8.30 p.m. / Magentasport) in the basketball Euroleague. Then the Berliners will compete with the Spanish top team Valencia Basket. “Beating Valencia will be a tough task away from home. We have to take care of ourselves and go into the game with a lot of energy. Even if we are still missing some players injured, »said coach Israel Gonzalez.
It is still open whether Maodo Lo, Johannes Thiemann or Jaleen Smith, who were recently injured, will play again. The long-term injured Marcus Eriksson and guard Jonas Mattisseck will definitely be missing after his metacarpal fracture. Captain Luke Sikma, who got a break on Sunday against Heidelberg, will definitely be there.
The forward had once played at Valencia himself before joining Alba. “So it’s great for me to come back and see some old teammates,” he said. In the last Euroleague season, the Spaniards were not there. In their first four games, the Valencia side have only won once while Alba has won three.
But that doesn’t mean anything for Sikma, as the American warned: “You’ve been playing really well lately. They defeated the reigning champion Anadolu Efes and put up a tough fight with Fenerbahce and almost won.” Coach Gonzalez sees the Spaniards’ good defensive work as the greatest challenge for his team.
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