Chus Mateo’s Madrid will close 2023 at the Wizink Center in its duel this Sunday (12:30) against the dangerous Valencia Basket, by Alex Mumbrú, who dreams of making a splash and surprising the whites who are at cruising speed, both in the Endesa League (14-1) and in the Euroleague (16-1).
Madrid, which has just achieved a close victory on the court of the last classified in the Euroleague, ASVEL Villeurbanne, does not want to relax in this last match of the year and against a rival like Valencia Basket, which occupies third place and has been growing as a team throughout the season.
“We face a team that is third and that plays very good basketball, very physical. They have experienced players and they always make things difficult for us. They have a lot of interior potential and play very well near the basket.. It is a team that punishes losses a lot and has players of a very high level,” said Chus Mateo.
Madrid wants to continue adding
“We will try to continue doing things well to continue adding and respect our work. We have to attack better than the last day, occupy the spaces better and circulate the ball better. We face one of the teams that concedes the fewest points in our League and in the Euroleague. He is a very high-level rival,” he confessed.
Valencia Basket presents itself wanting to wage ‘war’ on the whites, even though we are aware that surprising Madrid and its fans seems like a very complicated task. Despite this, they are going to try, in this last meeting of 2023.
“We go to Madrid with the mentality of trying to win the game,” Brandon Davies said. “We were very close to achieving it in the Euroleague match,Yes, we have shown ourselves that we are capable of competing against them. We have to be prepared for the great challenge that this match represents,” he explained in statements provided by the club.
The former Blaugrana center will experience a nice duel with Eddy Tavares in the fight in the area. “We have faced each other many times in recent seasons, I think we have mutual respect for each other and it is always fun and exciting to face the best centers. And without a doubt Tavares is,” he stated.
2023-12-31 05:37:20
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