Jasiel Rivero and Valencia to face difficult duel in Spanish League

Havana, December 3 (RHC)-- Cuban Jasiel Rivero and Valencia Basket will have a difficult duel tomorrow, Sunday, against Real Madrid, in the tenth round of the ACB basketball league in Spain, considered one of the best in the world.

Rivero and company will visit the WiZink Center court to face a Madrid team that is second in the standings with a balance of seven wins and two losses.

In this match, which will start at 12 noon Cuban time, the Valencians will try to achieve their fifth victory in a competition in which they have accumulated five setbacks and are in 12th place, among 18 clubs.

So far, CB Canarias (8-1) leads the standings, while in third and fourth place are Barcelona and Gran Canaria, both with 7-2 records.

On November 27, in its most recent presentation, the Taronja team lost 67-83 at home to Unicaja at the Fuente de San Luis Pavilion, known as La Fonteta.

In that game, Cuban Rivero scored seven points, grabbed four rebounds and handed out one assist in 21 minutes and 26 seconds of play.

For Valencia Basket, the most outstanding players were Bojan Dubljevic, with 14 points, Chris Jones (13) and Xabier López-Arostegui (12); while on the other side, Tyson Carter and Tyler Kalinoski stood out, both with 14 points, according to the official site of the tournament.

In that game, the winners dominated the first half 45-36, but after the break they were down 16-21 in the third period and won the last period with a 22-10 advantage.