ASVEL will resume play towards Paris

Three days after the NBA arrived in Paris for a recreation between the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls, Paris Basketball took over the Bercy Area to tackle ASVEL on behalf of the Betclic ELITE day 18. In entrance of over 11,000 spectators, ASVEL gained (69-86) and confirmed their new power after two consecutive defeats within the league in Boulogne-Levallois (91-95) and towards Le Mans (73-79). .

Nonetheless, the Parisians harassed the reigning champion of France. TJ Parker’s males spent a very long time searching for the fitting carburization, the fault of the spin, which turned out to be veins that didn’t permit the depth to be maintained regardless of Youssouph Fall’s racquet hit (19-19, 10′). “We should get used to being good on all sides”admitted TJ Parker at a press convention. “You need to see what’s finest for the group realizing that we cannot have as a lot coaching as this week. However coaching will assist us to be constant in the beginning, but in addition when the gamers come off the bench. »

View of Dee Bost

In his first recreation for the brand new league colours, Dee Bost was fired on a five-footer by TJ Parker. The previous SIG Strasbourg (2017-2018) and Monaco (2016-2017 then 2018-2021) instantly introduced his prospect to the courtroom. Maybe a bit an excessive amount of, as a result of within the first interval, the purpose guard first clashed with Gauthier Denis within the first quarter, then attacked Tyronne Wallace once more within the second act, the place each gamers collected a technical foul. Then again, there was neither an excessive amount of nor too little within the recreation. Simply the right combine to steer ASVEL with a complete of 18 factors (7/9 pictures, together with 4/6 three-pointers) and 4 assists. Along with his private contributions, the Bulgarian-American American loved the corporate of Nando De Colo (20 factors and 5 assists) on the again line of Villeurbannaise, however he additionally introduced a type of calm. “With Dee Bost, it adjustments lots of issues,” mentioned TJ Parker. – He is aware of the league, he additionally is aware of a bit in regards to the Euroleague and that is what we wanted. We wanted a boss on the pitch and he’s right here. He’s a participant who is rarely afraid to take accountability and that makes lots of issues simpler. For instance, in Milan, on the finish of the sport, once we can play with Jonah Matthews, Nando De Colo and Dee Bost, there are three highly effective weapons in assault and we do not have to depend on only one participant. »

Paris has lengthy been in preparation

Nonetheless, regardless of the contribution of the brand new recruit from Villeurbanne, Paris Basketball was in a position to defy ASVEL till the break (38-39, 20′), but in addition within the third quarter the place Tyronne Wallace made the duty (8 factors on the break, 21 on the finish) earlier than difficulties within the recreation, particularly in assault, the place it was troublesome to seek out viable options. “We simply did not have an tackle”– admitted Axel Toupane after the assembly. “Now we have a really dangerous proportion of three factors (3/24 or 13%), I believe we missed that. We fought effectively, had the fitting angle and the fitting power towards a terrific ASVEL group. We should proceed to assume positively and work exhausting. We all know we cannot win each recreation. We should proceed. » A obtrusive lack of an answer that Dee Bost was in a position to make use of to assault the Rhodans like in Milan within the Euroleague. Nonetheless, he was not alone. Charles Kahudi cleared the ball with a long-range shot and allowed his group to clear (57-62, 30′). The break ASVEL was in a position to ship in a closing one-sided act gained 12-24, completely highlighting their defensive posture towards an opponent who stayed on 4 nice league appearances, averaging 93 factors towards 69 on this Sunday night time.

After an excellent rise within the standings, Paris had been lower from the championship and fell to eleventh place within the Betclic ELITE with a document of 8 wins and 10 losses. For its half, ASVEL (10 wins – 8 losses) returns to fifth place after two defeats in Betclic ELITE and confirms its enchancment forward of the match towards Fenerbahçe on Thursday night (21:00) within the Euroleague.

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