Various fortunes for Ile-de-France clubs at the start of the season, with the victory of the Metropolitans in Monaco and the defeat of Nanterre, against JL Bourg.
Boulogne-Levallois won Wednesday night in Monaco (72-62) the first shock at the opening of the French Basketball Championship, and confirms that he will be a contender in the fight for the title against the expected domination of Villeurbanne.
This match, officially counting for the 2nd day of Elite but advanced to Wednesday, opposed two teams built to join in the fight for the title of champion of France, in a season which will be marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and for which the National Basketball League has given priority to the regular season, if the play-offs could not compete because of the health crisis.
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The Ile-de-France club made the difference in the fourth quarter, while the two teams were neck and neck. For the Metropolitans 92, the American Rob Gray made the difference (17 points, leading scorer), and Vitalis Chikoko woke up at the right time in the last 10 minutes. In the other early meeting of the second day, Bourg-en-Bresse won at Nanterre 95 to 82.
The Jeep Elite continues on Friday with a new prestige poster between the reigning French champion, Asvel, and JDA Dijon, two teams which occupied the first place in the championship at the time of the final end of the 2019 season / 20 in mid-March, without the LNB distributing a national title.
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