Nanterre continued its rise in the side of the René Tys sports complex where Châlons-Reims was once again forced to bow (74-83).
Pascal Donnadieu’s men made the difference in two streaks, first finishing the first half with a 6-0 scorecard by Brian Conklin, Tyler Stone and Johnny Berhanemeskel (32-38), then in a third quarter – time when the CCRB was forced to kneel down in front of the outside address of Chris Warren and Ivan February, the aggressiveness of Brian Conklin then the show Dwight Buycks, author of 10 points in the last 3 minutes of the period (52 -65).
Back to the wall, Cédric Heitz’s troops tried to titillate the Ile-de-France residents at the end, notably returning to -5 with a more aggressive Adams-Archie-Ibekwe trio (74-79). But a few seconds from the end, Chris Warren ended up cracking the CCRB defense, then leaving Johnny Berhanemeskel to finalize the Nantes victory with two free throws (74-83).
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