Aurélien CANOT, published on Friday November 27, 2020 at 11:10 p.m.
ASVEL created the exploit of this 11th day of the Euroleague Friday evening by offering Barça, leader of the standings, to the Astroballe (80-68).
Definitely, this ASVEL team will always surprise us. Capable of the best and the worst this season, but most often the worst when it comes to the Euroleague, the Villeurbannais thwarted all predictions on Friday night by signing one of the big sensations of the year against Barcelona, showered at the Astroballe (80-68) in the match of extremes, between the Catalan leader and the proteges of Tony Parker, last. Not only, the Rhone did not take the announced spanking, but they held in respect all the evening the great Barça and its star Nikola Mirotic (14 points), dominated in the first three quarters (25-19, 20- 17, 20-17), hooked in the last (15-15) and logically beaten on arrival in the room of the former red lantern, which already led quite clearly to the break (45-36). This second success in the competition this season for ASVEL, who had lost six times in their first seven outings and remained on three defeats in a row (against Alba Berlin, Zenith Saint Petersburg and Red Star Belgrade) , allows them to leave the last place, now occupied by the Russians of Khimki Moscow, corrected the day before in the hall of the Alba Berlin.
13 of 21 three-pointers, 17 of 17 in free throws for ASVEL
But how did these Villeurbannais sometimes completely irrelevant on the European scene manage to bite the dust in Barça who had lost only once before Friday? Four men, all authors of at least 10 points, David Lighty (17), Norris Cole (14), Allerik Freeman (12) and Charles Kahudi (10), hold a large part of the answer, as well as the success. almost unbelievable TJ Parker’s men on long shots (13 of 21 three-pointers) hurt the leader of the table a lot, who probably didn’t expect his opponents to take in 17 free throws on … 17 either. Something to make ASVEL fans regret that their favorite team is not as serious at each of its outings.
BASKET – EUROLIGUE (H) / 11TH DAY
Thursday November 26, 2020
CSKA Moscou – Real Madrid: 74-73
Red Star Belgrade – Anadolu Efes : 64-75
Zalgiris Kaunas – Zenit St. Petersburg : 75-83
Alba Berlin – Khimki Moscou: 100-80
Olympiakos – Baskonia : 76-90
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Milan : 85-86 (ap)
Friday November 27, 2020
Fenerbahce – Valence : 86-90
Panathinaikos – Bayern Munich: 83-76
ASVEL – Barcelona: 80-68
