Posted June 12, 2021 at 9:55 pm – Updated June 12, 2021 at 10:14 pm Mathieu WARNIER
While Dijon and Monaco signed another success at the top of the Jeep Elite rankings, Limoges, defeated by Le Portel, saw Le Mans and Orleans win.
Dijon doesn’t let go of his head. After two consecutive successes, future coach Nenad Markovic’s club extended its streak to stay ahead of the Jeep Elite. Traveling the court of Chalon-sur-Saône, in the fight for maintenance, the JDA first saw a ten-point lead melt at the end of the first quarter, before David Holston (26 points, 8 assists) and his teammates will raise the tone to take a 17-point lead in the second quarter. But the Chalonnais, led by Sean Armand (23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), gave everything to get back on the scoreboard and hit the ground again with 11-0. The one from Dijon, however, did not lose the thread and regained the advantage to count up to fourteen lengths in advance at the beginning of the fourth quarter. If Elan Chalon came back to five points at the end of the match, it was the JDA that won by nine lengths (81-90) and made sure to keep the lead against ASVEL and Monaco. The “Roca Team” confirmed their recovery with a second consecutive success when they received Boulazac, who was on the road and already descended. From the start of the match, the Monegasques widened a gap that quickly surpassed ten points. But the Périgourdins, led by Benjamin Sene (23 points, 6 assists) raised their heads to sneak past the lead shortly before the break. At 12-0, Matthias Lessort’s Monegasques (15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists) gave themselves some air but a catastrophic start to the fourth quarter revived Boulazac. At 14-0, BBD regained the lead… before conceding a 9-0 that sent Monaco to a seven-point victory (76-69).
Strasbourg clings, Boulogne-Levallois revives
Behind Monaco, Strasbourg has no intention of abdicating in the race for the podium before the play-offs. Traveling to Châlons-Reims, the SIG signed a third consecutive success in the championship. Yet for more than two quarters, the Alsatians were dominated. With just four points behind after ten minutes of play, Lassi Tuovi’s players regained the lead for a few seconds early in the second quarter before experiencing an air gap that allowed the CCRB to take thirteen lengths ahead shortly before half-time. With a delay equivalent to the end of the third quarter, Bonzie Colson’s teammates (26 points, 7 rebounds) woke up, concluding these ten minutes with a 12-0 to return to length. Stronger at the end of the match, the Strasbourg team won by seven lengths (72-79). Bourg-en-Bresse does not play this Saturday, Boulogne-Levallois reduced the gap over JL Bourg on the occasion of the reception of Roanne. Faced with a Chorus concerned about the fight for maintenance, the metropolitans were not left in doubt with a ten-point advantage at the end of the first quarter. But Roanne, thanks to Sylvain Francisco (11 points) and Ekene Ibekwe (11 points), kept in touch until halftime before taking a flurry late in the third quarter, finishing with a fourteen-point lead. -Residents of France. Bastien Pinault’s teammates (13 points) were interrupted but eventually won by six points (75-69). Roanne, like Chalon-sur-Saône, has relented and the race to stay will continue until the last game of the regular season.
Limoges see how the play-offs recede
While most teams only have one game to play, the fight for eighth place promises to be intense and Limoges is perhaps tonight’s big loser. Sure enough, the CSP fell to the ground of Portel for the second consecutive setback. A match that Nicolas Lang’s teammates (16 points, 5 assists) dominated during the first three quarters, counting up to thirteen points in advance. But the ESSM, led by Johan Passave-Ducteil (14 points), gave everything in the last ten minutes to snatch the victory by six points (70-64). For Limoges, the success of Le Mans against Nanterre is not good news. A meeting was held for the first ten minutes before seeing the Ile-de-France race in the lead until the break. Returning from the locker room, the two teams exchanged preferential scoring positions before seeing the MSB, led by Vitto Brown (27 points, 5 rebounds), take up to seven points in advance. The final ten minutes never saw Nanterre in position to turn the game around and lose nine points (95-86). With a match still to be played, Limoges have a win behind Le Mans and Orleans, forcing CSP to wait for favorable results to snatch a play-off spot when Nanterre is now out of the running just like Pau-Lacq. Orthez, who nonetheless extended his winning streak against Cholet. In the very dominated second quarter alone, Elan Béarnais broke away to lead by 18 points at halftime. An ascendant that did not refuse in the second half of the match for a victory for Pau of eleven points (73-62), the sixth in a row.
BASKET – JEEP ELITE / DAY 23
Sunday, November 8, 2020
ASVEL – Orleans: 93-83
Wednesday March 24, 2021
Bourg-en-Bresse – Gravelines-Dunkirk : 67-84
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Monaco – Boulazac: 76-69
Boulogne-Levallois – Roanne: 75-69
Chalons-Reims – Strasbourg : 72-79
Le Mans – Nanterre: 95-86
The Portel – Limoges: 70-64
Pau-Lacq-Orthez – Cholet: 73-62
Chalon-sur-Saone – Dijon : 81-90
