Neighbors from Alto San Juan ended their regular season with a victory. The Metropolitans 92 went to win at Cholet (82-95) and Nanterre finished well at home against Monaco (86-79).
In the Mauges, the players of Jurij Zdovc signed their 20th victory and their sixth place. They quickly took the lead (33-47 at half-time) and resisted the return of the premises in the third quarter. Faced with the porous defense of Erman Kunter’s team, the Mets feasted on all sides. A 3-point (12/26) likeAnthony Brown (22 points at 6/8 behind the arc in addition to 6 assists and 4 rebounds) as inside (45 rebounds at 32) with the pair Neal Sako (11 points at 4/6 on shots, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 fouls caused for 23 evaluation in 23 minutes) – Vitalis Chikoko (22 points at 10/13, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 4 fouls caused for 38 evaluation in 29 minutes), they did not have to force (29 assists) to win 13 units (see statistics). Logically, they should travel to Monaco for their quarter-final of the finals, if there is a finals. Cholet will try to finish the season well with a 12th victory, against the red lantern Boulazac.
Because Monaco lost in Nanterre. For their last match of the season, Pascal Donnadieu’s players beat the winner of the EuroCup (86-79, see the statistics of the match). They made the difference in the last quarter against a team that seems to have lost to its grinta. Very present in the offensive rebound (15 catches), likeAlpha Kaba (7, for a total of 14 points to 7/10 and 13 rebounds for 23 evaluation), Nanterre went to seek a victory in front of his audience for the last of Franck Le Goff on the coach bench. Marcquise Reed shone (19 points 7/10, 4 rebounds and 5 assists for 26 evaluation in 26 minutes). Dee Bost he had a complicated evening (1/9 on shots). Zvezdan Mitrovic’s side will end the season with two home matches, against Strasbourg on Wednesday and ASVEL on Friday.
