Saturday evening, Auch Salle Mathalin, the men’s national basketball championship resumes after almost a year of interruption, the spectators are in turmoil, the friendly reunion is sincere, expected, hoped for …
And as if it were yesterday, each and every one finds themselves outside, inside, at the edge of the field, while the players squeal the floor, tremble the nets and cling to the circle like kids and starved to death, l he warm-up is already a show in its own right.
And that, there is only basketball to offer this pre-show …
The real show took place, quickly, and in less than three minutes of play, the ABC had a blast, 7-0, against one of the best teams in the pool, the Garonne Avenir Basket and its extraordinary budget. 15-4, 19-8, then 30-15 for Auch! Jérôme, Killian, Issa, Yanis, Thomas, Jordan, Bastien, Maxime, Jonathan, Seydou and Yoan, all are on their feet and are on the block, while the first chills are felt in the stands… The duel will last 40 minutes, Auch s’ will bow in the end and at the end of the suspense of a short header, 71-73, but the last two minutes, everyone will remember. A standing audience, in unison and to the sound of the band, players in a trance, terribly disappointed at the final whistle, and this mixed feeling and shared by everyone, both disappointed by the result, but so won over through the show and the service offered, by a team and an audience as one.
Yes, we missed basketball, this semi-professional basketball and its amateur heart is good, and remains an excellent therapy against gloom.
Players, coaches and managers meet with their supporters on Saturday October 2, it will be against Laval, same place same time, just after two trips to Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Mont-de-Marsan, that we hope fruitful for this great team of the ABC.
