The Mets 92 faltered but retained their chair of elite co-leaders on Saturday in Orleans, in a thriller concluded with a fourth success in a row (90-84). Best scorer of his team (18 points, 5 assists), playmaker David Michineau scored the basket three points from the issue (86-82) at the entrance of the last minute then ensured two free throws for seal the victory of Boulogne-Levallois while Orleans, boosted by his backs Chris Warren (23 points) and Jeremy Nzeulie, author among others of a basket in the race ten good meters from the circle at the buzzer of the third quarter, had glued to the score in the money-time.
But the length of the bench and the science of Vincent Collet’s team allowed him to escape the trap. The Parisians had indeed been led by 19 points in the first quarter (26-7, 9th) after conceding a 21-0 in six minutes from the hands of winger Kyvon Davenport, author of a double-double ( 23 points, 11 rebounds). They had returned the slap to the OLB by following with a 17-0 to take the lead in the second quarter.
They then controlled the score most of the time against a still diminished team which relies exclusively on its five major in attack, the bench scoring only six points (out of 80) against 36 for the bench of Mets 92. Orleans concedes his first defeat at home and the fourth after five days.
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