If the Ile-de-France derby between Nanterre 92 and Paris Basketball was played on a last shot by Thomas Wimbush, the other two meetings were a little less contested, this Sunday January 22, 2022.
- ASVEL – Roanne Choir: 93-83
Reading the final score alone, you shouldn’t be mistaken. No, ASVEL has not had it easy. Again deprived of Antoine Diot and even Elie Okobo, Lyon-Villeurbanne needed a great Paul Lacombe to get out of the choir trap. After signing his best evaluation in EuroLeague against Red Star Belgrade, Paul Lacombe just returned his best copy in the regular season since October 2020, with 22 rating in Betclic ELITE, for 19 points at 7/12 on shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in 24 minutes.
Not the longest hangtime in the league but the result is effective #BetclicELITE @LDLCASVEL pic.twitter.com/0nUqFp6ecA
— LNB (@LNBofficial) January 23, 2022
Catchy for more than 35 minutes, the Roannais were out of breath in the money time. Despite a good copy of Johnny Berhanemeskel (21 points at 8/14 on shots and 3 assists for 16 evaluation in 33 minutes), the men of Jean-Denys Choulet fall weapons in hand … And with honors!
- JDA Dijon – ESSM Le Portel: 86-72
The Dijonnais returned around 4 p.m. on Saturday after their Latvian journey in the Basketball Champions League, the Portelois had something to do in Burgundy. Dropped in the first quarter (27-13), Eric Girard’s men never recovered. Quite the opposite of Gavin Ware (18 points at 8/10 on shots and 8 rebounds for 22 evaluation in 25 minutes), who made a very good start to the match, before David Holston gets in tune (15 points at 5/7 on shots and 5 assists for 19 evaluation in 23 minutes) to lead 64 to 48 after 30 minutes.
Gavin Ware and JDA Dijon secured against ESSM Le Portel.
(photo : FOXAEP)
Benoît Mangin had harsh words after the roust against Cholet Basket last week. Suffice to say that the Portelois were not going to remain without reaction. With a very nice entry into the game of Nadir Hifi (9 of evaluation in 12 minutes for 8 points at 3/7 on shots and 3 rebounds), recent Algerian international, the Portelois passed a 15 to 0 to the JDA in the last quarter (from 79-48 to 79 -63). However insufficient to hope to return to victory. Last of Betclic ÉLITE (3 wins in 15 games), the Portelois still can’t do it.
