No 13th consecutive victory in the Championship for Boulogne-Levallois, beaten at home by Roanne in a match hung from start to finish (92-93). Seventeen days after his last match – the club, affected by the Covid, had obtained the postponement of its match at Portel on December 27 – Vincent Collet’s men fell against a successful opponent from afar (12 out of 29, 41%). The Roannais had the merit of never letting go, especially when the Metropolitans took a five-point lead within a minute of the final buzzer (92-87).
As they seemed to be heading for another victory, Keith Hornsby (23 points) and his family inexplicably lost two consecutive balls at 92-89, allowing Loren Jackson (29 points) to drop the ball into the circle at 3 ” 5 of the siren. On the last system put in place, Tomer Ginat (17 points) tried his luck from afar, without touching the basket.
« We knew we were going to lose one day, blurted out Vincent Collet, not devastated by this setback. It is not the most important, we knew that the match would be dangerous. It was a resumption match, we hadn’t played since December 23, we hadn’t trained together since Wednesday. It’s the beauty of this sport this kind of reversal. »
In the standings, the Metropolitans remain comfortably in the lead (12 wins-2 losses) ahead of Monaco (10-4) and will seek to revive next Saturday on the floor of Paris Basketball. For Roanne (11th, 7 wins-8 losses), this prestigious success puts an end to a series of three defeats.
« The peasants that we have come to Paris three times, against Paris, Nanterre and Levallois, and we have come back three times with the victory », Exulted the trainer Jean-Denys Choulet. His team will be all the more expected for their match in the second half of the table against Fos-sur-Mer (16th) on Friday.
Quiet Monaco facing the Portel, Asvel wins
Deprived of a rematch on Friday against Asvel in the Euroleague, AS Monaco spent a quiet Sunday on the national scene. The Roca Team easily dominated Le Portel (79-67). Mike James (10 points) and his teammates created the gap in the second quarter against the red lantern of the Championship.
The ESSM had started better, feeding Mouphtaou Yarou, domineering inside (14 points, 5 offensive rebounds). But Eric Girard’s team, back on the bench, collapsed by multiplying the ball losses against a Monegasque defense found.
The players of the Rock folded the match at half-time (50-31, 20th) before spending a quiet second period, with a reduction in the gap of the ESSM at the end of the match. Monaco remains second behind Boulogne-Levallois and will try to continue in the Euroleague, Thursday in Munich after the postponement of the reception of Kazan.
Traveling to Cholet, Asvel had to fight to leave Meilleraie with a victory (90-85). For their first match since December 27, the players of TJ Parker made the difference at the end of the third quarter thanks to the inevitable duo Chris Jones-Elie Okobo (36 cumulative points). For his first with Cholet, the former leader of Nanterre TJ Campbell (16 points) conquered his new audience.
One of his award-winning shots followed by a dunk from Yoann Makoundou in counterattack allowed the Choletais to return to possession (81-84, 38th). But Asvel picked up the thread of his match and Chris Jones sealed his victory on the free throw line.
Limoges easy against Paris Basket
In the last match of the evening, Limoges won at Beaublanc against Paris Basketball (93-76). Led by two points at the break (42-44, 20th), the CSP replied with a scathing 32-9 in the third quarter, led by the poison CJ Massinburg (32 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists). The Limougeauds returned to Pau-Orthez, in fifth place, a victory ahead of Asvel.
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