Monaco’s sudden collapse against Olympiakos (62-76) on Friday in the Euroleague Final Four spared a surreal scenario for French basketball: launching its play-offs on the same day as the first European final since 1993. one of its representatives. But the Monegasques’ match for third place will find itself in competition with the start of the final phase.
“I realized that as soon as I got the schedule at the start of the season. It was always a problem to imagine that I could miss a game of the final because there was the draft. It was not fair, ”recalled the young interior (2.21 m, 19 years old) who challenges Cholet this Sunday afternoon (5 p.m.). With an epilogue now scheduled for June 20, “Wemby” will be able to defend the Metropolitans 92 jersey to the end if they reach the final.
Monaco-Strasbourg from Wednesday
Asvel launches its quest for a fourth title in a row this Sunday against Le Mans (5 p.m.) while Monaco, big favorite, will engage in a race against the clock on its return from Kaunas (Lithuania). The Roca Team series against Strasbourg will not start until Wednesday. “We had identified the problem upstreamdefends Alain Béral, the president of the LNB. But everything has been put together for the season to lengthen with the good performances of the clubs in the European Cup. We didn’t have enough dates to finish earlier. »
The following season will start and end a week earlier in view of the Olympic Games and the increase to 16 clubs in 2024-2025 will free up other dates, “especially since we are going to go to the quarter-finals to the best of five matches (instead of three) », says Béral. In the meantime, the terms of the equation are fixed: it will be necessary to win eight times in one month to succeed Asvel.
2023-05-21 07:30:00
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