Without Nando De Colo (1.96m, 36 years old), immense (21 points, 7 assists, 4 interceptions), Asvel would probably not have joined Bourg-en-Bresse and Paris at the top of the Betclic Élite ranking, Saturday evening. It took all the vision of the former Fenerbahçe player (Turkey) to overcome a team from Gravelines-Dunkerque which caused a lot of problems for TJ Parker’s men, who were not always concentrated (15 lost balls). An observation observed from the start of the game, preceded by a vibrant tribute to Ludovic Vaty – who died during training in Toulouse (Nationale 2) at the beginning of the month -, who wore the BCM tunic between 2011 and 2013.
Very effective Lauvergne
At the break, while Asvel was trailing by one point (38-39, 20th), Parker modestly estimated at the microphone of the broadcaster Skweek that De Colo was going to “bring back what he brings back”, without conceding that his team was showing a completely different face with the leader-back of the Blues. Throughout the evening, the latter, a bit clumsy (0 out of 6 from three points), admired his range, between cunning and licked passes, which Joffrey Lauvergne, also in sight (16 points, 6 rebounds) gorged on ). Which did not prevent the Northerners from hanging on, only to finally give in in the last two minutes (74-75 to 74-79, final score).
“We have to question ourselves on a lot of things,” said De Colo in the wake of Villeurbanne’s second success of the season. A perfect start synonymous with a shared throne with the JLB, not really worried for its first of the season at home by Boulogne-Levallois (94-73), and Paris, late winner at Saint-Quentin (81-65) in s freeing himself from the clumsiness of his American leader TJ Shorts (19 points to 2 out of 11 from three points). Sunday, Monaco, traveling to Chalon-sur-Saône (7 p.m.), but also Cholet (in Dijon, 4:30 p.m.), could transform the trio of leaders into a quintet.
2023-09-23 21:57:03
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