The leader won on the Portel floor 74-67 this Sunday.
The leader Monaco won on the floor of the Portel, the team in form of the moment, 74 to 67, Sunday during the 15th day of the Basketball Elite.
With 14 victories, the Monegasques are two steps ahead of Villeurbanne and three ahead of Paris, these two clubs facing each other in the evening.
After a catastrophic start to the season (five defeats to start), Le Portel, the smallest payroll in the Championship, has had a string of good performances over the past two months: eight victories in the nine previous matches.
The “Roca Team”, the biggest budget of the Elite, only made the difference in the last quarter (61-61 at 8 minutes from the siren) after a mano a mano of more than 30 minutes.
In the absence of several major players, including the Americans Mike James and Jordan Loyd, several French people played the leading roles, notably the leaders Elie Okobo (16 points) and Matthew Strazel (12 points, 6 assists).
American winger Phlandrous Fleming was the top scorer (14 points) for a Portel team that was too clumsy at three points (4 out of 20).
