Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Sunday March 10, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.
While Monaco was able to achieve a narrow victory at Gravelines-Dunkerque (68-72), ASVEL fell in overtime on the floor of Chalon-sur-Saône (88-87 ap) and saw the gap in the ranking widen. dig.
Monaco trembled but ensured the essentials. Traveling to the Gravelines-Dunkerque court, the “Roca Team” sought a fourth victory in a row in Betclic Elite. A meeting that Sasa Obradovic’s players took the right way with a 9-0 from the start and even up to eleven points in advance in the first quarter. But, under the leadership of Michael Stockton (12 points, 9 assists), the BCM held on to stay at six points at the end of the first ten minutes. After taking a shine at the start of the second quarter, the BCM capsized its audience by inflicting a 22-0 on the players of the Principality to take a margin of eleven points. Monaco tried to respond before returning to the locker room but could only fall back below the ten point mark. The start of the third quarter saw Gravelines-Dunkerque maintain this momentum and keep the “Roca Team” at a good distance. However, the teammates of John Brown III (13 points) and Alpha Diallo (13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists) got angry. With a 17-0 to conclude the third quarter, the Principality club entered the last quarter with a lead of six units. Ten minutes which saw the BCM try everything to reverse the trend but without success. Monaco wins by four points (68-72) and widens the gap in the standings.
ASVEL falls at the end of the suspense
Indeed, a few hours earlier, ASVEL returned from its trip to Chalon-sur-Saône with a defeat. From the start, the two teams went blow for blow with the gap never exceeding four points during a very tight first quarter, concluded with a margin of two units for the Rhone residents. With Youssoupha Fall (18 points, 11 rebounds) in charge, ASVEL continued to take the lead in the ten minutes leading up to the break but Elan Chalon was able to hang on and even spend a few seconds ahead at Bulletin board. However, it was the Rhone residents who took the lead at half-time with a two-length lead. When they returned to the floor, Pierric Poupet’s players let loose but this effort did not pay off. Indeed, Lionel Gaudoux’s teammates (20 points, 5 rebounds) were able to achieve a 12-0 to regain control of the score then reach the last quarter with a parity score. These ten minutes were under high tension with neither of the two teams giving up. It was ultimately in overtime that the victory was decided. Led from the first moments, the ASVEL players thought they had done the hard part but that was without counting on Antoine Eito (17 points, 9 assists). At the buzzer, he found the fault to offer victory to Chalon-sur-Saîne (88-87 AD), which ended a series of two defeats in a row. For ASVEL, the delay on Monaco is now five victories while Bourg-en-Bresse will have the opportunity to catch up.
2024-03-10 17:40:00
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