The qualification of the Rochelais in the Pro B playoffs already brought them with their own story, of these most brilliant chapters. Here they are in the semi-finals, moving the bookmark. Fallers of the Alliance Sport Alsace in three rounds, the last Wednesday May 22 (75-54), they will find Rouenfrom Saturday (8 p.m.) for match 1, still at Gaston-Neveur. Their crazy season couldn’t end there, abruptly, against an annoying opponent but who has a little less basketball, a lot…
The qualification of the Rochelais in the Pro B playoffs already brought them with their own story, of these most brilliant chapters. Here they are in the semi-finals, moving the bookmark. Fallers of the Alliance Sport Alsace in three rounds, the last Wednesday May 22 (75-54), they will find Rouen from Saturday (8 p.m.) for match 1, still at Gaston-Neveur. Their crazy season couldn’t end there, abruptly, against an annoying opponent who has a little less basketball, a lot less defense and a little less everything.
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The first two possessions, offensive and defensive, bode well for noise. Gaston-Neveur seems to have got up to speed, which is really good news. As in matches 1 and 2, the very start is good (5-0), the rest not bad at all with a defense forcing Adamovic to take an impossible shot and Löfberg who places a 3 point on the head of Ndjock (17- 10, 5th), very confident in the press in Alsace. “As in matches 1 and 2” episode 2, the yellow and black distant failures follow one another (6).
Clerc and Buchanan affected
Even more worrying, Gaëtan Clerc twists his ankle. He comes back strapped, only a torn leg being able to prevent him from playing. Speedy Leray’s entry is superb, a big 3 points, a big defense on the sidelines, a big 3 points and a small hole (33-22, 14th). Each Alsatian shot is a challenge. And when one of the two stadium leaders (Leray) loses a ball, one of the two pivots (Tanghe) donates his body to science. Even Belo’s regrettable unsportsmanlike performance on Ponsar only cost one point.
But with the ball in hand it became a bit nonsense (free throws included), until the inside-inside connection was established, until Mathéo Leray still found speed. Nebojsa Bogavac said that we couldn’t recover from a -13 away, ASA is there (41-28, 19th). La Rochelle does not use its open shots to kill the game but its defense is impeccable, good base, and Gries-Souffel has 5 fouls in 3’42” in the 3rd quarter (45-32). Only maritime harm, rushing sometimes.
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Other than that, things are going well, ramparts raised, Leray in leader (58-40, 30th), while Tray Buchanan gets… his thigh strapped. Stop the straps, it’s playing again in three days! Because at this rate, the SRB will not be caught: front dunk, back dunk from Jubrile Belo, and Alsatian hands which literally fall on a wall, fail on a collective (Bourichon and Pinon enter into a formidable atmosphere) to whom it does not Nothing can happen when he defends like this. As the rest promises… Looking forward to the weekend. And it never stops.
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Mathéo Leray (leader of La Rochelle) “We fulfilled the contract by heading towards the semi-finals. You had to be very intense, that was the key word. We sent everything and the audience was incredible. You had to be mentally strong and the team was. And when we defend like that… we know what we can do. This evening (Wednesday May 22), everything starts from the defense, it is thanks to it that our opponent only makes 7 assists. We were stronger. We set a very high pace straight away. We were very focused before this match, each in their own bubble. We started off well by finding the right passes. Once we reached the 20 point gap it was good. We’re going to clear our heads and then tomorrow (Thursday) the subject will be Rouen. Three matches in a week, we will have to recover. » A. M.
2024-05-22 19:48:59
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