“Stop the count. » Good news awaited Paris Basketball at the top of the Euroleague rankings and the club’s teams did not fail to surf on this on social networks. If the greatest competition in European basketball ended this Saturday morning, the Parisians would indeed be European champions. After twelve matches, they are at the top of the C1 regular season standings. Problem: there are 22 matches left to play in this first round before moving on to the play-offs at the end of the year.
The road is still long, but the Ile-de-France residents have made an exceptional start as they make their debut in the competition. The progress of the capital club is dizzying. It only reached the French elite in the summer of 2021, three years after its creation. After a gradual start in Betclic Elite, the Parisians accelerated until winning the Euro Cup last April.
Thanks to this success, Paris Basketball was sent to the premier competition. Thursday, he continued his momentum by dominating Isaïa Cordinier’s Virtus Bologna (81-78). Despite this 9th victory in 12 matches, the Parisians still had a worse record than the leader, Fenerbahçe. But the Turks fought and lost the match they were missing. Result: their success percentage fell slightly, reaching the level of that of the French (75%).
Thiago Splitter’s squad performed well on the floor, but it was without playing that they were propelled to the top of the Euroleague.
