Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Tuesday January 13, 2026 at 11:00 p.m.
ASVEL and Paris easily won in late Betclic Elite matches, respectively against Boulazac and Strasbourg.
Monaco having won against Gravelines-Dunkerque at the start of the evening, ASVEL and Paris had an interest in also winning so as not to be dropped in the first part of the ranking. And the two Euroleague teams enforced their rank. ASVEL, first of all, defeated promoted Boulazac (12th) with a score of 94-77, leading from one end of the match to the other. The Villeurbannais started the match in the best way, with an 11-3, then signed a 7-0 in the heart of the first quarter, finally winning 27-21. In the second, ASVEL widened the gap, to bring it to +18, and finally +15 when returning to the locker room (51-36). The church seemed to have been said and the Dordogne players never managed to get back into the match. The Villeurbannais did not count less than thirteen points in the third quarter and flew away in the last to reach a 21-point lead. It was ultimately a 17-point victory for Pierric Poupet’s men, their tenth success of the season, which allowed them to be fourth. Melvin Ajinça carried his team, with 21 points including an excellent 5/5 from 3 points. Opposite, Ousman Krubally finishes with 20 points from Boulazac, who has two precious victories ahead of the jump-off. On Sunday, ASVEL will host Le Portel while BBD will go to Nancy on Friday.
Paris did not have to force
A little later, Paris Basketball made short work of Strasbourg (5th) to return to the same number of victories as Monaco (12), but with one more contested match. The Alsatians, who traveled to the capital with only seven professional players, held up well in the first quarter, where neither team was more than four points ahead, before gradually cracking. The Parisians actually began to take off in the second quarter, where they had a lead of up to fourteen points (41-28), and finally twelve at half-time (46-34). At the restart, a 7-0 allowed the gap to increase to +20 (57-37). The players from the capital then rolled out their basketball. The score was 68-47 at the end of the third quarter and the two coaches rotated in the last, which allowed Paris to seal their victory. Nadir Hifi once again finished top scorer in Paris, with 20 points (4/7 at 3pts), to which he added 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Opposite, Gabe Brown finished with 22 points. After a difficult period in December, Paris had a third success, before hosting Le Mans on Sunday in the championship. But first there will be the reception of Monaco on Thursday in the Euroleague.
