In the space of four days, the defeats at the Adidas Arena do not all have the same flavor… On Sunday, Paris Basketball lost without pride against Boulazac (87-103). This Thursday, the capital’s players offered their audience a diametrically different face but that was unfortunately not enough to claim the scalp of the European champion, Fenerbahçe Istanbul (90-92).
Paris was however at +16…
If the Parisians have no longer had any mathematical illusions for a long time, and therefore no longer have any other motivation than honor, they may nevertheless be inundated with some regrets at the end of the evening: their inability to lock the gap (65-49, 28th minute), the few missed open shots in the money-time, the spaces left to the Istanbul shooters and above all the nagging question of the refereeing error on the final possession. Namely, was the ball still in the hands of Talen Horton-Tucker, clearly out with 4 seconds remaining, or already completely the property of Tarik Biberovic? With the slow motion, it seems that the officials were right not to whistle anything, but it is difficult to be certain.
The fact remains that the Parisian performance is generally satisfactory, as a very marked Francesco Tabellini underlined at the microphone of EuroLeague TV. “It’s difficult to express yourself. In the end, the shots we missed weren’t of worse quality than the ones they took. This is what made the difference this Thursday. We competed and being able to do so against such an opponent means something… But it’s impossible to be happy after a defeat. I hope this will make us aware of what we are capable of doing together. But it’s only tomorrow that we’ll see the positive. »
10/10 for De Colo with Fener
For his part, imperial against Paris Basketball on December 30 for his last match with ASVEL, Nando De Colo therefore happily returned to France and secured his tenth victory in ten matches with Fenerbahçe. Rather discreet statistically (9 points at 3/4 and 3 assists in 22 minutes), the former Villeurbanne player still took the shot that made the difference with a decisive arrow in the corner 77 seconds from the final buzzer (83-86, 39th minute).
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C🎯L🎯 pic.twitter.com/3IbWtIzzqw— EuroLeague Türkiye (@EuroLeagueTUR) February 5, 2026
“Maybe this shot made a difference, I’m happy to have scored it but everyone contributed. It’s always difficult to play twice in a week, especially away. We did a good job, we didn’t abandon our principles. In the end, we played as a team and respected what the coach wanted. »
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