Paris Crisis: Updates & Impact

Things are getting complicated for Paris Basketball! Quarter-finalist last season, the capital club is now penultimate in the ranking (just ahead of ASVEL) after suffering its fifth defeat in a row in European competition. Beaten by Olympiakos, Dubai, Monaco and Kaunas, the French champion suffered the law of FC Barcelona, in its Adidas Arena. Barça came to win 69-85 in Paris, which is gradually sinking into a small crisis, especially since it lost last Saturday in Nancy in Betclic Elite.

A catastrophic first quarter

Paris Basketball was never in the game in this game. He held up to 8-6 in the first four minutes, before completely losing his footing, conceding a 24-5 to end the first quarter, including five 3-point shots on the Catalan side (13-30). And Barça continued its momentum in the second quarter against the completely overwhelmed Parisians, who were 23 points behind at half-time (29-52).

Victory then seemed impossible to achieve, but the French champions tried to get their heads back in the second period. They started it well, with a 7-0, but the Barcelonnais did not panic and let the storm pass, which was ultimately short-lived. The Blaugrana regained a twenty-point lead (44-64) and concluded the match without trembling for a second, winning by sixteen points, in the wake of Kevin Punter at 21 points.

Hifi: “Everyone must look in the mirror”

With a sad 6/22 from three points and a distressing 7/14 from free throws, Paris Basketball couldn’t hope for much this Tuesday. Nadir Hifi still scored 16 points, but only 6/15 on shots.

“We didn’t exist, not even for five minutes. We weren’t able to take the audience with us, the Parisian star admitted at the microphone of The Channel L’Equipe. We didn’t even scare them. There are things we need to change, things we need to do better. Everyone must look at themselves in the mirror. We have to be much better if we want to exist in this Euroleague. Everyone must raise their level, we can only do better. All it takes is one good match to get going again, to regain confidence. You have to believe in it, it will do it.” From Thursday, Paris travels to Real Madrid, 9th. The opportunity to restart the machine?

Parisian markers: Hifi (16), Robinson (3), Herrera (2), Rhoden (15), Stevens (12), Dokossi (14), Faye (1), M’baye (4), Men (2)