The Parisians beat promoted La Rochelle this Sunday (84-75) on behalf of the 3rd day of Elite. The young prodigy Nolan Traoré shone during Saint-Quentin’s victory against Nancy (104-96).
Paris and Saint-Quentin with a great Nolan Traoré, mistreated on their floor, ended up overcoming the promoted La Rochelle (84-75) and Nancy (104-96), Sunday on the occasion of the 3rd day of Elite basketball.
The Parisians thus avoid a second defeat at home in two days after the one conceded on Sunday against Red Star Belgrade (80-77) for the first Euroleague match in their history. And a second setback in three days of the championship after the one suffered at the opening in the Gravelines-Dunkerque venue.
Nolan Traoré in great shape
But, deprived of their best player TJ Shorts, they were muddled against the Rochelais who are discovering the Elite but still in the game at the start of the last minute (80-75), notably thanks to the skill long distance from Tyler Cheese (11 pts, 3/5 to 3 pts). But Tyson Ward (16 pts at 4/7 at 3 pts), Bandja Sy (6 pts, 2/4), remained on the bench in the Euroleague, and Nadir Hifi (15 pts, 1/9), yet again little in success, were also valuable for Paris behind the arc in the final minutes.
Promoted last season, Saint-Quentin remains undefeated after seeing the Lorraines come back into the lead at the start of the fourth quarter (81-80).
In this match too the decision was made at long distance: two winning shots from Jerome Robinson allowed the Picards to immediately take control (86-81, 34th), then two new arrows from Nolan Traoré and Noah Kirkwood pushed back Sluc de Nancy 3 min 30 sec from the buzzer (97-89). Traoré, great French hope as leader announced among the first choices of the 2025 NBA draft, signed the first double-double (10 units or more in two different statistical categories) of his professional career (20 pts and 10 assists) .
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