It’s a victory that delights the entire Caen Basket Calvados community and Caen sport. The CBC did the job in the round of 16 of the Nationale 1 Men’s play-offs, winning against Le Havre (76-64) in round three. After losing the first round at its Upper Normandy neighbor, the Caennais will finally have took the upper hand at home, in match two and therefore on this beauty.
The third quarter was a turning point in this match with a gap of 16 points (58-42) at the whistle. A sufficient lead to approach the last QT, even if Le Havre did not give up by coming back to 5 points four minutes from the end of the match. Supported by its audience and its speaker, Pierre Salzmann-Crochet, the Cébécéistes still managed to keep the score mentally.
The CBC will have a lot to do in the next match against Tours. Match 1 will take place away, on Friday May 10 when match 2 and the eventual finale at the Palais des Sports.
“I’m really happy for the boys after three tough weeks”
Stéphane Eberlin, coach of Caen Basket Calvados : “We had the reaction that everyone expected. We focused on the intensity, the aggressiveness, the rhythm in attack, 48 hours after the second, it’s also the recovery. Looking deep inside yourself the energy you have There was a lot of waste in the shooting, but you have to be courageous and we were. I’m very happy for the boys because we had a very complicated three weeks. mentally and now, we are in the play-offs. We have passed this first round. It’s a big step, a big opponent. We knew it was perhaps the biggest and we came across it, Le Havre, it was one of the contenders for the climb at the start of the season. And now we come across Tours, which is also a big opponent, also a big contender to move up.”
“Caen Basket Calvados is now the favorite, it’s undeniable”
For ST Basket Le Havre coach Fabrice Courcier, Caen BC is now, according to him, the favorite for these play-offs. But he warns the CBC: “I hope for them that the lesson they had from the match in Le Havre will remain something well integrated in their mentality. Because even if there was a little frustration from not having gone directly to the promotion, I think there was a certain complacency in the first match because they had beaten us four times. The play-offs, there is no easy match. One, it’s a journey, it’s long. Be careful with this Tours team, I think the first match will be super important again. but when they play in this Palais des Sports with 4,200 people, it brings so much energy, so much adrenaline that they are difficult to play. That’s a certainty“,
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