Ten victories in a row. Never before has a French club displayed such success in the Euroleague, the flagship basketball competition at European level – the equivalent of the Champions League in football. By dominating Olympiakos, one of the giants of the continental courts, on December 6, in Piraeus, Greece, Paris Basketball extended a series of successes that began on October 24. Despite a defeat against Lyon-Villeurbanne on December 13, the capital club is installed after fifteen days – and eleven victories for four defeats – in first place in a European Cup which it is playing for the first time this season . Tuesday, December 17, the Parisians host Real Madrid, top of the discipline, who have eleven European titles, but are suffering in the Euroleague this season (15e6 wins, 9 losses).
“We are going to win the Euroleague. » This little phrase, David Kahn, the American co-owner of Paris Basketball, former manager of the NBA franchise (the North American league) of the Minnesota Timberwolves, has often repeated it since July 2018, the date of the official creation of the club. If there is still a little way to go before seeing this affirmation confirmed, one thing is certain: the Parisian team (budget 18.9 million euros) is asserting itself faster than ‘hoped for as a leader of the continent. “It’s the biggest surprise of the seasonnotes the president of the Euroleague, the Lithuanian Paulius Motiejunas. No one could have predicted it. »
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