Despite Limoges' defeat against Strasbourg (90-110), guard Nicolas Lang equaled the record for 3-point baskets (755) registered in the history of the French 1st division championship since 1987.
Record broken in a week?
The 34-year-old former French international (1.96 m, 12 caps.) was, before this match on the 6th day of Elite, two lengths behind Eric Micoud's mark (in eleven seasons until 2006) . This Friday, October 25, he scored his first two attempts before missing the next three.
Note that this record only takes into account points scored in the 1st division since the creation of the National Basketball League in 1987, and only during the regular season (excluding play-offs). Going back beyond 1987, the best French triggerman remains Hervé Dubuisson, star player from the mid-1970s to the end of the 1990s (25 seasons at the highest level).
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“Le Dub'” scored 656 winning shots from 1987 to his retirement in 1999, plus 275 (a total of 931) between 1984, when the three-point shot was introduced in international basketball, and 1987.
