“It was very physical, very defensive, but we never gave up even if there were downs”. It was with a smile that Tiago Splitter presented himself to the press after the meeting. And for good reason, Paris Basketball signed its fourth victory in a row in the EuroLeague, this Thursday, November 7 against Partizan Belgrade (74-71). “We take the matches one after the other, we don’t think too far ahead”tempered the leader TJ Shorts (1.75 m, 27 years old), author of the two free throws to give the Parisians the advantage with 22.1 seconds remaining, after a foul by Frank Ntilikina (1.93 m, 26 years old). Frank Ntilikina who, for his first match in France since the final of the Olympic Games, missed the 3-point victory while he was alone in the corner.
However, the Alsatian leader got his team off to a good start (2-7, 2′) at the Adidas Arena, with 8 quick points in front of the numerous Serbian supporters present at Porte de la Chapelle. However, Paris immediately reacted to take a 9-point lead after 7 minutes of play (19-10), following 5 points scored by Maodo Lo (1.91 m, 31 years old). The rest of the game, however, was very close, like the half-time score (37-35), after a basket from Sudanese international Carlik Jones (1.83 m, 26 years old). With his namesake from the interior sector, Tyrique Jones (2.03 m, 27 years old), the scoring leader did very badly to Paris Basketball this Thursday evening. The locals had to turn their backs in the third quarter during a long period of opposing domination (51-56, 28′). Finally, a third 3-point basket from Yakuba Ouattara (1.90 m, 32 years old) brought them back into the game (54-56, 30′). Enough to look forward to a very competitive end to the match.
Development to come.
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