Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Thursday November 7, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.
Paris achieved a fourth success in a row (74-71), this Thursday on its floor during the 8th day of the Euroleague, by defeating Frank Ntilikina's Partizan Belgrade. The Parisians temporarily climb into the Top 6.
And four! Thursday evening on the occasion of the arrival of a team from Partizan Belgrade in bad shape for the 8th day of the Euroleague, Paris had the opportunity to continue its very good series by achieving a fourth victory and the fifth in six games. The Parisians did not miss the opportunity. Winners in the pain of a Partizan who gave themselves the means to believe in it until the end, TJ Shorts (13 points, 8 assists) and his team took the opportunity to temporarily invite themselves into the Top 6, while their victim of the evening, beaten for the fourth time in a row, fell to 16th position. On the floor, the ten places gap which now separates the two teams has never been seen. Paris, building on its latest outings, had certainly started the meeting better. At the break, however, his opponent had already practically returned to contact. The beginnings of a start to the third quarter which saw Tiago Splitter's players go completely through, a basket from Brandon Davies even allowing the visitors, who had gone ahead in the score for the first time, to take five points. 'advance. Paris had the good idea not to languish and to get back on track straight away. For this, he was able to count on the valuable support of two men in particular: Tyson Ward (7 points) and Yakuba Ouattara (11 points). The second gave his team some momentum and a lead as the final period had just started. This time, Paris, like Kevarius Hayes (6 points) who drove the point home and Nadir Hifi who was still just as important (17 points), had set the alarm. However, Partizan still didn't give up and with four minutes to go, the score was still close.
Paris can thank… Ntilikina
It was a little less so when TJ Shorts, long discreet, came out of his box to give the Parisians four points in advance. Two minutes later, everything had to be done again for the PB, led by a long shot from Vanja Marinkovic (16 points) then by a good effort from Carlik in the paint. The man of the evening (20 points, 10 assists) had just taken advantage of a long shot missed by his French teammate Frank Ntilikina. Unwittingly, the latter would then play into the hands of Paris. While the former Knicks leader increased the number of missed shots (1 out of 5 at two points, 2 out of 5 at three points), particularly in money time, the Parisians did not tremble on the throwing line. And if Iffe Lundberg, no more skillful than Ntilikina in the last seconds, had the ball to equalize, TJ Shorts and Mikael Jantunen (9 points) were able to score four points synonymous with the arrival of new success for our representative. Today the best French club in the Euroleague is not Monaco or ASVEL but the Parisian novice.
