Villeurbanne won at the expense of Real Madrid 80 to 78, Tuesday at the Arena de Décines-Charpieu (Métropole de Lyon) in a match of the 13th day of the Euroleague Basketball thanks to an in-extremis counterattack from Andre Roberson followed by a final basket from Paris Lee.
Théo Maledon determining
The Rhone club, which had already beaten Efes Istanbul on November 29 (97-82), remained on a series of ten consecutive defeats against Real, whom it had not beaten since 2003. The Villeurbannais, sixteenth at kick-off , remain in the race for qualification for the top 10. They return in particular to a victory for Real Madrid, whose start to the season is sluggish, which concedes its seventh defeat (six victories).
At halftime, Asvel, which won its fifth victory on the European scene after eight losses, led 51-43 but a catastrophic third quarter lost 23-8 almost caused its downfall with the great performances of Mario Hezonja author of 19 pts in total and Gabriel Deck (17 pts). At the start of the final quarter, Villeurbanne found itself trailing 66-59 but Théo Maledon (23 points, 7 assists) was once again decisive in his team's success. The six points he scored at the start of the last quarter allowed Asvel to get back into the game with the score going from 61-69 to 67-69. It was again Maledon who equalized nine seconds from the end (78-78).
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The Argentinian Facundo Campazzo almost gave Real Madrid victory at the last minute, one second before the siren, but André Roberson's counter, validated by the video, and the basket that followed, signed Paris Lee (13 pts, 4 assists)) ensured the success of Asvel where M'Baye N'Diaye also scored 12 points.
