Two days after conceding the heaviest defeat of his season against Partizan Belgrade at the LDLC Arena (62-93), ASVEL raised its head this Thursday evening at the Astroballe (96-89 AD). Faced with the red lantern, Alba Berlin, against whom it had lost in mid-October in Germany, Villeurbanne fought to secure its 10th success of the season. Already one more than last season with 12 days remaining.
Still deprived of Lauvergne, Kahudi and Ndiaye, out until the end of the season, Pierric Poupet's team took off in the first half (50-40) before suffering the return of Martin Hermannsson's teammates (13 points, 9 assists) and Matt Thomas (20 points at 4/9 at 3-points), who pushed him to overtime – Malte Delow could even have given his team the victory if he had made his bonus free throw 7 seconds from the buzzer.
An extra-time which smiled on Edwin Jackson (18 points at 4/5 at 3-points) and Théo Maledon (17 points at 4/11 on shots and 8/8 on throws, 4 assists), the two top scorers Villeurbannais.
[Premium] Pierric Poupet (ASVEL): “I continue to believe that we can do great things”
Two days after leaving the road in Dijon, ASVEL suffered its biggest defeat of the season in the Euroleague against Partizan Belgrade (62-93). A bad patch commented on by coach Pierric Poupet, Melvin Ajinça and legendary Serbian coach Zeljko Obradovic.
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Boxscore ASVEL – Alba Berlin / Boxscore Paris – Maccabi Tel-Aviv / Euroleague standings
