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After having restarted the match several times despite two major absentees (Williams Narace suspended and Abdoulaye Ndoye injured), Le Mans Sarthe Basket lost contact with Elan Chalon in the fourth quarter (88-84). Le Mans coach Guillaume Vizade looks back on this difficult and frustrating end to the match.
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Before following two long trips to Hyères-Toulon (Coupe de France) then to Monaco, Le Mans ended up breaking down in Chalon. | PHOTOPQR/JOURNAL SAONE ET LOIRE/MAXPPP
While Le Mans Sarthe Basket was coming out of a hopeful and offensively successful third quarter (23-31), it suffered a violent defensive backlash in the final package, letting Elan Chalon escape definitively this times. Finding himself a little short on rotations, relying a little too much on Trevor Hudgins alone to fuel the score, as brilliant as he was, Le Mans lost lucidity and was no longer able to hold his duels, leaving too many shots easy for his adversaries. Coach Guillaume Vizade talks at length about this failed end to the match.
