ASVEL loses to Chalon, Piétrus delivers Orléans

ASVEL coughs. Lyon-Villeurbanne was beaten for the second time in a row as part of the French basketball championship in Chalon-sur-Saône, 99 to 96 after overtime, on Tuesday, and fell to third place in the Jeep Elite ranking , behind Monaco and Dijon, coleaders with 20 successes and three setbacks. ASVEL (19 victories, 4 defeats) suffered Sunday against Boulogne-Levallois its first failure of the season at home in the league. Recall that the club chaired by Tony Parker is also in trouble in the Euroleague, even if it reacted last Friday by dominating Bayern Munich after six rank failures.

The Gelabale basket to tear off the extension pic.twitter.com/Z66ZMsmN4P

Deprived of Charles Kahudi, not yet recovered from an ankle injury, and Nigerian pivot Tonye Jekiri, spared, ASVEL nevertheless led the whole match this Tuesday at the Coliseum. She had the business well in hand at the start of the last quarter with 13 points ahead and another 11 to 5 minutes from the siren. But she let herself be dragged into extremis in a fatal overtime on a three-point basket by veteran Mickaël Gelabale (16 points) six seconds before the end (see above). The American Sean Armand, who has transformed Elan since his arrival a few weeks ago, was the best scorer of the match with 23 points. 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 interceptions to the credit of his teammate, Jaron Johnson. On the ASVEL side, Livio Jean-Charles scored 18 points but missed two crucial free throws 16 seconds from the end.

As against the Metropolitans, Edwin Jackson was left out of the group at Chalon by coach Zvezdan Mitrovic. The French international, one of the key recruits of the offseason, had made critical remarks in an interview published Sunday by the Lyon daily newspaper Le Progrès in which he complained of the weakness of the collective game of Villeurbanne and the insufficiency of his own playing time.

Monaco takes the reins, Piétrus (almost) buzzed

Earlier this Tuesday, Monaco won against Châlons-Reims 88 to 74, making the gap in the last ten minutes (+10). American leader Norris Cole, NBA champion with LeBron James under the colors of Miami in recent years, was the top scorer for the Roca Team with 17 points. Dijon won in the Pau hall 81 to 64 by winning all quarter-times thanks to a beautiful 3-point address (15 baskets, including 4 from the American Rasheed Suleimon, author of 18 points). In the other highlights of the day, we will retain the victorious basket, 3 seconds from the buzzer, of the former international tricolor Florent Piétrus for Orléans, against Nantes (79-78, see video below). The box of the day for Limoges against Le Mans (78-55). Boulazac and Bourg-en-Bresse also won. Ditto for the Metropolitans 92, victorious after extra time against Strasbourg (92-80 ap).

The basket of @ flopietruspic.twitter.com / eJLaGLesRW

To follow, the Leaders Cup from Friday to next Sunday, near Disneyland Paris (Marne-la-Vallée). The top eight teams in the first leg will compete for the title at Mickey's. The quarter-finals will oppose Lyon-Villeurbanne to Strasbourg on Friday, Monaco to Nanterre, Dijon to Bourg-en-Bresse and Boulogne-Levallois to Cholet. Last year, it was SIG which won in Seine-et-Marne.

Results of the 23rd day :
On Monday
Le Portel -Gravelines-Dunkerque 80-61

Tuesday
Monaco -Châlons-Reims 88-74
Boulazac -Roanne 96-77
Chalon-sur-Saône -ASVEL 99-96 ap
Limoges -Le Mans 78-55
Bourg-en-Bresse -Cholet 74-72
Orleans -Nanterre 79-78
Pau-Lacq-Orthez- Dijon 64-81
Boulogne-Levallois -Strasbourg 97-89 ap

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