ASVEL definitely does not know how to travel. The Lyon-Villeurbanne club bowed on the floor of Olympiakos Piraeus in the Euroleague this Thursday evening, 77 to 68. A 16th defeat in the queen competition of European basketball which plunges Asvel into the depths of the rankings .
With only nine wins, Zvezdan Mitrovic's players are 15th and only have two successes ahead of Zenit Saint Petersburg, 18th and Euroleague red lantern. Charles Kahudi and his teammates will travel to Moscow next Friday to face the top 8 and play-off candidate Khimki.
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Unhappy finalist in the Leaders Cup Sunday, beaten by the JDA Dijon, Lyon-Villeurbanne passed through his second quarter (23-12). A vacuum far too important to hope to prevail. However, Olympiakos, lessened by the absences of seven players and the injury of its best element, Nikola Milutinov, at the end of the second quarter, was within reach, as evidenced by the other three close quarters.
The two teams were distinguished by a very poor marksmanship, with only 40% success for ASVEL (7 of 24 at three points) and barely better for Olympiakos at 45%. Charles Kahudi (14 points), Jordan Taylor (12) and Livio Jean-Charles (11) finished the best scorers meeting for the Rhodaniens.
ASVEL will now be able to take advantage of the international break (two qualification matches for the Euro 2021 of the French team) to work on the Astroballe side, before the trip to Moscow (February 28) and the shock of French championship in Monaco, co-leader in the Jeep Elite ranking with Dijon, two days later (March 1).
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