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The LNB "determined" to end the season: "A vital necessity"

2020-03-20T16:23:15.086Z


Stopped like the rest of the sports world, epidemic of Coronavirus obliges, the National Basketball League wants to go to the end of its championships.


We don't play anymore. Like the NBA, FIBA ​​and all European basketball, the National Basketball League (LNB) had to resolve to draw the curtain on its championships, the Jeep Elite and the Pro B, before the matches from last weekend. Suspensions due to the health situation in the country, of course. And now ? This is the question that was raised by the LNB Steering Committee, which met on Thursday.

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And one thing is certain: there is no question of playing it "Lithuanian". "Priority is given to the resumption and conclusion of its two current professional championships as soon as the risk linked to the Covid-19 virus has disappeared and the clubs can once again receive their public," it said in a press release. . "This is a vital economic and sporting necessity for professional basketball clubs, but also a necessity to enliven areas that the LNB has not forgotten." He added: “This priority has been clearly expressed by all the components of the LNB: players, coaches, clubs. She is clearly supported by the French Basketball Federation (FFBB). ” Sacred union against this sacred Coronavirus…

All hypotheses are studied

Recall that Lithuania decided to cancel the season, stopped on the 24th day, outright. The title is given to Zalgiris Kaunas, well ahead (22v-2d), while there will be no relegation. Extreme solution. And a hasty coat? In the meantime, “several scenarios are being studied within the LNB so that the competitions can come to an end. All the hypotheses are studied, according to the potential dates of exit from the health crisis, and therefore of resumption of training, then matches. ”

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Which matches could, if necessary, take place behind closed doors or in front of a reduced audience. "The LNB is in constant contact with the other European national basketball leagues, in order to share the best solutions," adds one. It is in permanent contact with the FFBB, the French government authorities and the FIBA ​​to benefit from information and developments in real time and thus remain "agile" in its decisions. ” It will be advisable, if conditions allow, to find nine dates to try to end the regular season of Jeep Elite, not to mention the play-offs. A season at the end of which three teams were to descend in Pro B, for a rise, before a 2020-21 season at 16 (against 18 today). It was in any case the plan at the start. To see what will happen on arrival…

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