Bad week for ASVEL.
Crushed by the Red Star Belgrade last Wednesday (68-89), the players of TJ Parker again gave in to the Astroballe this Friday, during the eighth day of the Euroleague, against the Zenit Saint-Petersburg (53- 66).
Authors of an infamous first period, with 21 small points scored, 9/27 on shots and 15 ball losses, but only seven points of disbursement when returning to the locker room (21-28 MT), the Villeurbannais have found color on resumption, with more aggressiveness and skill.
Enough to return to a possession in the fourth quarter (44-47).
There was still only a three-point gap with just over three minutes to play (52-55)!
Hope had returned to the ranks of the champions of France 2019.
Will Thomas in TRAFFIC # 7DAYSMagicMomentpic.twitter.com / H8exkSo9ml
- Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) November 13, 2020
Alas, ASVEL fell back into its failures and the Russian squad, led by Will Thomas (14 pts, 6/7, 7 rbs), scored 11 of the last 12 points of this meeting and especially the last 10 (53-56, then 53-66 final score).
ASVEL's best scorer, Charles Kahudi split 14 points.
10 for Mustapha Fall and David Lighty.
To be continued for President Tony Parker's team, a trip to the Alba Berlin floor next Wednesday, two days before the reception of Olympiakos (20/11).
In the wake, on November 22, ASVEL-Limoges in Jeep Elite.
In the meantime, ASVEL has a meager record of a victory (the one snatched from Vitoria 88-86 in early November) for five defeats after its first six outings of the season on the European scene.
The promises of 2019-20 are already far away ...
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