The moment of truth.
And a new mission for Boulogne-Levallois.
This Wednesday (8 p.m. at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan in Levallois), the Metropolitans, 3rd in the regular season, play the first match of the quarter-finals against Pau-Lacq-Orthez (6th).
A success is essential before going to Béarn on Saturday, and to play a possible beautiful next Monday at home.
Vincent Collet's men have the means.
🗓️𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐮 𝟏𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬 #𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐝𝐞 #𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞⤵️
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— Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 (@Metropolitans92) May 19, 2022
A status of favorite to assume.
Being better ranked at the end of the regular season gives the privilege of playing, if the opportunity arises, twice at home in three games.
It is still necessary to have the possibility of assuming this status of favorite, especially since the team of Vincent Collet remains on two losses in its last three outings.
"With Asvel and Monaco, our team is the one that has been the most successful," says Alain Weisz, the club's director of basketball operations.
Today, it no longer matters!
The counters are reset, another competition starts.
“Two weeks ago, the Mets went to win on the Elan floor: “It is not a guarantee either, supports the former coach of the France team.
We have seen that Pau, especially in the Coupe de France (victory against Strasbourg a month ago),
The floor for the defence.
To win, you must score more points than your opponent.
On this point, Boulogne-Levallois is well placed, with the best attack in the championship, just ahead of Monaco.
Faced with the address of the Elan players, it will also be necessary to be solid behind: “We must be at the level of what the team showed throughout the first part, continues Alain Weisz.
Vincent Collet (the coach), who attaches considerable importance to defense, has set up very precise settings in this direction.
We are lucky to offer an attractive game, with real strengths, like Will Cummings (the American point guard was voted MVP of the season).
Now is the time to show that we are up to it.
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Stay focused despite the external hazards.
For the past few weeks, the club's news has been played off the field.
The agreement between the two partner cities will soon no longer exist, and this may have influenced the minds of the players.
“A collective sports team is like Formula 1: it must be very well regulated to go perfectly well, warns Alain Weisz.
Regarding the current situation, I have great confidence in the mayor of Boulogne (Pierre-Christophe Baguet), who came to reassure our players before the recent match against Paris.
The boys listened to him and were somewhat reassured.
The noises do not stop but we stick to his words, the team should continue to play for another year at Levallois.
Regarding our two recent defeats (Cholet and Paris), they are due solely to the superiority of our opponents in these meetings.
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