Wednesday evening, Dijon again achieved a nice blow. The JDA defeated the leader of Jeep ELITE, AS Monaco (86-83), yet untouchable in recent weeks both on the French and European scene. A great victory as the long-led Roca Team went ahead twice in the last quarter. But the locals reacted each time in stride, thanks to two big 3-point baskets from David Holston. While he himself had found that his team had shown bad signals lately, coach Laurent Legname said he was proud when he returned to the match for The Public Good.
“It’s the victory of the players and of this group. It’s their victory. All the victories are beautiful, but Monaco an additional flavor, I am extremely happy and proud for this group. Great respect to the players. They have was digging deep inside them to win despite a big slack in the 4th quarter. Each time we put it back. It’s fantastic. The players have shown the best response to some criticism. Until the end, we will give everything. “
In the opposite camp, AS Monaco coach Zvezdan Mitrovic regretted the referee of the evening. “They did a great job, Holston is a great player and Laurent, who is my friend, does a great job, but let us just play basketball.” His team continues with a trip to his main rival, ASVEL, this Saturday at 2 p.m.
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