In the victory of SIG Strasbourg over JL Bourg (89-80), the Alsatian leader Lucas Beaufort (1.92 m, 20 years old) broke his personal records.
13 points and 13 evaluation in 24 minutes. This is the summary of the line of stats of Lucas Beaufort who so far had not done better than 7 points and 7 eval against Paris. He got complimented by his coach Lucas Bianchi.
« The players on the bench brought very good energy. I think of Lucas and Ike for example. Lucas, tonight, combined very strong defensive efforts with a very effective game in attack. It’s good. About the Lucas match?… I’m trying to get the best out of everyone. With Lucas it’s not always easy because he has a very specific personality. But I try to make him what I think he can be. I would like to see him more emotionally involved. He’s an extremely well-mannered, poised lad, but this game showed his passion, his devotion, his energy and sometimes your body language can really take a toll on your performance. Tonight he did a great job. He had a real impact on the team. What you don’t see is also the extraordinary work done before the week to prepare for the matches. Tonight he did more than everyone expected of him. A very good game for him.«
The young man preferred to highlight the collective victory:
« We are very happy, especially since it was a very difficult match and which was important for the classification. With this victory we are again in the Top 8 by finally being positive in the win/loss ratio. It’s fun. We really wanted to win. We are at home and in addition our dynamic is good and we really wanted to sign three home wins and that’s what we managed to do. (…) With the number of injuries we have, everyone has to give more than usual. Instead of giving 150%, you have to give 200%. We all have to bring more and that’s what we’ve been doing pretty well for three games. We have to continue on this momentum because now we are going to play away three times in a row and it will be three very important matches. ».
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