By Le Figaro with AFP
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Cholet took advantage of the defeat the day before in Dijon to take his ease in third place in the Elite basketball championship thanks to his victory on the wire in Strasbourg (92-90), Saturday during the 21st day.
The Choletais (14 wins for 7 losses) have one more success than the Burgundians, beaten at Boulogne-Levallois on Friday (93-86) in the fight for third place, important since it places, during the play off, the team in the half of the table opposite to that of the leader (Monaco except surprise).
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They also take two wins ahead of the fifth jump seat, the first without home advantage in the quarter-finals, held by Le Mans whose match against Asvel, scheduled for Sunday, was postponed to April 4 due to strike by air traffic controllers.
Cholet narrowly avoided a third straight defeat in the league which would have been messy before the Leaders Cup, which brings together from Friday to Sunday in Saint-Chamond (Loire) the first eight teams of the first leg.
While leading by seven units (92-85) 1 min 16 sec from the end, the Mauges club saw Strasbourg (11th) come back to two points.
The SIG even had possession of the win or overtime after Cholet’s Dominic Artis missed, 16 seconds from the siren, his two free throws.
At the bottom of the table, Nanterre (15th, 8/13) can breathe after having put an end, against Limoges (87-70), to a series of three defeats, in particular thanks to a Keith Hornsby on fire at long distance (7/ 10 three-pointers, 25 pts in total).
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This success allows him, like Nancy (79-73 victory against Portel), to take a victory ahead of the first relegation player, Blois, beaten on the wire by Gravelines-Dunkerque (92-89).
The Northerners take advantage of this to return to Limoges (10/11 for both teams) in the qualification race, just behind Roanne, beaten Friday at home by the red lantern Fos-sur-Mer (93-89).
