Last of Betclic Elite with five defeats in five games, Paris had taken advantage of the Eurocup last week to finally open their door of wins (on the plan of Ankara), but the players of the capital have not confirmed on the occasion of the second day of the second cup in the continental hierarchy. In their hall Georges Carpentier, they lost quite heavily to Israeli league leader Hapoel Tel Aviv (after two games), with a score of 86-100. Paris still won a first quarter full of points (33-28), but Hapoel Tel Aviv, supported by many fans, strengthened their defense in the second quarter, suffering only ten points, to return to the locker room with a 43-55 lead. The Parisians will be able to regret this catastrophic second quarter (lost 10-27), because then they have held up well. They even returned to -3 (60-63) in the 26th minute, but Tel Aviv responded with an 11-0 to regain a comfortable lead. Rebelote in the last quarter where Paris returns to -4- (79-83) 4’45 from the final siren. However, the Israelis did not panic and managed the time very well, going 17-7 at the end. French Hapoel Jaylen Hoard, briefly from the NBA, injured the Parisians, with 16 points and 9 rebounds on the clock. Tyrone Wallace (17pts, 5rbds, 3pds, 4int) became the top scorer in Paris. The club from the capital is now 5th in group B (but there are still 16 games left in the group), before going to Trento, next to last, next week.
Parisian markers: Allman (15), Wallace (17), Gegic (8), Kamagaté (14), Sleva (5), Begarin (15), Toupane (12)
Dijon does not chain
In the Champions League, the third European Cup, Dijon had also won their first match, at PAOK Thessaloniki, but lost heavily in the second, on the floor of Malaga. Faced with this regular Euroleague team, the JDA, sixth in Betclic Elite, lost by twenty points: 88-68. The Andalusians, led by the French champion with ASVEL Dylan Osetkowski (16pts, 4rbds) and by Dario Brizuela (15pts) in particular, led from start to finish during this match. Brought by 54% of the address (against 44% of Dijonnais), they had fourteen points ahead of the first quarter (25-11), eighteen at half-time (43-25), thirteen at half an hour of play (63 -50) and then twenty at the end. The Burgundians, who weren’t there in this match, were able to count on a Markis McDuffie with 18 points and 6 rebounds. A game to forget, therefore, but that will have to be recovered in two weeks against the Italians of Sassari, the current last of the group. Remember that only the fourth and last of the group will not see the rest of the competition in January.
Dijon indicators: Ducoté (8), Hrovat (13), Loum (4), Rousselle (3), Ware (2), Alingue (5), Holston (18), Simon (6)
