Carried by its new American leader, Dee Bost, Villeurbanne brilliantly won at the expense of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe (91-77), Thursday in its Astroballe room, after an intense match of the 21st day of the Euroleague. Monaco dominated Milan (101-88)
Asvel, which won its eighth success in the competition against thirteen defeats, has not given up all hope of grabbing a place in the play-off. It will be necessary to be able to continue, Tuesday on the parquet floor of Partizan Belgrade then at home against Virtus Bologna, on February 3. For its part, the Fener, candidate for the title, lost for the eighth time of the season in C1 for thirteen successes and remained at the top of the classification.
Hired on January 16 from Galatasaray Istanbul to replace Parker Jackson-Cartwright with insufficient performance for the Euroleague, Dee Bost was quick to transfigure Asvel: three victories in three games, January 20 in Milan (79- 73) in the Euroleague then in the French championship, on January 22 in Paris (86-69).
His association with Nando De Colo now gives a whole new face to the Villeurbannaise team. The two men notably flew over the first half, which ended with a score of 48-33 in favor of the French champions with in particular fifteen points for Bost (5/7 at 3 points, 71%) including nine at the start (9- 0) and twelve for De Colo who brought his total to 26 points at the end of the match (5 assists).
Dee Bost (33), who will return to one of his former clubs, Monaco, on January 28 at the Astroballe in the French championship, also finished the match with nine assists. Without forgetting the ten points of Retin Obasohan and Zacharie Risacher (17 years old). Because Asvel, once is not custom started very well, relying on a good aggressiveness in defense, one of its weak points so far. Despite Fener’s reaction after half-time, the Villeurbannais, who controlled the rebound rather well, managed to manage their lead which even increased to eighteen points (58-40) in the 24th minute. .
Monaco returns to victory in the Euroleague
Monaco found its way back to victory in the Euroleague by beating Milan (101-88) at home and relaunched in the competition. The “Roca team” remained on two defeats, last week in Istanbul on the floor of Fenerbahçe (98-94) and the previous week in Belgrade, against the Red Star (92-68). Monaco moves up to fifth place in the standings.
Facing the red lantern Milanese and already beaten by Asvel last week (73-79), the Monegasques led in each period (29-22, 57-50, 80-74) thanks to an aggressive game. Like a ball stolen by Jaron Blossomgame ten seconds from the buzzer, which brought two points followed by a free throw. But this one was missed by Alpha Diallo and the score remained at 101-88 despite a last attempt from Madrid.
Best scorer on the Monegasque side, point guard Elie Okobo scored 19 points for 7 assists and a rebound. Monaco has the opportunity to resume its march forward by receiving Alba Berlin, penultimate, on February 1, before going to face the ogre Real Madrid, at the head of the Euroleague, two days later.
