2024-01-13 00:11:59
The Villeurbanne club saw its series of two victories in a row end this Friday with a very clear setback conceded against Alba Berlin (63-88).
The improvement was short-lived: after two consecutive victories, Asvel was largely dominated by the German club Alba Berlin (63-88), Friday in its Astroballe hall in Villeurbanne in a match of the 21st Euroleague day. The two teams share last place in the standings with four victories each, Asvel ahead of their Berlin opponent on the difference in points scored/concealed.
The Villeurbannais, who conceded their 17th defeat of the season on the European scene, nevertheless remained on two consecutive successes at home, one under the direction of the Italian coach, Gianmarco Pozzecco, sacked on January 6 after his team defeated Zalgiris Kaunas, and the other with his successor, Pierric Poupet, against Red Star Belgrade on January 9. But Asvel, still deprived of its playing master, Nando de Colo, injured in a calf, was not able to maintain this emerging dynamic, against an opponent whom it had beaten in the first leg (73 -68).
The score was 41-37 at halftime but the Rhone residents collapsed in the last two quarters to lose by 25 points. The Villeurbannais displayed a low level far from Euroleague standards with too much clumsiness on shots (52.3%, 23/44 against 26/45, 57.8%) and especially at three points (2/21, 9 .5% against 8/22, 36.4%) while being largely dominated on the rebound (31 to 46). Paris Lee and Charles Kahudi only scored 12 points each and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, nine, like Edwin Jackson. The return phase will now be very long for Villeurbanne, which will have to avoid last place for the second year in a row.
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