In this shock of the extremes of Betclic Elite, Boulogne-Levallois (2nd) won with great difficulty Wednesday at the last, Fos-sur-Mer (83-82). With a 21-point lead at halftime, only one on arrival, the Mets passed near the correctional at the last Fos-sur-Mer.
At the break, everything seemed folded at the Halle Parsemain. A dazzling Justin James with 17 points and 4 assists, Mets applied on both sides of the field, and Boulogne-Levallois led 52 to 31. But Rémy Valin’s chat in the locker room bore fruit when he saw a team of Fos-sur-Mer transformed.
The Fosséens inflicted a 30-16 on Vincent Collet’s men in the third quarter by putting much more physical impact in the racket. Tremont Waters’ loss of balls (2 in a row) earned him a break on the bench and allowed the Byers to come back to just five points (61-66) in front of an unleashed public who felt his team was capable of creating a sensation.
Fos drives past but misses winning possession
Dylan Affo Mama even gave his team the advantage for the first time in the match five minutes from the end (74-73) with a furious dunk after an interception. The 23-year-old Frenchman, untenable in this last quarter, finished the game with 17 points and 7 rebounds. The two teams were neck and neck in money time but Tremont Waters found himself on the free throw line 40 seconds from the buzzer and converted his two shots (80-83). On the next possession, Allan Dokossi won in the racket then intercepted the Metropolitans’ comeback. 82-83, 20 seconds to play, the winning ball was in the hands of Stephen Brown for Fos-sur-Mer.
The leader Fitchen approached the basket with three seconds left to play but missed his double step trying to avoid the long arms of Victor Wembanyama, discreet this evening (11 points, 7 rebounds) and both precious on the last possession. Fos-sur-Mer may have regrets and remains dead last in the Championship. Boulogne-Levallois, still well positioned in his place as runner-up, maintains pressure on leader Monaco, who will host Nancy (14th) on Sunday at 4 p.m. as part of the 18th day.
