Despite her team’s defeat, Marine Johannès shone during the first game of the WNBA finals.
Before the NBA resumes, it is currently the WNBA finals, the North American women’s basketball championship. This final pits the reigning champions, the Las Vegas Aces, against the New York Liberty, where Marine Johannès plays. The Frenchwoman and her team lost the first round in Las Vegas (99-82) on Sunday October 8, but it was the performance of Marine Johannès that left its mark.
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His baskets, sometimes incredible, have made the rounds on social networks. Marine Johannès impresses, including from NBA star LeBron James. In a tweet, he said he admired the French player: “His one-legged shot got me out of my seat.”, he wrote in particular. The American commentators on ESPN couldn’t believe it either.
His 14 points in one half were not enough this time. But beyond this first lost round, Marine Johannès won her bet: joining the WNBA. This cost him his place in the France team for Euro 2023 in June.
But Céline Dumerc, the manager of the French women’s team, accepts the choice that was made: “It’s not easy to play with Marine because we know that she is so capable of making differences on her own that others have to learn to play with her and for that, it takes time That’s why our choice was so clear-cut by saying: ‘We want you from the start because those around you need to know how to play with you.'”
“We have to be able to use Marine’s best potential, which is great. We’re not going to announce the Paris 12 now, there’s no point, but we want Marine to be among us.”
Céline Dumerc, general manager of the French team
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And the file is closed, because Marine Johannès herself has committed to the French team to be there “from the first day of preparation” for the Paris Olympic Games. On the WNBA side, the second game of the finals will take place on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
2023-10-11 04:58:19
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