They won their two derbies against Nanterre last season, with 30 (in November 2022) then 25 points (in May 2023) from Victor Wembanyama. But the Metropolitans 92 have changed era. The power forward left for the NBA, just like his friend Bilal Coulibaly, as well as their coach and selector Vincent Collet. And Boulogne-Levallois is more than ever in danger of relegation, as confirmed by the appearance of the match played on Saturday evening at Maurice-Thorez.
Yet off to a flying start after an offensive and successful first half (53-42), Laurent Foirest’s men, totally apathetic in defense, literally collapsed upon returning from the locker room under pressure from the locals, confirming their fragility mental, as much as their inability to exist at this level until now.
The Desi Rodriguez show
Newcomers Amar Gegic and Alen Omic (34 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists between them!), or Fabian White Jr (23 points) couldn’t do much. The Mets collective took the water from all sides, passive, offering boulevards to the attackers as much as to the shooters. The Nanterriens enjoyed it, inflicting an 18-4 in six minutes at the start of the third quarter to take back the controls (60-57, 28th) and never let go. Desi Rodriguez had a huge kill (24 points, 10/14, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), well followed by Ibrahima Fall-Faye (20 points at 9/12, 4 rebounds), the ex-interior… of Put last season. Juhann Begarin added 14 points, Benjamin Sene and Joël Ayayi 10 points each.
2023-11-18 22:32:49
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