After two defeats in less than a week, against ASVEL in the championship and Ludwigsburg in the BCL, JDA Dijon is looking to revive. With a more than tough opponent who will appear on Saturday March 9, 2024 on the floor of the Palais des Sports, at 9 p.m.: Paris Basketball, recent winner of the Leaders Cup and 4th in the elite. Still deprived of its captain David Holston and in search of a medical freelancer to replace him, Jeanne will have to deliver a very high level copy to win.
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“Keep confidence in our abilities, in our game”
“We can use this word “frustration” which somewhat reflects the situation of the week, where in the content there are really good things, recognizes Laurent Legname, the JDA coach. Defensively, we took a step in the right direction, facing two high-level teams. We are not rewarded with at least one victory, we deserved to win against ASVEL and in Ludwigsburg”. The technician especially does not want his players to be affected or affected by these negative results. “We have to stay positive, keep confidence in our abilities, in our game”.
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Paris, undefeated for nine matches
Paris remains on a series of nine consecutive victories. And has in its ranks two of the five best scorers in the division, in the person of TJ Shorts (15.7 points) and Nadir Hifi (15.6 points). “They brought back seven players from Bonn, who won the BCL, with the same coach, obviously that helps. Their way of playing, which is not common, means that they have this advantage of knowing each other, analysis Laurent Legname. Like all teams, when we keep a big frame, we are ahead. They have confidence, very good players, in all positions. A real defensive base, with a lot of energy, a lot of rotations, intensity over 40 minutes. I expected them at this level”.
Laurent Legname hopes to keep the recipe for success on Saturday evening: “Keep this foundation, this defensive spirit, this intensity, this self-sacrifice. It’s the third match in six days, with a six-hour bus trip which doesn’t help matters. If we already have that, we could consider victory. If we don’t have that, if we let them gain confidence in attack, we won’t be able to win.”. In the first leg, JDA lost with a large margin, and a final score of 81-64.
The defense… and the skill, which Jeanne lacked in her last two outings. “Against ASVEL, we had open shots that we didn’t make. The players have confidence, we know that skill comes and goes. Against Ludwigsburg, we had fewer three-point shots, traces the coach of the Jeanne. It happens in a season, in one or two matches, but there are not too many concerns, in my opinion, at that level. The players have the qualities. You just have to score one, and it will start everything again.”.
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