Completely successful start
It takes a long-range heatstroke from captain Anthony Racine, author of three three-point shots in a row, to bring the Forest Arena out of its torpor and finally launch the Lower Rhine team into the game (21-25, 14th ). A short-lived thinning in a first period marked by great awkwardness on the part of the locals. At the break, one figure does not lie: 9/32 on shots and 28% success. Hard to do worse. Inevitably, La Rochelle leads logically when it’s time to go back to the locker room (25-37).
Business remains good on the return to the floor. The Alsatians are still without a solution against an SRB team which is unrolling its basketball (27-44, 23rd). So Espinosa is forced to quickly stop the game to try to wake up his players. But this is not enough. When Sofiane Briki finally finds address from afar, Gaëtan Clerc and Javon Masters respond immediately and the gap increases further (33-57, 27th). Straddling the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth, the ASA passes a 10-0 (and a 15-3) to the Yellow and Black to continue, as incredible as it may seem, to believe it (43 -57, 31st then 48-60, 33rd).
reaction, extension
Will the last minutes offer an unthinkable reversal of the situation? The Alsatians hang on, finally show a real face on their floor and the address returns as if by a miracle in the wake of a Gravilovic found on both sides of the field (68-71, 39th). 11 seconds from the buzzer, he equalized on a three-point shot and gave his team extra time. An incredible scenario!
