After having equaled it during his last outing, a defeat against Strasbourg, the Limoges full-back beat Éric Micoud’s mark this Friday, against Chalon-sur-Saône
Limoges guard Nicolas Lang broke the record for 3-point shots recorded in the history of the French first division championship since 1987 on Friday against Chalon-sur-Saône, now set at 756. The French international (12 sel .) of 34 years old had equaled during the previous day of Elite (6th), in Strasbourg (90-110), the mark of Éric Micoud (755 baskets in 11 seasons until 2006).
Nicolas Lang did not wait long in the first quarter against Chalon-sur-Saône to erase this record at home. The meeting was then stopped for a few minutes to celebrate the event. Double opportunity to celebrate since the CSP disposed of the Elan 74-68, thus maintaining its invincibility at home. “For me, it’s the perfect evening. I wanted the victory and that three-point basket. There would have been a feeling of waste if I had had one without the other. Now we can move on», breathed the hero of the day, author of 23 points.
Dubuisson still above
This record only takes into account the points scored in the 1st division since the creation of the National Basketball League in 1987, and only during the regular season (excluding play-offs). Going back beyond 1987, the best French triggerman is Hervé Dubuisson, star player from the mid-1970s to the end of the 1990s (25 seasons at the highest level). “Le Dub’” in fact scored 656 winning shots from 1987 to his retirement in 1999, plus 275 (a total of 931) between 1984, date of introduction of the three-point shot in international basketball, and 1987. And he started his career before 1984.
Lang, European under-20 champion in 2010 (with Andrew Albicy), began practicing shooting in Alsace in Lutterbach with his father Thierry, a former Nationale 2 basketball player (2nd division at the time). He started in ProA in 2009 with Chalon-sur-Saône, before wearing the jerseys of Paris-Levallois, Villeurbanne, Strasbourg and the CSP since 2019.
