It’s come to this… Having things to say about a Paris victory in the EuroLeague. We would almost become demanding, with eight successes in a row. So yes, there are many things to say about this evening, notably a botched ending, but above all we must take the time to zoom out: neophytes at this level, the capital club finds itself this Thursday evening alone second in the EuroLeague, and puts pressure on leader Fenerbahçe before their reception of Milan on Friday. Yes, we wrote that well and it’s crazy…
Despite a huge Cordier…
“It’s another victory, it’s great”savors TJ Shorts, who maintained his candidacy for the MVP trophy with 19 points at 6/14 and 9 assists. “All we want is to ride our current dynamic. The coach tells us not to see ourselves as too good or too bad: here we are at a high point in our season but we have to stay focused. » That is all that Paris Basketball failed to do in the final moments, methodically squandering in five minutes the fruit of a long successful performance.
From 77-62 to 77-75, Maodo Lo’s teammates (15 points) felt the wind blowing. It took two missed free throws by Mouhamet Diouf, a heel from Tyson Ward simply grazing the baseline instead of touching it and an airball from Will Clyburn to prevent them from finding themselves taken into overtime by Virtus Bologna of a superb Isaïa Cordinier (16 points at 5/7, 7 rebounds and 8 assists for 28 ratings) for his return to the land of his Olympic exploits. “Even if oHe relaxed at the end, we have to take this victory”whispered Tiago Splitter, who found in the opposite camp a certain Marco Belinelli, NBA champion at his side in 2014 with San Antonio. « There are things we need to do better but we have the essentials. » And if Paris continues next week, traveling to Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Olympiakos, then we won’t really know what to write…
