Basketball, Pro B: Reactions from the Boulazac basket Dordogne – Saint-Chamond match

Cyrille Eliezer-Vanerot, BBD winger: “Unlike Fos, we had a good start to the match and Saint-Chamond is a much better team collectively than Fos. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We created the gap at the end of the match, we didn’t panic. We wanted to make a big start to the match to show that we were present. We have no excuses for lost balloons or air pockets. We shouldn’t give them too many gifts, because we saw that they could quickly come back to score. We felt that the Palio was pushing us and we said to ourselves that we didn’t want to let go of the match. »

Alexandre Ménard, BBD coach: “We still started better this time. Tonight we saw the power of the team when it runs on its pistons at 100%. Maintaining Saint-Chamond at 73 points is a performance. We had one less day of recovery and learning lessons from our match against Fos is very strong and holding on to the match is also good. Saint-Chamond is a dangerous team with shooters and long-range shooters. It feeds as soon as we let down our guard or drop the balls. You have to watch her like milk on the fire. The executives are capable of handling the pressure and I really liked the return of Babacar (Mbye) and that of Lucas (Demahis-Ballou) which was interesting and which must continue. »

Maxime Nelaton, Saint-Chamond coach: “We played 30 minutes, the first two we were still on the bus. At 10-0 it’s difficult to recover. These air gaps, for me we are still a team at the end of preparation. We had found chemistry, things that worked and we had injuries and we had to change teams, several players and so far it hasn’t worked. It’s catching on. We are not ready to come and play this type of match. Boulazac is a quality team, with talent. We’re still getting used to it. When we take 11-0 in the last five minutes, our biggest enemy is the clock, so we try for 3 points, but it fails. »