In a duel of evil classified in Euroligue, the ASVEL conceded a fifth defeat following the continental scale when receiving the Maccabi Tel Aviv (95-102).
ASVEL does not raise its head in Euroligue. Remaining on four row losses in the competition before the reception of another classification team, the Maccabi Tel Aviv, the players of Pierric Poupet once again sold on the parquet of the LDLC Arena. Jasiel Rivero (15 points, 5 rebounds) allowed the Israeli training to start the meeting with a 5-0 to which the Villeurbannais replied with a 7-0 led by Nando de Colo (20 points, 8 assists). ASVEL then race in the lead for most of the first quarter before lowering the foot. A long distance shot at the buzzer signed Jimmy Clark (15 points, 7 assists) allowed the Maccabi to return in extremis to height.
The players of Oded Kattash then took control of the operations on the prosecution. Faced with Rhone training which only scored four points in four minutes, John Dibartolomeo (5 points) and his teammates gave it to the heart to exceed the ten points a six minutes from half-time. A gap that has long fluctuated between five and nine lengths but it was the ASVEL which finished this second quarter on a good note.
ASVEL was able to believe it
At the game of free throws led by Joffrey Lauvergne (10 points), the Villeurbannaise formation approached two points when they find the locker room. A short margin that was maintained at the start of the third quarter. Thanks to Melvin Ajinça (14 points) then Shaquille Harrison (4 points), the Asvel was able to pick up but without managing to pass in front of the display board. Roman Sorkin (15 points) then came out of his box to restore air to Maccabi Tel Aviv, which tackled the last ten minutes of the meeting with a six -length lead. A final quarter that started with a revengeful spirit among the Rhodanians.
A 9-0 concluded with a long distance shot from Paris Lee (12 points, 7 assists) allowed them to go ahead of the score eight minutes from the end of regulation time. This however only lasted 18 seconds and did not happen again. Returning to a unit 59 seconds from the buzzer thanks to Neal Sako (10 points, 11 rebounds), ASVEL was too unruly to hope to tear off the victory. The Maccabi Tel Aviv signs a second success of rank (95-102) and returns to three victories of its evening victim for 15th place in the Euroligue ranking.
