Sunday, March 2, 2008

a strong postion

After the success of Villeurbanne at Chalon-sur-Saone Friday (58-82), Nancy and Le Mans have also won this Saturday. The trio remained in control of the championship.

The poster of the day: Chalon-sur-Saone - ASVEL
The two french representatives of the ULEB Cup week were found Friday, for the opening of the 20th day. United disappointment, the two formations had yet presented very different faces. Chalon was spent completely beside his subject in Gerona while ASVEL had delivered a fierce battle with Galatasaray. The dynamics of the two teams was met with an early one way. Nsonwu prevailed in the racket and caused the first gap (12-19). And yet ASVEL accelerated in the second quarter-time. Troutman and Wilson brought their way to the ride Rhone. Villeurbanne led by almost 20 points at the break (23-42). The fate of the meeting was already played. Bryan Bracey (17 pts) tried to stir much the Coliseum but his efforts were in vain face of collective villeurbannais (38-58). The last quarter-time had little interest, the gap hovering around 20 points for a clear victory of Villeurbannais (58-82). Not worried at Chalon, ASVEL became the leader of the Pro A and has overcome its last two disappointments arising from two sides of a point.

Other matches:
A week after he imposed in Villeurbanne, Pau-Orthez hosted another large piece of the championship, Nancy. The Lorraine, undisputed leader of the championship a few weeks ago, remained on two sides of rank (against Dijon and Strasbourg) since the break in Week As (where they had been eliminated entrance). A series that the SLUC stopped on Saturday by going prevail at the Palais des Sports (76-82). A success built mainly from the first-quarter time (25-15) won by Lorraine. With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Ricardo Greer has hurt his former teammates while Antonio Graves, author of 40 points last week, merely 18 units. The third co-leader, Le Mans has not trembled either this weekend and landed a successful 6th row on the line at Le Havre (98-99). Vincent Collet can thank Nicolas Batum, best man of the match with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The MSB remains in the lead in the company of Nancy and the ASVEL.

Based on its success in Nancy, Dijon, strong revival of form over the past month (3 wins in 4 days), offered the scalp of another cador championship, Roanne. Championing France, deprived of Marc Salyers, wounded, the flag fell in the third quarter-time (the score from 42-38 to 69-55 at the break at the 30th minute of the game) facing Maleye Ndoye (28 points , 7 rebounds) and its partners. Championing France, which remained before the day on 6 wins in 7 matches, now find themselves two lengths of leading trio. At the bottom of the table, the Paris Levallois has halted its downward spiral of six defeats in a row by imposing Strasbourg (79-90) thanks to a very good Je'Kel Foster (27 points, 6 interceptions). The red lantern, Clermont, which had suffered a correction on the floor of Orleans (80-40). - Gravelines Dunkerque benefited from the receipt of Vichy for pocketing a valuable success (74-69) while Cholet dominated Toulon-Hyeres (79-87) a major part in the race for Play-offs.

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