Paris better than Limoges. By dominating Le Portel (80-66) on Saturday during the final day of the regular season of the French basketball championship, the capital club signed a 25th consecutive success in all competitions, erasing the old CSP record dating from 1989. But Limoges had signed this series by playing in the Champion Clubs’ Cup (C1), tougher than the Eurocup won in mid-April by the Parisian club, and had scored 20 victories in a row in the French championship alone.
Saturday in Pas-de-Calais, it was only the 15th victory in a row in the Paris Basketball championship, once again powered by TJ Shorts, author of 25 points in 25 minutes. The last day of the regular season also made it possible to distribute the last two places that remained to be distributed for the play-offs.
Saint-Quentin, clear winner of Strasbourg (86-66) becomes the first promoted since Le Portel in 2017, to play in the final phase, where it will face Asvel in the quarter-finals, in the best of three matches starting on Wednesday.
Cholet completes the picture after defeating Chalon-sur-Saône (84-77) helped by a solid evening from Tidjane Salaün (12 pts, 5 rebounds). The CB inherits Paris Basketball in the quarter-finals with the hope of stopping the series. After its disillusionment in the quarter-final of the Euroleague, Monaco, even with Mike James at rest, did not do Blois (89-73) any favors, already condemned to relegation like Boulogne-Levallois and Roanne.
The Roca Team, under the threat of a blank season since it was also eliminated in the Leaders Cup and the Coupe de France, will face Portel in the quarter-finals. Villeurbanne, who defeated Roanne (69-66) thanks in particular to 22 points from Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, retained its third place, with a possible semi-final against Paris Basketball.
Bourg-en-Bresse, winner of Limoges (90-86) in Beaublanc with 8 points from the great hope of French basketball Zaccharie Risacher, will face Nanterre, who inflicted their 30th setback of the season on Boulogne-Levallois (90-80 ). This announces a remake of the semi-final of the Leaders Cup which had smiled on the Ile-de-France residents (100-95).
