The Principality has a new runner-up: Asvel took second place in the French basketball championship behind Monaco by sweeping Bourg-en-Bresse (84-61), Sunday in Villeurbanne during the 23rd day of Elite .
Violent end to the series for Frédéric Fauthoux’s team. The “JL” had not lost since the end of November and a setback… against Asvel at Ekinox (80-74), making eight successes in a row in Elite. Troublemaker of the duel between Tony Parker’s club and the stars of the Rock, “Bourg” did not exist on Sunday, due to lack of skill (only 28% success) and aggressiveness under the basket (29 rebounds against 55 Rhone side).
Falling the previous Sunday against Monaco (74-70), who stumbled for only the second time this season in Elite, Bourg-en-Bresse failed this time to rise to the occasion. The Ain club even lost one of its strong men, its pivot Kevin Kokila, who seriously injured his right leg by slipping on the floor. He needed help to leave the field limping heavily.
With only 12 points, Bressan winger Zaccharie Risacher still stood out by finishing as the top scorer of the match (tied with his teammate JeQuan Lewis), he who is announced in certain simulations of the next NBA draft as a possible choice N.1.