Paris (AFP)
A complicated start to the season for Asvel: TJ Parker's team lost at home to Bourg-en Bresse 104-102 after extra time, on Matchday 3 of the Basketball Elite, their second defeat in three matches.
After their inaugural misstep in Dijon (81-74), their sluggish success at Châlons-Reims (85-73) and their short setback in the Euroleague in Valence (65-63), the Villeurbannais fell against the neighbor Bressan for their first game at the Astroballe this season.
Asvel is now in 11th place, while all is going well for Bourg, 2nd thanks to his three successes in as many games.
Still deprived of Guerschon Yabusele, the Rhone missed their start to the meeting, leaving JL Bourg up to eight points ahead in the first quarter, concluded 23-19.
Already author of 20 points in Eurocup Wednesday during the victorious debut of Bourg against Bahcesehir Koleji (99-82), Zachery Peacock has once again made his address speak.
Asvel returned to four points at the break (46-50) thanks to the awakening of David Lighty, Charles Kahudi and recruits Allerik Freeman and Moustapha Fall, author in particular of a dunk.
But Bourg kept his four units ahead at the end of the third quarter time (67-63).
In the home stretch, Moustapha Fall and Amine Noua allowed Asvel to come back to a small point (70-71), before Danilo Andujic and Peacock (22 pts each) gave up to ten points. in Bressans.
But Antoine Diot sounded the revolt.
The playmaker, born in ... Bourg-en-Bresse, snatched the extension thanks to a three-point basket at the buzzer (89-89).
The talent of Diot was not enough then to overturn the match finally narrowly won by Bourg (104-102) thanks in particular to the efficiency of Zack Wright, author of 21 points.
Asvel will have to react quickly during its trip to Cholet next Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Rhone will travel to Milan on Friday in the Euroleague, to face an Olimpia who has strengthened a lot in the offseason.
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