The Metropolitans 92 were however hung in their room during most of the meeting against Le Portel, sixteenth in the French championship.
At the start of the fourth quarter, the score was 70-70, but Vincent Collet's players were more solid, in the wake of Vincent Hunter (19 points, six rebounds).
Above all, they were able to count on more efficient bench players: 34 points were scored during rotations, which is double the bench of the ESSM.
Thanks to this victory, the Parisians now have one more victory than Monaco at the top of the Elite.
Four days after their Euroleague victory over Alba Berlin (91-74), the Roca Team fell in Dijon, in particular because of a disastrous three-point address (26.3%, or 5 out of 19).
The Monegasques were deprived of their Lithuanian pivot Donatas Motiejunas, who is one of their key players.
Just behind in the standings, Asvel won in Roanne (91-82) and could join ASM, since they have one more game to play.
In the other matches of the evening, Nanterre crushed Châlons-Reims (104-73) but remains for the moment ninth, at the gates of the final stages, with the same record as Le Mans (eighth), which fell to Limoges (82 -75).
The CSP was worn by Demonte Harper (25 pts, nine rebounds) and their sixth man CJ Massinburg (21 pts, six rebounds).
Paris lost at home against Fos-sur-Mer (93-75) and Cholet beat Orleans (80-71).
Bourg-en-Bresse was the author of the card of the evening against Gravelines-Dunkerque (92-55).
In this match, no less than seven players scored at least ten points.
The meeting between Pau-Orthez and Strasbourg has been postponed because the SIG played - and lost - its quarter-final second leg of the Champions League on Tuesday evening against Hapoel Holon (81-80).
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