Double champion of France in title (2019 and 2021), Asvel totals twenty-five victories for eight defeats and has its destiny in its hands: in the event of victory in a week on the parquet floor of Limoges, it will be assured of the first place at the end of the regular season and therefore home advantage until the end of the play-offs.
In the event of a setback, Monaco and Boulogne-Levallois retain their chances of taking first place.
The Roca Team beat Nanterre on its Gaston-Médecin floor 84 to 66 and has one victory less than Villeurbanne (24 against 25), with however a late match to be played on Saturday in Limoges, already guaranteed to finish in the first eight and therefore of his place in the play-offs.
For its part, the Metropolitans 92 won on the floor of Pau-Lacq-Orthez 86 to 71, a twenty-fourth success in the season which still leaves a small chance of finishing in first place.
For that, Vincent Collet's men will have to count on a misstep from Monaco and Villeurbanne and win against Paris in seven days.
In the fight for the last three tickets still in play for the play-offs, Strasbourg won a very precious victory in its Rhénus against Le Mans 89 to 81. The SIG thus validated its place in the quarter-finals of the French championship, thanks to his 19th success of the season.
The last two tickets for the play-offs will be the stake of the 34th and last day of the regular season between Elan Béarnais, Cholet, Le Mans and Nanterre, with an advantage for the Palois, who can validate their qualification from Saturday in the event of a home victory against Strasbourg in a late match.
At the bottom of the rankings, Paris Basketball, which is playing its first season in the Elite since its passage under the American flag in the summer of 2018, lost at home against Limoges 85 to 70 and sees the red zone getting dangerously close. .
The Parisians will have to beat Boulogne-Levallois on the last day or hope for a defeat of Fos-sur-Mer at Portel to stay in the Elite next season.
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