A feat and ... Two losses to finish.

Heroic Thursday against Tenerife then eliminated in the semi-final of the Champions League by Burgos (81-70) the next day, the Strasbourg residents fell again this Sunday.

In the match for 3rd place, they were beaten by another Spanish team, Zaragoza (89-77).

The game was complicated from start to finish for Lassi Tuovi's players, deprived of their leader Brandon Jefferson, who was hit in the thigh.

After a good start, they were quickly led (20-16, 10th).

At the break, the gap was 7 points (44-37) and then could never be filled (67-55, 30th) despite a small adrenaline rush (74-70, 35th).

But the efforts of the SIG players, once again admirable in their combativeness, were not enough.

This fourth place in the third (even second) European competition remains a good result for the Alsatians, in full reconstruction after two complicated seasons.

In 2016, they had already touched the summits with a Eurocup final, lost against the Turks of Galatasaray.

DeAndre Lansdowne's partners will return to the French championship in ten days.

Time to observe a mandatory period of isolation after their return from Russia.

They will move on the Lyon-Villeurbanne floor.

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