Paris beats Strasbourg

After Nadir’s performance on Wednesday, Jared decided to deliver a spectacular start. It was simple: he scored all of our first seven points – from three-point range, the mid-range, and the free-throw line; he did it all. While Paris got off to a flying start, the opposition had an answer. Playing a more rugged style, SIG pounded the paint before gradually spreading the floor with some particularly sharp shooters. Our Parisians were no slouches in that department either, especially when it came to dominating the corner three-point spots. Jared, Léo, TJ – Paris kept hitting the same shot from that zone over and over. Once they hit their stride, there was no stopping the Parisian frenzy from deep. Shooting 5-of-10 from long range in barely ten minutes, Maxime Lefèvre’s squad executed their game plan to perfection. This one-sided second half of the first quarter was immediately reflected on the scoreboard (29–20). And things only got better! Take the same ingredients, add a dash of explosiveness from Maozinha – alongside the ever-exceptional TJ – and you get our second quarter. Physically imposing, our players really made the difference with their ball movement. Defensively, too, constant pressure on the opposing point guards severely blunted the attacking threat of players like Maxence Lemoine and Jaylen Hands. Aside from free throws, Strasbourg struggled to find the basket. And at the slightest defensive lapse, our squad made them pay instantly! The scoring barrage kept building, culminating in a 60-point haul in just one half (61–38).