In a well-stocked sports center, Limoges CSP conceded their second defeat of the season at home this Saturday when Cholet came. The players of Massimo Cancellieri lost 91 to 79 this meeting of the 5th day of the French Elite basketball championship.
The meeting: A faulty Limoges CSP, the referees too
Limoges CSP had a terrible first half. Massimo Cancellieri’s players were dominated by terribly skillful Choletais. 67% shooting success for them at half time and 75% at 3 pts! A more aggressive and very efficient Cholet team in the 1 against 1. The visitors led by 25 points at the break. A gap also due to a catastrophic arbitrage. After being up to 28 points behind, the Limougeauds, at the cost of great efforts, returned to 9 points in the second half but they finally made mistakes like a very used Demonte Harper and a little less lucid at the end of the meeting. Without forgetting the arbitral trio who could not find anything better, without warning, than to whistle the 5th fault for floping to Nicolas Lang, the number 1 threat of the CSP in attack (18 points), while there was still 8 minutes to play. Great art!
In great shape: Hugo Invernizzi
Most used player (35 ‘) with Demonte Harper (36’), the interior Limougeaud did not force anything to finish at 12 points with 80% shooting success but also 6 rebounds and 3 assists for 21 evaluation . We can still regret that he was not a little more taken up his responsibilities in attack at the end of the match, especially when Nicolas Lang had to leave his partners. “I have to force more, especially when Nico is not there. I should have tried to take the game more on my own. I blame myself at the end for not having been more aggressive, even if it means failing. Maybe I should have taken more responsibility“he admitted after the match at a press conference.
A Day Without: CJ Massinburg
Irreproachable since the start of the season with Limoges, Gerry Blakes’ medical freelance writer that the coach would like to keep until the end of the season, did not have a good evening on Saturday night against Cholet. Especially in terms of address. The American combo finished with 10 points but only 2 of 12 in shooting range. And in the end, 1 evaluation in 29 minutes. And the worst differential. -24 with him on the floor for Limoges CSP.
Statements:
If you lose focus, that’s a problem. This is what happened to us. But not only to us – Massimo Cancellieri
Massimo Cancellieri, Limoges coach:“If I say something about the referees, they’ll call me in Paris. We didn’t play a great game. But I have to say it was harder for us, a lot harder. Everyone saw this. what’s happened. They always tell me I’m exaggerating but what should I do? Everyone needs to be focused during the game. If you lose focus, that’s a problem. C ‘that’s what happened to us as a team. But not just to us. “
We got into the game very, very badly. We spent more time complaining or wondering what’s going on rather than playing hard – Hugo Invernizzi
Hugo Invernizzi, inside Limoges CSP:“We got off to a very bad start. We spent more time complaining or wondering what’s going on rather than playing hard. They had an impressive confidence. They won a lot of 1 on 1. They have put a lot of big shots. Instead of increasing the intensity, we went down too much. Despite that, we did not give up at all. We were at minus 28 but we made great efforts to come back. The 5th foul I’m not saying it’s a lack of respect for the best French scorer in the championship to whistle him a flop that gets him out of the match 8 minutes from the end, but they could have warned him. Nico for us, it’s huge the impact it has on the team “.
The statistic: 73 evaluation at 24 at the break in favor of Cholet
At half-time, Laurent Vila’s players were already at 73 evaluation. Figure which shows that they missed almost nothing in the 1st period with a devilish address and only 3 balls lost for 13 assists at the break. Conversely, the Limoges CSP was at 24 collective evaluation with only 32% of address. In the second half, things were reversed but the Choletais still finished ahead with 109 collective assessment against 83 at Limougeauds.
As an aside: a lot of people in Beaublanc
It became so unusual it was nice to see. If there were still a lot of free places in the low bay despite a “sold out” announced by the club in this part of Beaublanc, the sports center was well filled this Saturday evening. Effect of good results? The return of expatriates in the first days of the holidays? Whatever the case, it’s a shame that Limoges CSP failed in the 1st half, with the help of the refereeing trio.