By losing the 111th Clasico at home against Limoges (66-69), Élan Béarnais saw the lead that they had striven to create with the pack of pursuers, all candidates for the top 8, melt away. eight games to Eric Bartecheky’s team to show that they are not 4th for nothing after 2/3 of the championship, “outsiders in the title”, even says Gérald Ayayi before moving to the Roca Team, 2nd, oversized EuroLeague quarter-finalist for the Betclic Elite. The Palois, this Sunday evening in Monaco (7 p.m.), will play the last of this 29th day and will therefore know exactly where they are compared to their direct competitors. We will have to play without thinking that 49 hours later, the Béarnais will receive Nanterre – another candidate for the top 8 – at the Palais des Sports, and that the week will end in the fury of Bercy, for the final of the Coupe de France against Strasbourg.