As part of the 13th day of Betclic Elite, the Orleans Loiret Basket received this Thursday, December 23, 2021 Paris Basket, 17th in the championship. For its part, the OLB was 9th before the meeting with a series of 4 victories.
A catastrophic scenario
Germain Castano’s players completely miss the start of the match. Led 29-8 at the end of the first ten minutes, OLB will continue to sink in the second act. The score will even go up to 39-8 before a slight revolt. For the last game of the year, the Palais des Sports was packed. The public pushed and Youssou Ndoye sounded the revolt just before the break by scoring four consecutive times. Orleans returned to the locker room with behind 16 points: 32-48.
But no miracle for the OLB, the gap was too big to fill, Orleans finally bowed 93-75. OLB coach Germain Castano did not mince his words after the meeting. “I had warned the players that it was necessary above all to defend well. Result, we collect 29 points in the first act while the maximum objective was 18. It is much more complicated after to get back to the score.”
Orleans loses two places in the standings and ends up 11th. The next OLB meeting is scheduled at Monday, December 27 with a trip to Bourg-en-Bresse.