To say that we were naively believed that the arrival of the clearance matches was going to send French basketball back to his cruel place in Euroligue, Monaco aside. That is to say that of premature holidays on the European scene, in front of the television to measure from the quarterfinals the gap separating our clubs from the monsters Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Efes Istanbul, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
But no, this incredible Paris Basketball, which had offered a series of ten success of rank in the regular phase for its first participation in the Reine competition, in the fight for first place until Noël, wrote on Tuesday one of the most beautiful pages in the history of French sport.
TJ Shorts in “Best European leader” mode
Namely a Dantesque success (73-81) on the Real Madrid prosecution in a dry game of play-in opening the quarter-finals for him against the Fenerbahçe from April 22 (thus avoiding finding the leader, the Olympiakos of Evan Fournier). Yes, this Real Madrid with the 11 crowns in Euroligue, still winner in 2023 and finalist last season, ended up giving in to the Parisian fiery and composure.
In the wake of an excellent TJ Shorts (23 points and 9 assists), in line with his punchline of the same day (“I am the best leader in Europe”), Paris Basketball managed master of master his money-time in Spain. We thus advise you to offer you upon awakening 27 slow motion of this stepback Martian From the tricolor pyromaniac Nadir Hifi (15 points), in the last three minutes of the match (at 68-71).
Our file on the Euroligue
And on the head of the Spanish rear Sergio Llull, one of the historic executioners of our Blues. The real Parisian qualifier of the day that feast was in Madrid, as we say.
