ProA: Le Mans 2006 Champion!!! Le Mans vs Nancy 93-88 (19-25;24-19;20-21;30-23) 14500 spectators, Paris-Bercy Le Mans: Gregory 25, Amagou, Koffi 4, Ruzic 3, Bokolo 7, Cel, Guice 13, Huseyin Besok (212-C-75, agency: Interperformances) 26, Campbell 15, Jackson, Krolo Nancy: Bailey 16,Green 16, Morabito, McClintock 6, Julian 11, Kasperzec , Zianveni 16, Badiane, Boyette 4, Salmon, Hayes, Kirksay 19 MVP: Huseyin Besok (212-C-75, agency: Interperformances) with 26pts 3rebds 2ast 1block First Quarter Le Mans-Nancy 19-25 First basket of the game scored by Koffi, in an incredible ambiance created by fans of the both teams. Nancy proved it last season, they know how to help their team.Campbell adds a 3pt sho, but is not answered by Zianveni, Le Mans leads 5-0. But then starts the Marques Green show, 4pts to put Nancy in the lead (6-5).Green brings a lot of creation in the game, and has chosen the strategy to play inside, dishing Zianveni for a powerdunk. In addition, he compells le Mans to call a time-out, adding 3pts in a first intention shot. The time-out isn't that useful since, despite a basket for Kenny Gregory, Green (enormous in this first QT) adds 2 more points, as well as Cyril Julian with an And1-basket (17-12). Nancy keeps on playing inside, controlling the rebound thanks to Julian (4rebds) and extends its lead. Zianveni adds another top10 dunk to give Nancy a 9pt lead (the highest so far). Ruzic answers with a 3pt shot facing the rim. The first quarter ends with a 6pt lead for Nancy and a feeling of a domination for the team from Eastern France. Second Quarter : Le Mans-Nancy 43-44 Like in the first quarter, Le Mans is starting better. A block from Campbell on Julian gives Guice a fastbreak opportunity to come back to a 1pt gap (25-24). Nancy's coach decides to call a time-out very soon in this quarter to stop the run. The score isn't moving for a couple of minutes until Maurice Bailey adds a trey and Cyril Julian a mid-range shot.Nancy keeps using the same strategy, which is controlling the rebound and try to dish Zianveni or Julian.A little help for Nancy in the center of this quarter is the good period of Dan McClintock. He continues Julian's work on rebound and adds some points in the paint. That doesn't give the right to miss anything for Le Mans.That's why Le Mans cannot take the lead. After another basket in the transition, Le Mans has to call a time-out ( 38-33 for Nancy). 2mins before the end of this quarter, Huseyin Besok is given his 3rd foul, second bad news since Alain Koff is in the same situation. In this case, Coach Collet can use Ruzic at the 4post. A system thats seems to work since Le Mans scores several baskets on fastbreaks (Gregory, Huseyin Besok and comes back very close, to only 1pt.The Half-time is reach with a little advantage for Nancy (44-43) but the general feeling is that nobody can take a definitive advantage. At half-time, Green has scored 9pts and dished 5assists, while Zianveni and Julian each grabbed 5rebounds.For Le Mans, the scoring is made ory, excellent in the transition basket that Le Mans uses (12pts) and Huseyin Besok (11Pts) as an alternative. Third Quarter Le Mans-Nancy 63-65 Tariq Kirksay is the man of the beginning of the 3rd quarter, with 8pts in a row for Nancy. Gregory scores a 3pt but Kirksay is taking all the responsabilites (54-50) and shows who is the leader of the team. Le Mans is definitely not able to take the lead. Each time an opportunity is given, it cannot be converted. Amagou misses 2 FT, Gregory an easy shot, the score isn't moving. Le Mans tries to resist with Huseyin Besok , offering Julian a challenge but Green is back in business with a rainbow shot.That gives Nancy some oxygene after a series of missed shots. Is the wind changing, Bokolo scores a 3pt at the 24s buzzer from 10 meter. But the answer hasn't to be expected very long (And1 for Zianveni, 61-57).In the last minute of the quarter, the rebounding domination is not as strong as in the first half for Nancy, making the game even more unsettled. But Le Mans seems to be touched by a curse! IMPOSSIBLE to take the lead...The last shot isn't made for Gregory, Nancy keeps a 2pt-gap before the last quater, which is announced as very very exciting. Fourth Quarter : Le Mans-Nancy 93-88 3pts for Marques Green on the first action, but Le Mans is endly taking the lead. Huseyin Besok is the go-to-guy in the second half and adds another long range shot. This is the first time since an eternity that Le Mans takes the lead. Of course, Coach Monschau doesn't wait and calls a time-out (68-69). Huseyin Besok is just unstoppable in this quarter. 6pts in a row gives Le Mans their biggest lead of the game (70-75) but Bailey answers, 3pts with..the board. The Huseyin Besok' show isn't over, 2more points, 3pts for Campbell...Nancy is struggling, and calls another T-0, Le Mans now leads by 7!!At this moment, Le Mans is shooting 8/14 from the 3ptline! Of course, Tariq Kirksay it is the right moment to reappear. 4pts in a row, in his special style, show that Nancy is not dead.Collet has to call a time-out, 77-80 the lead is vanishing! With 2 minutes to go, The tension is enormous...Guice adds a 3pt and makes us forget he had some problems during the season.Le Mans is now smelling the success... A little help by the refs (was it really a charge for Kirsksay?) allows up to keep a 6pt advantage. Last time-out of the game for Nancy, there are still 83 seconds to be played... The end of the game is a slam dunk contest, Nancy is compelled to take desesperate shots and gives Le Mans fastbreaks balls. Gregory adds a tomahawk and a reverse slam to end the game. Le Mans is the 2006 champion, 93-88 French Cup Final : Dijon successes over a courageous Orleans 66-58 Dijon vs EO 45 : (18-17 ; 17-9 ;16-18 ; 15-14) Dijon : Plateau , NDoye 17 , Brown , T.J. Lux (205-F/C-77, college: N.Illinois) 20, Bouziane , Baxter 5, Nastvilishvili 13, Bennett 4, Sciarra 7 Orleans : Fellah 10, Bah, Blot 2, Bernard , Aka 9, Kante 8, Dewar 14, Da Silva 3, Mc Farlan 10, Rosendahl 2 Le Mans with Semaine des AS Cup trophy Eric Campbell who had 13 points and grabbed 6 rebouds was voted MVP of the final game. Le Mans - Bourg 78-60 Le Mans: Campbell 17, Guice 14, Koffi 14, Gregory 12, Amagou 8, Bokolo 4, Besok 4, Ruzic 3, Jackson 2 Bourg: Tolbert 12, Sindjelic 12, Schmitt 12, Bassette 10, Savovic 9, Doreau 2, Poupet 2, Gay 1 2005 All Star game - Dec. 20, 2005 - *The All Star Game took place last sunday in Paris and 14445 persons attended the import players success in the less offensive game of this history (96-85). The french team had a good start and was leading at half-time but thanks to the best 3players of the team (Tyson Wheeler , Jason Roweand the MVP K'Zell Wesson the imports came back and took the lead in the 3rd quarter. K'Zell Wessonends the game with 19pts and 13 rebds while Maxime Zianveni had 13pts and 8rebds to lead the french team. Finally, this game looked like a ProA one and was too serious for an All-star performance. Here is the detail of all points for both teams : Import players 96-85 French players Imports : K'Zell K'Zell Wesson (201-F/C-77, college: La Salle) 19, Tyson Wheeler 14, Jason Rowe 12, Lonnie Cooper 9, Ricardo Greer 9, Jimmy Baxter 8, Lamayn Wilson 6, John Linehan 5, Mike Bauer 5, Huseyin Besok 5, Mario Bennett 4, Kelvin Torbert Frenchies : Maxime Zianveni 13, Pape-Philippe Amagou 12, Claude Marquis 12, Victor Samnick 9, Babacar Cisse 8, Mamoutou Diarra 7, Yakhouba Diawara 6, Amara Sy 6, Ian Mahinmi 6, Thomas Dubiez 2, Yohann Sangare 2, Cyril Julian 2 3 contests were played besides the All-Star Game : PG contest : Tyson Wheeler wins, vs Laurent Sciarra, John Linehan and Jason Rowe Dunk contest : The winner is Kadour Ziani with a 360� dunk over 6 persons. 3pt contest : Frederic Fauthoux wins by shooting 16 for 20 in the final. |
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