For his return to Pellerin, the slams was keen to confirm his feat in Gravenchon and to show another face to his supporters.
In a room once again full, the slams begins its game well. Offensively the ball circulates well with alternation and success in the shoot. Defensively if there are some forgotten and some rebounds left, the locals are in place. This allows you to dig a gap fairly quickly (14-7). Then the offensive game will be disintegrated with the changes and the locals will leave too much fast game allow visitors to return to the score after 10 minutes (22-22).
In the beginning of the second act, visitors will pass in front for the first time (29-31) pushing Bozon on the dead time. The reaction is good with in particular fast game allowing to go back in front and to reverse the dynamics pushing visitors to dead time (38-32). More constant than in the first act, Greenteam leads to the break (45-41).
Upon returning from the locker room, the Samarians are eaten in aggressiveness and impact and visitors pass in front (47-49). But thanks to a few changes and the support of the public they will react. Before the last act, the slams is before (59-54).
The fourth quarter is extremely tight and neither of the two teams stands out. The locals wear the ball too much at times and chain the losses of bullets which do not allow to make a deviation. The end of the match is unbreathable with the two teams that stand for possession. While they pass in front of 13 seconds from the end (71-70) the locals do not fold up quickly enough and take a basket (71-72) 7 seconds from the end. Jouvin still takes responsibility and will seek the throws 1 second from the end. The first is missed, he must then put the second to equalize. It is done the two teams go to overtime (72-72).
The premises strike the first to run in mind (72-74) but not for long (75-74) on a shoot of Pejoux. But the premises leave rebounds for lack of aggressiveness and above all start to play alone seeing visitors make a first gap (75-78). The locals end up bowing because of a lack of success and bad choices (79-82).
24th day of NM2:
Slams-Rueil: 79-82 (22-22, 23-19, 14-13, 13-18, 7-10)
Esclams: Bah – Loulx – Jouvin – Gossellin – Raguette – Sanua – Naiua – Bengui – NiCara – Atude
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