Dijon loses in Russia … without consequences
Like Basket Landes and Lattes-Montpellier in the women’s Euroleague, Dijon was entitled to a trip to Russia at the start of the week, and like the LFB clubs, the JDA lost to Nizhny Novgorod (93-85). But for the Burgundy club, this match was not really at stake, since he already knew that he would play the play-in in January, only the first of each group being directly qualified for the Top 16. was tight (23-20), with the two teams leading in turn, but in the second, Dijon, who led 34-37, conceded a 12-0 and found themselves led 49-40 at mid -time. The Dijonnais started the second half well, coming to equalize (57-57), then pass in front (65-66), but they still cracked at the end of the quarter and were led 75-67 to ten minutes from the wing. . Novgorod managed to keep between six and thirteen points ahead in the last quarter to win without shaking too much. Despite 20 points from Gavin Ware and 18 from David Holston, Dijon lost its third match in six days and therefore finished second in Group C. The JDA will face Latvians Riga in a best of three game play-in, between the 4 and January 19.
Dijon markers: Carrington (8), Kelly (14), Simon (2), Katic (4), Alingue (1), Holston (18), Ware (20), Loum (1), Galliou (8)