Dijon blows away Pau Orthez on the road – Day 8 Recap

By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net

Day 8 of the Pro A league in France was concluded tonight with Dijon’s impressive 65-85 victory on the road over Pau-Orthez.

Since early on, the visitors had complete control of the game thanks to an unbelievable entrance 2-26 (!) entrance that helped them finish the quarter with a 9-28lead. They managed to keep the upper hand throughout the first half and preserve hat 20-point lead until the final buzzer.

Dijon improved its record to 5-3, while Pau Orthez slipped to 6-4.

Over the weekend, the competition reached its peak with some great and close games to watch. Antibes upset ASVEL at home with a 91-73 victory and improved its record to 3-5, while Le Mans got an important win on the road win against Boris Diaw’s Levallois to remain on top of the standings with a 7-1 record.

Also, Hyeres-Toulon and Boulazac got close, tough victories at home against Nanterre and Le Portel respectively.

Pro A – Day 8 Results:

HOME               AWAY                FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
CHALONS REIMS MONACO BC 86-96 42-42 21-24 21-18 20-34 24-20
CHOLET LIMOGES 86-89 49-54 21-22 28-32 18-13 19-22
HYERES TOULON NANTERRE 90-86 41-40 20-25 21-15 20-23 29-23
CHALON/SAONE JL BOURG BASKET 93-99 35-44 13-19 22-25 26-24 32-31
BOULAZAC LE PORTEL 88-87 45-41 20-24 25-17 23-22 20-24
STRASBOURG GRAVELINES DUNKERQUE 73-50 32-23 15-11 17-12 21-9 20-18
ANTIBES LYON VILLEURBANNE 91-73 42-40 16-15 26-25 31-13 18-20
PARIS LEVALLOIS LE MANS 76-87 33-49 12-14 21-35 22-18 21-20
PAU ORTHEZ DIJON 65-85 29-49 9-28 20-21 18-13 18-23

Pro A Day 8 – Standings:

# TEAM MP W L POINTS +/-
1 LE MANS 8 7 1 634 – 544 90
2 MONACO BC 8 6 2 643 – 562 81
3 LYON VILLEURBANNE 8 5 3 623 – 611 12
4 NANTERRE 8 5 3 699 – 674 25
5 DIJON 8 5 3 637 – 603 34
6 PAU ORTHEZ 8 5 3 611 – 569 42
7 HYERES TOULON 8 5 3 580 – 613 -33
8 JL BOURG BASKET 8 5 3 692 – 644 48
9 CHALONS REIMS 8 4 4 650 – 692 -42
10 LE PORTEL 8 4 4 581 – 587 -6
11 STRASBOURG 8 4 4 646 – 602 44
12 LIMOGES 8 4 4 634 – 633 1
13 ANTIBES 8 3 5 611 – 617 -6
14 GRAVELINES DUNKERQUE 8 3 5 528 – 589 -61
15 PARIS LEVALLOIS 8 2 6 626 – 653 -27
16 BOULAZAC 8 2 6 566 – 647 -81
17 CHOLET 8 2 6 571 – 633 -62
18 CHALON/SAONE 8 1 7 620 – 679 -59
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