Limoges, the defending champion, won Saturday, June 20 the eleventh crown of champion of France basketball, winning the fourth game of the final match Pro A against Strasbourg (82-75), in the overheated room Beaublanc.
After winning at the inaugural duel then losing the second in Alsace, the Saint-Pierre Circle (CSP) won both games at home. This victory allows him to win the final 3-1 and make the first championship of France doubled from that of Pau-Orthez in 2003 and 2004.
Limoges is the second most successful club in ProA behind Villeurbanne (17 coronations). Despite the vicissitudes experienced during the regular phase, the CSP has saved his season by winning the second straight title with a near perfect record (only 1 defeat) in the finals. Casting errors, results sawtooth, coaching change early April, the limo team had crossed moments of crisis. Wanking in other competitions and only third in the regular phase, far behind the leader to whom all Strasbourg succeeded, she was able to re-engage at the right time.
The Strasbourg Club, which had flown over the first phase ( 30 wins, 4 losses) and won two domestic trophies (Leaders Cup, Coupe de France), suffered its third consecutive defeat in the final of ProA after those of 2014 against Limoges (already) and Nanterre previous year. Thursday outclassed Beaublanc (59-71), Strasbourg resisted until Limoges from igniting the last quarter with a festival of his American-Ukrainian leader Eugene Jeter (11 points, 21 in total). Nobel Boungou-Colo, cunning behind the arc and author of 17 points in total, had already overturned the stands (58-58) before teammate Frejus Zerbo, essential in this game (16 pts), only gives the advantage to his people (60-58).
The inhabitants of Limoges fans pushed their team and obtained deliverance in this breathless match on a shot of winning Jeter (69-63) at 2 minutes 43 seconds left. Former NBA player recruited late March recurred by an outside shot (71-63). Limoges was not going to let go the advantage by imposing an aggressive defense that was right in Strasbourg.
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