2020-21Regular SeasonRound 23
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 78
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 81
January 29, 2021 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC HALL

ASVEL keeps momentum, beats Zvezda on road

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne picked up more momentum in its fight to make the playoffs as it collected a thrilling 78-81 road victory against Crvena Zvedza mts Belgrade. ASVEL gave up a 15-point lead but was carried to the win by Norris Cole, who tallied 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. Antoine Diot scored 14 points and Amine Noua chipped in 12 as ASVEL won its third straight game and fourth in five contests for a 9-14 record. Corey Walden and Ognjen Dobric both scored 17 points and Landry Nnoko added 12 for Zvezda. But it was not enough and the Serbian club dropped its fourth loss in the last five games for a 7-12 record.

David Lighty scored inside to start the game for ASVEL before Nnoko answered with the hosts’ first six points. But Lighty and Diot both hit from deep as ASVEL went ahead 11-14. Walden responded with a triple to start an 8-0 spurt to move ahead 19-14. Diot connected again from the outside as did Noua to even the game before Matthew Strazel made it 23-25 after 10 minutes. Dejan Davidovac started the second quarter but Strazel drained the second of back-to-back three-pointers to start a 2-17 run, including triples from William Howard and Diot, for a 30-45 advantage. The hosts picked up its defense and kept ASVEL scoreless for the final 3:40 minutes of the first half, which saw Dobric score 5 points to get Zvezda within 38-45 at the break.

Jordan Loyd started the second half to trim the deficit to five points, only for Cole to answer with a three-pointer. Cole added two more baskets and the guests were up 46-55. Zvezda locked it down again and went on a 10-2 run over nearly 5 minutes to pull within 56-57 after 30 minutes. The surge continued to start the final frame with Duop Reath making it 60-57, before Diot hit an inside shot to stop the rut for ASVEL. Cole took over with the next seven ASVEL points while Dobric had five at the other end, and the lead switched hands a sixth straight time when Davidovac hit a jumper for 67-66 and Dobric’s triple made it 72-68. ASVEL fought back with Noua hitting a triple and then Cole putting the guests back ahead. That started a wild final 3 minutes as Walden and Cole traded big baskets with Cole’s score for 78-79 being the seventh lead change in that stretch. Dobric and Loyd missed for Zvezda and then Cole was off on his jumper but Howard came up with a huge offensive rebound. The ball ended up in Cole’s hands and he hit two free throws with 5.0 seconds to play for a 78-81 lead. Loyd missed two three-pointers in the waning seconds in an attempt to force overtime.

Back and forth in fourth

The fourth quarter was not easy for those with a faint heart as the lead changed hands 13 times to go along with two ties.

Mr. Clutch

Norris Cole showed the pedigree of a two-time NBA champion as he scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, to go with a crucial defensive rebound with 31 seconds left and then two free throws with 5.0 seconds remaining to ice the win

Telling numbers

ASVEL shot the lights out, hitting 60.6% on 2-pointers as well as 50.0% on three-pointers, which helped make up for losing the second-chance points 22-6. Zvezda took the rebounding advantage to the tune of 31 to 21, but it wasn’t enough.

Next games

Zvezda’s next game is on the road as the team will head to Lithuania to face off against Zalgiris Kaunas next Thursday. ASVEL will return home and take on AX Armani Exchange Milan on Friday.

Norris Cole - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne - EB20
Friday, January 29, 2021
Euroleague.net
Referees: HIERREZUELO, DANIEL; ROCHA, FERNANDO; KONSTANTINOVS, KRISTAPS
Attendance: 0
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne25455781
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 HALL, LANGSTON 5:51 2     2/2                 3 1  
2 WALDEN, COREY 30:19 17 5/7 2/3 1/1   2 2 3       1 1 5 22
3 LOYD, JORDAN 26:10 8 3/8 0/4 2/2 2 1 3 3 1 3   1 2 3 3
7 DAVIDOVAC, DEJAN 20:44 6 3/4           1 1 1     2 3 7
10 LAZIC, BRANKO 15:33 3 1/2   1/2 2 2 4 1 1       2 1 6
11 REATH, DUOP 14:41 4 2/3     1   1         1     3
12 RADANOV, ALEKSA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 DOBRIC, OGNJEN 28:19 17 2/5 3/6 4/5   4 4   1 1   1 2 2 13
21 JAGODIC-KURIDZA, MARKO 13:25   0/2 0/1     1 1 1   1     1   -3
32 KUZMIC, OGNJEN 11:43 9 3/6   3/4 4 3 7   1 2     2 3 12
35 NNOKO, LANDRY 28:06 12 6/8     3 2 5   1 2 2 1 3 3 15
55 COLOM, QUINO 5:09   0/1 0/1         2              
Team           3 1 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 78 25/46 5/15 13/16 15 16 31 11 6 11 2 5 18 21 81
        54.3% 33.3% 81.3%
Head coach: RADONJIC, DEJAN
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 18:21 6 3/5 0/1     1 1     1   1 3   -1
6 LACOMBE, PAUL 10:31   0/1       2 2 6   2     1   4
8 DIOT, ANTOINE 23:21 14 1/1 4/4     2 2 1 3 1       3 22
10 FALL, MOUSTAPHA 24:15 4 2/3     3 2 5 3 1   2   4 1 11
12 NOUA, AMINE 20:06 12 2/4 2/3 2/2   1 1   1   1   1 1 12
13 HAYES, KEVARRIUS 4:02                           1 1
21 BAKO, ISMAEL 11:38 3 1/2   1/2 1 2 3 2   1 1   2 2 6
23 LIGHTY, DAVID 19:31 5 2/3 0/1 1/2       3   2   1 3 2 1
25 HOWARD, WILLIAM 22:46 7 2/5 1/2   3 1 4     2     3   2
28 YABUSELE, GUERSCHON 7:05     0/1             1 1   1   -2
30 COLE, NORRIS 22:49 22 6/7 1/4 7/7   2 2 1 1 1     2 6 25
32 STRAZEL, MATTHEW 15:35 8 1/2 2/4             1     1 2 5
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 81 20/33 10/20 11/13 7 14 21 16 6 12 5 2 21 18 87
        60.6% 50% 84.6%
Head coach: PARKER, TJ

Head Coaches

RADONJIC, DEJAN
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
“Congratulations to ASVEL for the win. The beginning of the game was not as good as we wanted. We played bad for almost 16 minutes. The defense was soft. We made a lot of mistakes. After that it was different. It was better. But in the end we missed a couple of shots for the win. One more time, congratulations to them.”
PARKER, TJ
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

“It was a tough game. Like I expected, they came back and were really tough. After that, we found a way. Norris [Cole] hit some big shots for us. The whole team together has been playing really well the past five games. It’s well deserved. The key was defense. We got the stops when we needed them. After that it was going back and forth. High level players making big shots. And it turned out our way.”

"Zvezda played really well and that was the reaction I was guaranteed they were going to have after losing by 20. You come home and all you want to do is win. We’re in a good rhythm. It was a tough game, but we hung with it and hit some tough shots down the stretch. Playing defense is the way we can win more."

Players

COLE, NORRIS
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
“It was a tough game, it was a competitive game. They were a very physical team, which we expected. But we were up for the challenge. It’s fun to play in games like that where two teams are out there going at it. It’s good competition and I enjoy those kinds of games. We wanted to establish ourselves in the second half and establish a rhythm and establish some physicality. I wanted to be more aggressive. In the first half the team played with great team balance. It’s my job as a leader to go out there and be aggressive and set the tone and finish the game. Tonight we finished the game as a team.”
DIOT, ANTOINE
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
“We kept fighting and that’s why we won tonight. We did a pretty good job in the first half. We are happy right now. Winning on the road is difficult every time. So we are really happy.”
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