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Coach Fauthoux has led Bourg on major turnaround
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Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse advanced straight to the BKT EuroCup Quarterfinals and clinched first place in Group B by downing Turk Telekom Ankara 64-68, completing a two-year turnaround from missing the playoffs to being a top-class EuroCup squad.
Bourg finished the 2021-22 EuroCup Regular Season with a 6-12 record, ranking 9th out of 10 teams and missing the playoffs. Everything started to change when Bourg hired head coach Frederic Fauthoux and brought in young, interesting players like Isiaha Mike and Kevin Kokila. Last season, Bourg was the last team to lose a game, winning its opening four games and quickly getting a 6-1 record. Bourg lost track, finishing the regular season with a 9-9 record before losing to Promitheas Patras in the eighthfinals.
This season, Bourg has taken another step forward which allowed the team to be even more competitive. Bourg is the only undefeated team at home, 8-0, and has been competitive on the road, losing three games by an average margin to 5.3 points despite battling injuries all season, most notably Bodian Massa, who missed the first half of the season, and playmaker Hugo Benitez, out since Round 4 after averaging 6.5 assists and just 0.5 turnovers.
Against Turk Telekom, Bourg held off the hosts' comeback after a fantastic first half in which it did a lot of good things, outrebounding Turk Telekom by 16-21, pulling down 9 offensive boards, committing just 3 turnovers and forcing its opponent into 12 before the break. Bourg also forced Turk Telekom to miss all of its 10 shots from beyond the arc, which allowed Coach Fauthoux's team to get a 24-39 margin.
"It was a tough match. It might be because it is never easy to win on the road and that's the first goal, to win. We must play better on the offensive end because against their press, we should have played better but we won, and that is the most important tonight," Coach Fauthoux said. "We won all the games at home so we have to continue."
Massa made his EuroCup debut in Round 10 and has been leading his team's second unit, averaging 9.1 points on solid shooting (62.2% 2FG, 82.4% FT), 4.2 rebounds and a PIR of 11.2 off the bench. Against Turk Telekom, Massa had career-highs of 13 points and 19 PIR.
"First of all, I am happy for the win, for the team, because I think we qualified to the second round [of playoffs]. I worked this week a lot, I tried to fix some things in my game. All the coaches helped me and I tried to work. That was tough for me at the start of the season because I was injured and now, I started to get that rhythm which helped me in this game."
Bourg fans were probably disappointed when their team missed the playoffs two years ago. Now, they can celebrate that Bourg is in the EuroCup quarterfinals and with the home-court advantage against all potential opponents but one: Group A champion Paris Basketball (16-1).
Game Videos
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Valencia Basket-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kokila’s monster block! Magic Moment
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Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Casteneda’s bounce pass for Pansa’s dunk! Magic Moment
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Makoundou ends the quarter with a slam! Magic Moment,
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Smith explodes to the rim! Magic Moment
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Jerusalem's bigs combine for the slam! Magic Moment
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Turk Telekom Ankara-Umana Reyer Venice | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Morgan rejects Salash! Magic Moment
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Alexander's big alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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U-BT Cluj-Napoca-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Great alley oop from Durmaz and Alexander! Magic Moment
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Flying Alexander! Magic Moment of the Night
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Aris Midea Thessaloniki-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Turk Telekom Ankara-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Smith and Makoundou combine! Magic Moment
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Alexander on the alley oop! Magic Moment
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Makoundou gets airborne to hammer it home! Magic Moment
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Valencia Basket-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys | Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Makoundou denies Badio!! Magic Moment
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Turk Telekom-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Pansa rejects Durmaz! Magic Moment
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Bess with eyes in the back of his head! Magic Moment
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Makoundou's alley-oop slam! Magic Moment
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Isaiah Canaan: 'We can play with the best of them'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Canaan wins it! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Bolomboy and Miller-McIntyre at it again! Motorola Magic Moment
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One-man show from Giedraitis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bolomboy with on the alley oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Showtime from Yago and Mitrovic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Big one-hander from Donta Hall! Motorola Magic Moment
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Valencia Basket-7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Umana Reyer Venice | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Courby goes from defense to offense! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Pansa dunks off Castaneda’s alley-oop pass! Magic Moment
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Stewart dunks off a steal! Magic Moment
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Robinson throws it down! Magic Moment
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Alexander blocks and Robinson dunks!
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U-BT Cluj-Napoca-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Turk Telekom Ankara-Aris Midea Thessaloniki | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Makoundou's big block! Magic Moment
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Makoundou's put-back dunk! Magic Moment
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Turk Telekom Ankara-Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
