Pierric Poupet's men now have a 4-2 record on their home floor this season
ASVEL rallies to blow past Efes, 97-82
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 12 of 34
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne protected its home court in style on Friday night, coming back from a double-digit deficit to down the visiting Anadolu Efes Istanbul 97-82. This win improved ASVEL to a 4-8 record, while Efes dropped to 6-6 with its second straight defeat.
Efes seemed in control and led 47-58 in the opening minute of the third quarter, but ASVEL stepped up defensively, erasing the deficit before the end of the third quarter, then pulling away in the fourth to record its biggest win of the season.
Joffrey Lauvergne paced ASVEL with 18 points, while Theo Maledon and Nando De Colo scored 17 apiece, with Maledon also dishing 7 assists. Neal Sako scored 11 in the winning effort. Efes's Rodrigue Beaubois paced all scorers with 20 points, Darius Thompson had 14, and Vincent Poirier scored 10 in defeat.
Game Videos
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Theo Maledon: 'We're getting better as a team, as a collective'
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Zalgiris Kaunas-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:43
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Ercan Osmani: 'Coach Mijatovic believes in me'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:09
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Nwora stops Bonga! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Osmani's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Efes turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:21
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Larkin and Poirier light it up! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 01:58
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Dan Oturu: 'I'm thankful to be on a team like this'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 8: Maledon's performances, LeDay insight, and more
- 01:19
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Pierric Poupet: 'Whatever you tell yourself, you must have fun'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:19
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Ajinca's buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:50
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Theo Maledon: 'We're not going to back down from no one'
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LDLC ASVEL Vileurbanne-Paris Basketball | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:31
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Harrison attacks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 00:15
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Maledon’s smooth finish! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:23
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Rodrigue Beaubois: 'When we play like this, we're very difficult to beat'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:31
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Oturu dunks over Lessort! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Poirier posterizes two defenders! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Thompson's half-ending block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Umana Reyer Venice-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
- 00:31
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Stewart throws it down! Magic Moment of the Night
- 00:07
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Wheatle's chase-down block! Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Beringer dunks in traffic! Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:08
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Roberson skies for the dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:27
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Paris Lee: 'We were unbelievable, we kept fighting'
- 01:08
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Darius Thompson: 'Whoever came in competed'
- 00:34
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Lee beats the final buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Real Madrid | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:32
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Lee beats the final buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:32
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Great work by Ndiaye and Lee! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:20
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Nwora's huge slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:27
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Bryant beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:29
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Black's thunderdunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:31
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ASVEL's lightning fast break! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Bryant bullet-pass feed for Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Willis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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ASVEL solves a broken play! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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ASVEL shows the power of team basketball! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:27
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Vincent Poirier: 'We made the right play at the right moment'
The two teams moved quickly from the get-go. Lauvergne scored twice inside and Maledon had a three-point play, but two three-pointers from Ercan Osmani and two from Darius Thompson opened a 10-19 lead. Charles Kahudi stopped the bleeding for the hosts, before Sako and De Colo combined to score all points in a 9-0 run that tied it at 22-22, then Rolands Smits got a lucky roll on a corner triple to make it 22-25 after 10 minutes.
De Colo took it to the rim again and Sako's dunk put the hosts in front. Nwora and Lighty traded triples, before Andre Roberson's fast-break dunk made it 31-39. Both sides kept trading leads, with Maledon and Tarik Black scoring for ASVEL, but Beaubois was unstoppable on the other end. His three-point play made it 36-38, then a pair of triples, with Dan Oturu's three-point play in between, put Efes up 43-48. Lauvergne scored twice from close range after nifty moves, but the visitors stayed in front behind defensive plays from Oturu and baskets from Nwora and Bryant helped the visitors to a 47-55 halftime lead.
Thompson opened the third quarter with a three-point play, and Bryant had a three-pointer, but ASVEL started trimming the lead through Sako and Maledon, who combined for 9 points, including Maledon's three-pointer to cut it to 56-61. A transition triple from David Lighty continued ASVEL's charge, and a fast-break basket by Shaq Harrison started an 11-1 run, during which De Colo nailed a triple and Lauvergne scored twice from close range. ASVEL did not allow a field goal in nearly 5 minutes to end the quarter and held 70-67 after 30 minutes.
De Colo drove to the rim and nailed a three-pointer, and Lauvergne scored twice inside to open a double-digit lead, 79-69. Another three from De Colo, his third, and a fast-break layup from Charles Kahudi extended it to 84-69 with 6 minutes to go. Nwora ended Efes's drought, but Paris Lee and Maledon hit back-to-back triple to make it a 19-point game, 90-71. The game felt already decided, but a three from Lee and a second-chance jumper from Lighty put the icing on a cake in the final minutes.
