LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne headed into Thursday’s showdown with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul short-handed, with injuries sending David Lighty and Jonah Mathews onto the sidelines alongside long-term absentee Joffrey Lauvergne. That forced ASVEL coach TJ Parker to list just 10 players in his roster, but that group did include one notable addition as Dee Bost played his first home game at Astroballe after debuting in the previous week’s win at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.
If ASVEL fans were wondering what their new signing had to offer, Bost soon showed them. He drained a triple inside the opening minute, added another 30 seconds later and then, incredibly, struck yet another three on the next possession, meaning that he had scored 9 points in the first 103 seconds of his home debut. Another pair of three-pointers followed before halftime, and although Bost then didn’t add any more scoring to his game, he certainly did not stop contributing to ASVEL’s dominant 91-77 victory over the Turkish high-flier as he focused on providing for his teammates, finishing the game with 15 points – all coming from three-point range in the first half – and 9 assists.