The Dijon basketball players did not miss their opening of the championship against Paris Basket at the Palais des Sports this Friday, October 1 (94-78).
Nenad Markovic’s first starting five in Betclic Elite was as follows this Friday, October 1, 2021: David Holston, Robin Ducoté, Chase Simon, Rashard Kelly, Jacques Alingue.
If the Dijon team struggled to master its subject during the first part of the match, it was really another matter after half-time. In the third and fourth quarters of the match, JDA Dijon actually left little room for the Parisian players. And offensively, we can say that the 2019 MVP has shown that it is still there.
With 31 points and 7 assists, in 31 minutes of play, David Holston led his team to victory, the first of the season finally obtained quite widely.
More than 90 points scored, less than 80 conceded, the team of Nenad Markovic, made up of new elements having been integrated via a good record during the preparation, rather succeeded in opening the championship. Even if the Parisian basketball players, promoted in Betclic Elite this season and having strengthened in the offseason, were surprising to the point of making the Dijonnais doubt until half-time.
This victory, an introduction and therefore crescendo, can be seen as a “warm-up lap” before next week which promises more intensity since JDA Dijon will travel to Greece in Lavrio to start its European Basketball Champions League campaign ( Tuesday October 5) then will challenge ASVEL on its floor on behalf of the second day of Betclic Elite (Sunday October 10 at 5:00 p.m.).
Alix Berthier
Archive photo: Alix Berthier
The points of the match
In Dijon, at the Palais des Sports, the JDA Dijon beats Paris Basket: 94-78 (24-26, 23-23, 21-16, 26-13).
JDA Dijon: Holston (31), Kelly (15), Ware (12), Simon (10), Henry (7), Loum (7), Ducoté (5), Galliou (5), Alingue (2), Kamardine ( 0), Simon (0).
Paris Basket: Boatright (18), Allman (13), Kamagate (11), Begarin (10), Sleva (8), O’Quinn (7), Barbitch (6), Denis (3), Sy (2), Dadiet (0), Diawara (0).
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