Basketball: the foreign selection wins the All Star Game in front of 16,000 spectators before the return of the gauges – franceinfo

The atmosphere heated up with the help of the leaders, won by the American back of Elan Béarnais Justin Bibbins, quicker to tame the route made up of slaloms and various shots than his competitors.

Very quickly, the meeting so awaited by the spectators – masked on the whole – began … except for the French selection, which completely missed its start of the match and found itself behind 13-0 in the middle of the first quarter -time, despite the defense almost absent from the world selection, as often during the All Star Game.

So Vincent Collet, chosen to train the French, put down a time-out, after which the leader of Asvel Elie Okobo finally scored the first three points for his team, on an outside shot. Three points is ultimately what separated the two teams at half-time (49-46 for the selection of the best foreigners).

The All Stars then gave way to the highlight of the show: the dunk competition. The prize for the most beautiful stunt went to Dylan Affo Mama, who, decked out in a Spiderman hood, jumped over a motorcycle and its driver before dunking with both hands, in an electric atmosphere. This figure notably enabled the Tours winger to win the most spectacular of competitions.

All the dunks of @AffoMamax, winner of the TCL Dunk Contest # ASG2021 pic.twitter.com/gsZhVuzfNo

– All Star Game by Gorillas (@ASGLNB) December 29, 2021

In the third quarter, Elie Okobo justified the confidence of the public, who selected him for this match, by catching fire: he slammed a dunk and then two consecutive award-winning shots from stepbacks.

He even did better at the end of the match, equalizing a three-point imbalance two seconds from time to snatch extra time, exploding Bercy. But that was not enough, and the foreign selection was imposed at the end of the extension 111-110, thanks, among other things, to an award-winning shot from the leader of Gravelines Brandon Taylor (22 points), elected MVP ( best player) of the match.

GAMEOVER ❌
Victory for the All Star World team 111-110 pic.twitter.com/dv99WvA56k

– All Star Game by Gorillas (@ASGLNB) December 29, 2021

“It was incredible, I think that’s what the spectators wanted, to have a close game from start to finish, which only happened at the very end. It was like a playoff atmosphere. “, he rejoiced after the match. The American leader was not mistaken: for the public at Paris Bercy, the challenge was above all to enjoy the atmosphere of a sold-out room one last time.