After a month of December and a little less good, the Metropolitans 92 started off on the right foot with two wins in two games. Tonight, Victor Wembanyama’s band receives the Chorale de Roanne at 8:30 p.m. Great opportunity to take revenge.
General alert, Wemby has not scored 30 points in a game since December 6 once morest Fos-sur-Mer. The interior has so trivialized the implausible that one would almost detect a regression: it is not so. A little less well certainly, but all things considered. victor stays leader of four statistical categories of the French championship, with 21.4 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3.2 blocks on average. The indisputable (and undisputed) n°1 of the Draft 2023.
Tonight, the Metropolitans 92 – revengeful – receive the Roanne Choir at 20h30. The Mets had lost heavily in the suburbs of Saint-Etienne on December 6 with a score of… 102 to 77. It doesn’t give a damn for the runner-up in the championship. That day, Wemby had released one of his worst games of the season (15 points, 6 rebounds, 17 rating). Suffocated the whole match by a two-man duo Stefan Moody – Silvio De Sousa, the freak didn’t have much to eat, but was above all frustrated by this… gniac defense. According to the former French international Laurent Sciarra, if Wemby is rarely in trouble as was the case in Roanne, it is because the defenses of Betclic Elite play a little too soft.
“What amazes me is that I haven’t seen 1 or 2 guys sacrifice themselves and play rough with the kid yet. Pat Durhams, Derrick Lewis from the good old days… There, I have the impression that the guys choose to say ‘we let him mark and we try to stop the others’. I feel like there’s a team with him and without him I haven’t seen anyone impact him, play dirty, move him… everyone respects him, and good for him. But I’m waiting to see. »
– Laurent Sciarra, for BasketActu
Victor Wembanyama is perfectly locked down by Aamir Simms ???? pic.twitter.com/ER1nqH5WPu
— Arthur TrashTalk (@ArthurJBaudin) December 17, 2022
For once, the Choir did really well. Victor has not shone-shone in recent weeks but that does not change much to his results, nor his potential. Tonight’s game will therefore be an opportunity for him to roll up his sleeves to remember who’s boss. Facing Roanne, the best attack in the league (91 points on average), the freak will have a lot of offensive AND defensive work. Always scrutinized, it will be interesting to see him give his all on both sides of the field. Roanne, 8th equally in the standings, who is fighting for a place in the Playoffs, is moving into robber mode. Nothing will be offered to Victor.
For Levallois, this match is also – and above all – the opportunity to get closer to 1st place, which has not been recovered since December. With 14 wins in 18 games, the Ile-de-France club remains on a dynamic of two successes: once morest Fos-sur-Mer (83-82) and once morest Dijon (103-94). Wemby has “only” 11 and 16 points on these meetings, the interior will be keen to start off on the right foot, especially three weeks before the Leaders Cup (February 17-19). Levallois wants to ensure and Wembanyama to reassure himself.
Source texte : LNB, ProBallers
