Carried by a Carla Leite of the big nights, TGB, in addition to offering itself a first win of the season against Bourges, on Thursday night, in the quarter-final first leg of the play-offs, built an 18-point cushion. which could prove to be decisive in the return match, on Monday evening at the Prado.
Between Tarbes and Bourges, the battle of the leaders of the five starters turned in favor of TGB who gave themselves a prestigious victory (87-69), on Thursday night, at the end of a remarkable performance.
Because in the wake of her selection in the 5 big LFB, when her Draft by Dallas in the WNBA, Carla Leite (20 years old) flew over the Tarbes floor where she spent 36:36 minutes of play, producing a staggering stat sheet with 21 points , 6 assists, 4 interceptions and 10 fouls caused for the best evaluation (25) of this first game in the playoffs together with Dominique Malonga, the central of TGB.
On the Bourges side, Pauline Astier (22) initially stood still like the whole team before she reacted. The native of Tarbes played 32:23 minutes and collected 12 points, 5 assists and 3 interceptions for an evaluation of 10.
Carla Leite wants to “do the same at the Prado”
Carla Leite (TGB leader): “Bourges started as favourites, and that upset us. We wanted to show that we are not Tom Thumb and that even though Bourges is ahead in the standings (2nd vs. 7th ed. note), Tarbes has its place to play. We stayed calm and confident throughout the game. We proved that we can play against any team and we will do the same at the Prado to be able to win and wait for the team that will qualify for the semi-finals. We know it will be more complicated for them, but we also have an 18-point lead.
It’s up to us to do the job by starting at 0-0, but I think we did the hardest part today (Thursday). Of course, we still have a little way to go to the next level. We have to attack the game like we did with this madness and then we’ll see what happens. Honestly, we’re even more motivated to play the same game we did today (Thursday night).”
Pauline Astier: “We know we are capable of winning by 20 points or more”
Pauline Astier (leader of Bourges): – It is not necessarily an explanation. I think we have a hard time getting into it, and afterwards it’s also true that the Tarbaises have had a lot of success as well. But there are no real explanations other than that we weren’t ready from the start, we weren’t aggressive enough defensively or offensively, we weren’t able to find collective solutions.
The Tarbais had a good pace, they ran, something we did less and which is our strength. This changes for the return leg. Now we remember that we are minus 18 points and that the next one we must win with +19. We know we are capable of beating them by 20 points or more, but we have to give it our all because we no longer have a choice. »
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