The regular season of the strongest basketball league in France will end in May 2023. In total, 18 teams compete in the regular season, which will play 34 matches. Then the teams that take the first eight places will form pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.
The top three favorites for gold medals in the LNB league are the following teams: Monaco, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Boulogne-Levallois. Of course, the representatives of Fontvieille and Villerbant are the main contenders for gold medals, but the club from Levallois-Perret is having a good season and will try to impose a fight on competitors. If you need to place bets on this tournament and increase your funds, we recommend doing this at Mostbet o’ynash.
Monaco
The Red-White-Golds are very likely to win the regular season, as the Monegasques are having a good season. After 27 matches, the team of Sasha Obradovic led the tournament and beat the second line by four wins. Having won 22 times, Monaco lost 5 times. At the same time, this year, from January to April, the club from Fontvieille lost in the LNB only twice, being in a bitter struggle weaker than Boer and Limoges on the road. It should also be noted that the brainchild of Alexei Fedorychev had one of the strongest attacks in the league, throwing 89 points per game on average.
The “Monegasques” have a strong squad, consisting of a Guinean, a Lithuanian, as well as four Frenchmen and the same number of Americans. The three US representatives who play for Monaco have experience playing in the National Basketball Association. So the “red-white-gold” is absolutely not in vain considered the main favorite for “gold” in the LNB.
Lyon-Villeurbanne
The White-and-Blacks did not look their best last year in the regular season, and the 2023 team also started weakly, having suffered three defeats in the January segment. Lyon-Villeurbanne was defeated by Boulogne-Levallois, Le Mans and Monaco. However, then the club, also known as ASVEL, issued a series of seven victories in a row. As a result, after 26 games, the guys trained by TJ Parker were in the top three. From the championship leader from Fontvieille, Charles Cahudi and partners were five wins behind. So the brainchild of Tony Parker is unlikely to rise above second place in the regular season.
The club, owned by Tony Parker, defends the title of French champion this season, which the team managed to get 21 times in history. Although this time it will be extremely difficult for the White-Blacks to win another “gold”. Of course, in the playoffs, representatives of Viyerbant will definitely make it and, most likely, will even reach the final. But the inhabitants of the Astrobal arena are unlikely to be able to create problems for the extremely powerful Monaco. Nevertheless, Charles Cahudi and company will make every effort to get gold medals.
Boulogne-Levallois
The Blue-Yellows were one of the main discoveries of the current LNB season. After 27 matches, the club from Levallois-Perret was in the top three and four wins behind the first Monaco. Having won 18 games by the beginning of April, the team of Vincent Florent Anthony Collet failed 9 times. At the same time, the lion’s share of losses took place this year. From the 19th to the 27th round, the Hornets were beaten by Roanne, Ada Blois, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Le Portel and the Monegasques.
The club owned by Boris Diao is not stable and sometimes loses to frankly weak opponents. The team is very likely to enter the knockout battles, but it will be problematic to break through the semi-finals. So, the Blue-Yellows should not be seriously considered as a contender for the championship.
Our forecast
The Blue-Yellows can already record the current season as an asset. In the playoffs, the club will make every effort to get as far as possible, but Boulogne-Levallois will not succeed in aiming for the championship title. Monaco and Lyon-Villeurbanne are very likely to play a set of gold medals between themselves. Preference in this pair should be given to “red-white-gold”. The Fontvieille club is in better shape and has a stronger squad. That is why, most likely, Jakuba Ouattara and partners will win the LNB league for the 2022/2023 season.
