Le Mans

Season

Record: 2–8 2008-09
Net rating: −11.2; 102.4 off · 113.6 def
Pace: 70.7; per 40 min · 13th fastest
EuroLeague seasons: 2; since 2007-08
League rank: 21st in the league
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Returning minutes:20%

Back: Alain Koffi (305 min), Antoine Diot (189 min), Jeremy Leloup (63 min)

Gone: Sam Clancy (404 min), Luka Bogdanovic (386 min), Nicolas Batum (346 min)

Where they rank

Right is better on every row.LEMLeague averageLeague median

Offense

Offensive rating102.417th of 24−5.6

Effective FG%48.921st of 24−3.4

Turnover rate16.810th of 24−0.2

Offensive rebound %32.06th of 24+0.7

Free-throw rate21.421st of 24−4.8

Defense

Defensive rating113.620th of 24+5.6

Opponent eFG%58.023rd of 24+5.6

Turnovers forced19.62nd of 24+2.5

Defensive rebound %70.15th of 24+1.3

Opponent free-throw rate34.121st of 24+7.9

Ranks count from the best. The arrow compares with the league average.

Roster

Everyone who played for the club that season, by minutes. Per game, for this club only.

ScoringAll-roundShooting

#	Player	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PIR	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	WS
13	David Bluthenthal	10	8	32.9	12.7	3.8	1.1	1.2	0.0	2.0	11.4	41.9	36.0	91.3	55.2	-
5	Brian Chase	10	10	29.9	12.2	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.0	2.2	8.3	39.8	39.2	88.9	52.6	-
7	Alain Koffi	10	10	28.2	9.6	7.7	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	13.9	50.6	-	58.1	53.0	-
6	Dewarick Spencer	10	9	27.8	13.7	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.0	2.5	10.4	39.1	34.5	84.4	53.1	-
11	Joao Paulo Batista	10	7	23.8	11.4	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.6	9.9	56.3	0.0	66.7	58.4	-
8	Antoine Diot	10	1	21.7	3.5	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.9	27.3	30.8	81.3	43.7	-
9	Maleye Ndoye	10	2	21.3	5.8	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.8	3.7	39.3	32.1	83.3	49.5	-
12	Pape Badiane	10	3	13.6	4.3	3.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.1	5.5	43.8	0.0	88.2	54.5	-
10	Jeremy Leloup	6	0	9.0	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.2	-0.3	35.7	20.0	60.0	46.3	-
4	Antoine Gomis	3	0	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-

Shot attempts

Every shot the club took, or every shot taken against it, by where it was taken. Filled circles are makes, crosses misses.

TakenAllowed

Shots by zone: attempts, field-goal percentage, share, points per shot and the league's field-goal percentage in the same zone
Zone	FGA	FG%	Share	Pts/shot	vs league

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Shots taken and allowed

Where the club shot from and where it let opponents shoot, and how the shots scored against the league from the same spot.

FrequencyShot making

Taken

FEWERMOREup to 62 per area

-0.5+0.5Points per shot against the league's from the same spot: red-orange below, teal above

FG%Share

Shots taken by distance against the league
Distance	Shots	Share	League	FG%	League	Diff
At the rimunder 1.5 m	193	31%	32%	53.4	64.7	−11.3
Short1.5 to 3 m	82	13%	17%	40.2	39.8	+0.4
Mid-range3 to 5 m	102	16%	11%	40.2	35.1	+5.1
Long two5 m and out	37	6%	5%	51.4	43.5	+7.9
Threeunder 8 m	186	30%	34%	34.4	35.9	−1.5
Deep three8 m and out	26	4%	2%	34.6	29.0	+5.7

Allowed

FEWERMOREup to 73 per area

-0.5+0.5Opponents' points per shot against the league's from the same spot: red-orange below, teal above

FG%Share

Shots allowed by distance against the league
Distance	Shots	Share	League	FG%	League	Diff
At the rimunder 1.5 m	220	41%	32%	65.9	64.7	+1.3
Short1.5 to 3 m	77	14%	17%	48.1	39.8	+8.2
Mid-range3 to 5 m	59	11%	11%	52.5	35.1	+17.5
Long two5 m and out	23	4%	5%	34.8	43.5	−8.7
Threeunder 8 m	156	29%	34%	38.5	35.9	+2.6
Deep three8 m and out	7	1%	2%	14.3	29.0	-

An orange caret on Allowed means opponents shot worse than the league from that distance.

Lineups

The club's best duos and five-man units, from the stints. Net rating is points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions played together.

Lineup ratings are noisy: a few possessions can swing them far. The ± is a rough 95% range from the possession count alone.

Lineups are not published for this season: too few of its stints pass the checks.

Best duos, two players on court together: minutes, possessions and net rating per 100 possessions
Players		Poss		Range (±)
No lineups reach the minimum this season.

Best five-man units: minutes, possessions and net rating per 100 possessions
Players		Poss		Range (±)
No lineups reach the minimum this season.

Assist network

Who assisted whom in the EuroLeague season, from the play-by-play. Each assist is paired with the basket it set up.

Pairing matched 97% of box-score assists (122 of 126). The target is 98%, so read this as a sample. Unpaired assists are left out.

Passer to scorer

Each line joins two players who assisted each other at least once. Thicker and darker means more assists between them. The 8 players with the most assists are drawn. Hover or focus a player to see their pairs. This team has more than 20 pairs, so the 4 pairs with one assist are not drawn.

Top connections

Brian Chase to David Bluthenthal: 9 assists, 24 points
Antoine Diot to Joao Paulo Batista: 7 assists, 14 points
Brian Chase to Joao Paulo Batista: 6 assists, 12 points
Dewarick Spencer to Joao Paulo Batista: 6 assists, 12 points
Joao Paulo Batista to Brian Chase: 5 assists, 11 points
Antoine Diot to Alain Koffi: 5 assists, 10 points
Dewarick Spencer to Alain Koffi: 5 assists, 10 points
David Bluthenthal to Alain Koffi: 4 assists, 8 points
David Bluthenthal to Dewarick Spencer: 3 assists, 9 points
Alain Koffi to David Bluthenthal: 3 assists, 9 points

The 10 strongest pairs.

Offense

Defense

Best duos

Best units

Passer to scorer

Top connections