Opposed to the title holder in EuroLeague, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, for its first warm-up match, AS Monaco lost 85-75. Zvezdan Mitrovic’s players, deprived of entry from pivot Jerry Boutsiele, strong winger Brock Motum (training partner) and later Rob Gray (groin discomfort), were 13 points behind at the end of the first quarter (16-29). But the Roca Team glued to 6 points (49-55) during the third quarter in the wake of Donta Hall and Yakuba Ouattara, before Vasilija Micic scored 9 points in a row (55-64).
“We are able to offer great basketball”
A second time the Monegasques returned (71-73) and once again Micic (22 points and 9 assists), accompanied by Rodrigue Beaubois (8 points and 3 assists), responded. Logically, given the talents brought together but also the continuity of the workforce, the Stambouliotes won. “I” saw good things and it shows that we are capable of offering great basketball, “Zvezdan Mitrovic said positively.
As for the return match scheduled for Tuesday, it will not take place due to injuries affecting both staff. In the absence of Ibrahima Fall Faye and the latest recruit Alpha Diallo, Monaco had only eight players able to play on Tuesday, including training partner Assane Ndoye. Next ASM meeting on Saturday 4 September against Olympiakos Piraeus, on the occasion of the semi-final of the Athens tournament.
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