AS Monaco fall against Fenerbahçe

Mike James’ last shot from behind the bow could have capsized Gaston-Doctorbut nothing happened. Despite a mad comeback in the money-timeAS Monaco narrowly failed against Fenerbahceleader of theEuroLeague (93-96).

The Monegasques almost pulled off the perfect heist, but woke up a bit late to win. Trailing by 19 points at the end of the third quarter (60-79)the men of Now Obradovic seemed stunned and on the ropes. As usual, the Roca Team showed that her unpredictable side could turn a game upside down, but this time it was she who came to die at a breath from the leader and recorded her first defeat of the season at home.

Monaco has gone too far loin

From the first minutes, the Fenerbahce put the Monegasques in difficulty with a brilliant and well polished game. Pushed inside by Johnathan Motley and Nigel Hayes-Davis (21 points)the Roca Team then suffered the plasters facing the address of the Turks behind the arc (13/27 three-pointer or 48,1% of success). In the end, it was only in the last act that Monaco got down to business. With a rediscovered defense and a back line which took care of the scoring like Mike James (17 points and 5 assists) et Jordan Loyd (18 points) but also on thanks to well felt shots like this one succeeded by Elie Okobo one minute from the end of the match to capsize Gaston-Doctor (89-92, 39’). Facing Nick Calathes (15 points and 7 assists for 25 rating) and his, Monegasque efforts were ultimately not enough to win.

After her second in three days, the Roca Team must put his head back in place, and this, from this Friday to try to revive against Bayern Munich in Gaston-Doctor.

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