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Monaco breaks Real Madrid’s winning streak in the Euroleague by winning in extra time (94-95)

Sergio Llull, in full meeting.ZIPI ARAGNEFE

Monaco broke Real Madrid’s winning streak by winning 94-95 after extra time, in a tense and hard-fought match in which Mike James demonstrated its quality, accompanied by Jordan Loyd.

With Alberto Abalde as an unexpected protagonist, with his two initial triples and 3 of 4 at the end of the first act, Madrid took time to take the pulse of the game, while Jordan Loyd and Mike James made it clear from the beginning that they are two of the gunmen fastest in the Euroleague.

Only at the end of the first quarter, which ended with 23-17, was Madrid able to break away on the scoreboard, thanks to Adalde’s good defense against James, the effort of the rest in assists and the usual dominance of Walter Tavares.

Monaco came out more plugged in in the second quarter and a 0-6 start equaled the light, 23-23. Donatas Motejiunas He beat Vincent Poirier in the first two direct clashes, but the Frenchman gritted his teeth and made up for it later.

With the changes, Madrid showed they had a better wardrobe and little by little opened the gap until they reached a ten-point advantage, 38-28 (min. 15.30), with a Sergio Llull intoned.

From then on, the Spanish team slowed down a bit and Monaco, betting on ‘small’ quintets, bothered the defense of the locals, with a James who returned to his old ways and with 14 points was the top scorer of the game at halftime. .

The Monegasque team showed that its presence at the top of the table, tied with Madrid on eight victories, was not the result of chance and put as much or more energy on the court than its rival, as much or more speed and as much or more ease of counterattack.

In the end, the Madrid advantage gradually faded to 48-45 with which the teams went to the locker room.

Madrid’s mistakes

Loyd with a 2+1 and a triple equalized the game, 51-51, and James was in charge of putting Monaco back in front on the scoreboard, 51-52 (m.22).

With the defense encouraged by the score, Madrid gritted their teeth and tried to put more speed into attack, but Monaco accepted the bid with James leading, 57-58 (m.25) and a defense bordering on legality.

The lack of a scorer at Real Madrid, since Call me Musa He was not as successful as usual, and some errors that led to offensive rebounds and easy Monegasque baskets determined the 62-65 with which the third quarter ended.

Gerschon Yabuselewho returned to the team instead of Gabriel Deck (with overload), he unleashed 5 points, triple included, in the first minute of the last quarter to return Madrid to the controls of the score, 67-65.

A technique to Mike James, for protesting angrily, just pushed the stands to give the game the tension it demanded between two of the greats in Europe at this point in the season.

With James showing quality in abundance and the awakening of Musa in scoring, 72-68 (m.33.30) the clash entered another phase, in which each possession began to be worth its weight in gold.

Two three-pointers from Llull and Yabusele sent Real Madrid 78-70 (m.35), which brought out the champion caste when it was most needed. Monaco continued without taking a step back and with just over three minutes to go they came close again, 81-77.

James’ key action

Loyd with another triple made it 86-84 with 38 seconds to go. Madrid gave Tavares experience with the ball and reached the final seconds with a 4-point lead, 88-84. When everything seemed decided, James returned to, in another genius, score a triple and the additional due to the foul by Tavares. With a tie at 88, the 40 regulatory minutes ended.

Tavares put Madrid ahead again from the free-throw line, but Monaco’s offensive rebounds continued to do a lot of damage. The absence of Loyd, who came out on a stretcher a few seconds before reaching the 40th minute, did not break down the rock team.

The personal shots became the protagonists and Monaco dominated by 92-95 with one hundred seconds to go. With Tavares and Hezonja Eliminated due to fouls, Madrid had several chances from the triple to tie and Musa made it 94-95 with 27 seconds remaining.

The marker did not move anymore, James controlled the ball until the end.

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