AS Monaco won Thursday against Maccabi Tel Aviv 86-74 in their second game of the quarter-finals of the Euroleague basketball and equalized in their series (1-1) before two trips to Israel.
Journey to hostile land
The Roca Team bounced back after their opening defeat on Tuesday in the Principality (79-67). In these quarters played in the best of five matches, it will nevertheless have to win at least once at the other end of the Mediterranean, Tuesday or Thursday, to imitate, 26 years later, Asvel, the last club in the French Championship. present at the Final Four of the queen of continental competitions in 1997.
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For the Monegasques, who fell at the gates of the last four last year (3-2 defeat against Olympiakos), victory was more than advisable before traveling to hostile land: the Menora Mivtachim Arena, its more than 10,000 spectators and his floor where Maccabi have only fallen twice this season in the Euroleague.
To correct the situation, the men of Le Rocher have revised the three-point sight. Especially Jordan Loyd: the combo-guard (5/9) returned everything he had missed two days earlier (0/6).
Loyd wore Monaco
With 33 points scored, the former Zenit Saint Petersburg player carried ASM, making people forget his bad match on Tuesday (2 pts) and star Mike James, tight close and forcing his shot (11 points, 1/7 three dots). By the way, he beat, at 29, his personal record for points in C1 (previously 31 points in October 2020 with Red Star Belgrade).
Sasa Obradovic’s men took off after returning from the locker room (42-41) thanks to more aggressiveness. Materialized by two interceptions from Donatas Motiejunas and Yakuba Ouattara offering as many easy counterattack balls but also offensive rebounds (10 in total), rare before halftime (2).
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2023-04-27 21:30:36
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