AS Monaco Succumbs to Olympiakos in EuroLeague Match

Beaten on Tuesday evening by Maccabi Tel-Aviv, AS Monaco hoped to revive against Olympiakos. This Thursday, the Monegasques broke down at the very end of the match (75-73) and may harbor regrets after playing eye to eye with the Greeks.

A combative Roca Team in front at the break

Deprived of Matthew Strazel and Jordan Loyd, Sasa Obradovic’s men were nevertheless able to count on a good John Brown (9 points and 5 rebounds) to widen the gap during the first ten minutes before seeing the locals return to the game. At the end of a tight first quarter, the Roca Team maintained a slight advantage (17-21).

Finally time for Yakuba Ouattara, but it was not enough (photo: AS Monaco Basket)

In an extremely competitive meeting between two teams who did not want to be left behind, the teammates of Thomas Walkup (9 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists) stood up to the Monegasques. Jostled by tenacious and efficient Greeks, AS Monaco showed character to return to the locker room with a small two-point lead (34-36).

Mike James muzzled

Back on the floor of Athens, Sasa Obradovic’s players relied on the effectiveness of a surprising Mouhammadou Jaiteh in the paint, finally impactful (14 points and 4 rebounds), to continue to lead the race in this match. The back and forth between the two teams continued until the end of the match. If the locals pushed to get back on track, the Monegasques did not give up… at first.

Mike James held to 10 points, his lowest total of the season (photo: AS Monaco Basket)

Because still ahead by two small lengths ten minutes from time (56-58, 30′), the Roca Team was unable to resist the opposing comeback to win and thus relaunch itself in the EuroLeague after Tuesday’s defeat against the Maccabi Tel Aviv. Isaiah Canaan (16 points) allowed his team to bury any hope of a Monegasque comeback. On a last airball of Mike Jamescontained at 10 points, its lowest total of the season, Monaco ended up cracking at the very end of the match (75-73), conceding its second defeat of the week on the European scene and threatening to find itself ejected from the zone play-ins, now provisional 10th (10v-9d), notably ahead of Olympiakos Moustapha Fall (17 rating), victorious in his last four outings. “When we play Monaco, we know it’s going to be a fight”the French giant could smile in the mixed zone. “It was hard, they led the whole match but we won in the end, like them in the first leg. It’s 1-1 now. It feels good to win. The dynamic was bad: there were a lot of internal problems, injuries but we can now train fully and it is bearing fruit. »

Mam’ Jaiteh’s reaction on SKWEEK

“It’s a really frustrating loss. We were in front throughout, we approached the match well, we had good intensity and presence. But we have a few absences. Faced with a team like that, at home, we can’t afford to have these holes. It’s really very frustrating. My performance? I try to be able to help as much as possible, to be ready when someone calls on me. I will continue to do it. But it is the defeat that takes precedence this evening. Doing that when you lose is less good…”

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2024-01-04 21:54:51
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