Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Thursday March 14, 2024 at 10:22 p.m.
Undefeated since its defeat on January 11 on the floor of Panathinaikos, Monaco lined up on Thursday evening at the expense of Alba Berlin, the red lantern, during the 29th day of the Euroleague with an eighth victory (90-82) which allows it to now part of the Top 3. Mike James, still very prominent, scored 20 points.
The roller coaster for Monaco and the Top 3. Traveling to the floor of Alba Berlin, last in the standings and which has not won in the Euroleague since January 25 (against Red Star Belgrade), the Roca Team continued its superb series by achieving an eighth success (90-82) at the expense of the worst team at the moment in the category after ASVEL. A new victory (the 19th this season for Monaco) which allows Sasa Obradovic’s players, 4th before going to Germany, to climb onto the podium, Olympiakos having beaten Panathinaikos. The French champions, however, did not perform their best performance of the season on the European scene, to say the least. The completely missed first quarter (27-13) of Roca Boys who had started the match by conceding a 7-0 from the start could even have played a very nasty trick on them against the red lantern during this trap match par excellence .
Monaco shook until the end
Fortunately for the men of the Principality, they were able to react immediately, and in turn give a 12-0 to the Berliners to immediately return to the match at the end of a second quarter won by a score of. .. 32-12. However, if the teammates of Elie Okobo, top scorer of the match with 21 points, had returned to the locker room with a six-length lead (45-39), thus making them forget their nightmarish start, they were definitely not in a great situation. evening and were going to suffer until the end despite the efforts of a still very valuable Mike James (20 points). Led in particular by Matt Thomas, Alba Berlin believed in it until the last second. Fortunately for the Monegasques, the rather crazy number of ball losses (20) by the bottom of the ranking saved them from reliving a possible nightmare at the end of the match. And the main thing was in any case to win to continue the series and get closer to the summits. What Monaco knew how to do perfectly. With the addition of this defeat of Pana which propels it into the top three. The icing on the cake.
2024-03-14 21:22:00
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