A legendary finale in the Principality in a game worthy of a level … NBA!
In a thriller match from the first to the last minute, the Villeurbanne took the French “civil” with 85-84 against Monaco, thanks to incredible buzzer-beater three points by William Howard from center of the field in dead time!
With five alternations of the score in the last minute, the 28-year-old forward of Villeurbanne was the one who with a shot-prayer just at the end of the year judged the “thriller”, achieving the best phase of the year in the Euroleague, and let’s still be early in the season!
Beyond the buzzer-beater, the Howard completed the game with 23 points (5/5 three points), 10 rebounds and 3 steals, getting 33 points in the rating system! He also made a very good appearance Costas Antetokounbo with 7 points and 4 rebounds, with Villeurbanne going up at 7-5.
On the other hand, the Monaco that will take time to … recover from this defeat fell at 5-7, while he also saw Mike James abstain from supporting in the last minutes after being hit in the leg.
The match:
THE Villeurbanne entered the match very strongly and with her attack throwing “fires” she was ahead 8-0 and a little later 13-4 in 4 ‘. After a sluggish start, Monaco found a rhythm, with Hall and Lee leading the scoring and with an impressive 10-0 going ahead 16-15 at 9 ‘, at ten minutes to be completed 21-22.
Hitting from medium and close range, the Monegasques maintained the lead until the middle of the second period (29-28 in 14 ‘). Somewhere there, however, the whole of TJ Parker tightened his defense while finding rhythm in the attack. By Costa Antetokounbo in the foreground with 7 points in this period (!), but also Howard to follow in scoring, Villeurbanne closed the half at +8 for 48-40.
With pluralism in the attack, the guests found solutions in the attack, maintaining the difference of 6-9 points in the first half of the third period. (48-57 in 24 ‘). With successive three-pointers by Li and Diallo, Monaco not only “gnawed” the difference, but equalized in 62-62 at the end of the quarter.
The last period turned into a thriller! Neither team could escape the score, thus reaching the last 1.5 minutes of the match, where we had 5 alternations in the score. At 23 ” before the end, Thomas gave the lead to Monaco (83-82), while at 3 ” Lee with 1/2 shots made it 84-82.
Somewhere there he took action Howard (11 points in the 4th period), who in dead time threw the ball from the center after a poor rebound, achieving an inconceivable three-pointer victory for the 85-84 of Villeurbanne.
The quarters: 21-22, 40-48, 62-62, 84-85.
.@whow25 with what can only be described as the HAIL MARY of shots to win the game for @LDLCASVEL ??????#7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/58yJd3Xbxn
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