The easy-difficult went to do Zenith at the “Salle Gaston Medecin”, however in the end he showed the required composure and aptness, reaching a great double 85-74 on Monaco, in the context of the 16th game of the Euroleague.
The Russians, despite being ahead of me 17 points in the first ten minutes (!), not only did they lose the difference, but they also found themselves chasing the score until the middle of the fourth period. However, Baron and Lloyd took matters into their own hands, giving Zenit its 10th win of the tournament.
Top for the winners was Billy Baron, with the 31-year-old guard completing the game with 19 points (5/8), while the Lloyd with 20 points, 14 of which came in the last ten minutes! Closely followed by Gudaitis with 15 points and 7 rebounds.
On the other hand, the Monegasques could not continue Wednesday’s victory over Zalgiris, thus knowing their sixth defeat in the last seven their games in the tournament, resulting in a fall to 6-10. Bacon and Andjusic stood out with 21 and 15 points respectively.
The match
Explosive start for Zenit, with the Russians taking advantage of their … demonic aptitude behind the 6.75 meters (6/7) and make a break in the offensive part, in one of their best ten minutes of this season. By Billy Baron to be unstoppable (12 points, 3/3), Xavi Pascual’s team increased the difference over ten early (4-14 in 5 ‘), while with an impressive 12-2 in the last three minutes they closed the ten minutes at +17 for 31-14.
The guests managed to keep the difference in levels of 11-14 points by the middle of the second period. Somewhere there, however, came the “outbreak” of Monaco, which thanks to its aggressive beauty Bacon, not only “gnawed” the difference, but managed to equalize 43-43, with Zenit closing the half with a small lead of two points (43-45).
The second half was one a real derby! It is characteristic that the score in the third period changed hands six times, while there were also three draws. The Monegasques took the lead for the first time in the game with Mike James’s three-pointer (48-47 in 22 ‘), while a little later they arrived the +3 in 28 ‘with 54-51, completing the third ten minutes ahead with short head (57-56)!
In fact, Sasa Obradovic’s players increased the difference to four points (65-61 in 33 ‘). Somewhere there, however, its quality “spoke” Jordan Lloyd, who with 14 points in the tenth minute took Zenit from the “hand” and led her to overthrow and in the final 85-74.
The quarters: 14-31, 43-45, 57-56, 74-85
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