He could be back in the halftime finale and back from…hell to heaven, and he could be doing anything to lose, however, in overtime, Fenerbahce hit the… gas and “bent” Monaco (98-94), in the derby of the 20th matchday of the Euroleague.
In second place Itoudis’ team is now at 13-7, with Wilbekin (21 points) and Hayes (18 points, 7 rebounds) starring, while his presence was also excellent Nick Calathes (10 points, 8 assists). On the other hand, 23p did not reach Monaco. of James, with the Monegasques falling to 12-8 and to “5” in the ranking.
The match
The team of Dimitris Itoudis entered the game more dynamically and reached +6 (10-4) in 3′, with Devin Booker starting “hot”, while Scotty Wilbekin came forward and brought the difference even to +9 ( 19-10) at 6′. Mike James brought the game to a point (19-18), with the first period ending with the two teams tied (20-20).
The Monegasques may not have started with the best omens in the second quarter (27-22 at 11′), but the rest of the period belonged to them completely. Ouattara headed the score for his team, while Mike James made it 43-30 at 17′. Fener managed to close the gap, with the first half finding Monaco leading by 47-39.
Conversely, things were the same in the third period, with Itoudis’ total reduced to 5 (52-47) at 25′, with Wilbekin raging, while Motley, with 4 consecutive points, brought the difference to the point ( 53-52). Wilbekin put the Turks ahead in the 28th minute, while the third quarter ended like the first, in a draw (60-60).
Ouattara entered the last period “steaming”, and with two consecutive three-pointers he gave his team a 6-point lead (66-60). However, from that point on, Fener hit the gas, with Nick Calathes scoring back-to-back points to make it 84-76 with just 2 minutes to go. Monaco, however, had not said its last word and with an 8-0 run and the Brown to follow-up on James’ attempt in the finale, he sent the game to overtime (84-84)!
There, Fener managed to take the reins of the game again, leading with 5 points in the 44th minute (94-89) and with two excellent defenses in the finale, they reached a very important victory with 98-94!
The quarters: 20-20, 39-47, 60-60, 84-84, 98-94 par.
Detailed match statistics here
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