She showed soul and reacted Monaco!
The French team won very easily with a score of 86-74 Maccabi Tel Avivleveled their series at 1-1 and will now fight for a double in Israel to stay alive for a Final Four qualification!
Despite the inexperience of such situations the Monaco she did not seem particularly stressed by the “double” of the Israelis in the first match, she took the reins of the match from very early on and finally reached a comfortable victory, which was also accompanied by… a lot of tension!
Specifically, Maccabi finished the match with 6 technical penalties, two of which resulted in Wade Baldwin, who was dismissed for loud protests to the referees! Earlier, Darun Hilliard was also expelled in the same way.
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For the winners, a legendary appearance was made by Jordan Lloyd, who scored a career-high 33 points on 5/5 2-pointers and 5/9 3-pointers. Yakuba Ouattara added 12 points, and 11 with 6 assists Mike James.
From Maccabi, he had 17 points Baldwin and 16 o Lorenzo Brownbut they did not find any help from the rest of their teammates.
The match
THE Monaco entered the match very strongly and with protagonists Lloyd and Dialo escaped very early with a score of 11-0. THE Maccabi had an answer and with Baldwin and Nimbo reduced it to 13-10, responding to the home team’s good period. The French continued their good period with James and Diallo, escaping again with +8 (21-13), but Maccabi ended the first period positively and reduced to 4 (22-18).
With pioneers Sorkin and Hilliard, the guests managed to get ahead at the beginning of the second period (24-26). The tempo in the match dropped, with Okobo to peel her off Monaco, scoring five straight points for 31-26. Baldwin and Hilliard found rhythm again, tying the score for Maccabi at 33-33. Lloyd brought Monaco back to +5 (42-37), but Brown managed to cut it to a point for the Israelis before the break (42-41).
Very quickly in the third period Monaco escaped again with +6 thanks to Lloyd and Guatara (47-41). The first got “fire”, making another three-pointer, which sent the home team to +10 (52-42). James and Blossomgame took the baton with three-pointers of their own, with the difference reaching 11 (60-49), while Lloyd extended it even more with consecutive shots (66-51). Finally, a three-pointer by Colson ended the third quarter at 67-54.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Monaco went up to +17 with his three-pointer Okobo (73-56), while o James with three shots he wrote 76-58. The guests tried to get a reaction, with them Baldwin and Brown to reduce to 11 (78-67). DiBartolomeo hit a huge 3-pointer for 78-70, but the shots of Lloyd and Diallo combined with a three-pointer by the first, restored order for the home team (84-72). There was also tension at the end, with Wade Baldwin being sent off with two technical penalties for protesting the referees. Finally, the match ended at 86-74.
The quarters: 22-18, 42-41, 67-54, 86-74
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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