Her incredible reaction Monaco!
Many had written off the French after her “double”. Maccabi in Monte Carlo, but they responded with a break of their own in Israel, winning 83-78 and taking a 2-1 lead in the series!
Their feat becomes even greater, if one considers that throughout the season the Maccabi had the strongest home, counting 15 wins in 17 regular season home matches!
THE Monaco appeared dominant on the court from the start, did not “fish” from the “hot” seat and was cool in every reaction attempt of the home team, finally reaching the great victory, which brings her a pink card away from the Final Four!
Leading for the winners was Mike James with 18 points, while Lloyd added 15 and Okobo added 12. From Maccabi, o Coulson had 17 points, while an exuberant appearance was made by Wade Baldwin (16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 ass.), but he was off target (4/11 in the field).
The match
After the first balanced minutes, h Monaco stepped on the gas led by James who hit two 3-pointers for 8-17. The home team with Baldwin responded and cut it to 12-17, but the James he was hot and extended the lead again to 8 (14-22). Finally, Mr Sorkin with a basket a few seconds before the end of the quarter, made it 16-22.
Maccabi produced the long-awaited reaction at the beginning of the second quarter, when led by Coulson tied at 24-24. THE Mike James continued to be on an offensive streak and scored five runs to make it 24-29, but the Coulson again reduced to 29-31. Somewhere there, the former Panathinaikos guard took action again, who single-handedly increased the difference to 10, reaching 18 points early on. Finally, the first half ended at 32-41.
As in the second, so also in the third period, Maccabi entered more dynamically and with Hilliard and Nimbo reduced to 38-41. James and Lloyd fought to keep the French team ahead in “pandemonium”, again sending the difference to 7 (44-51). Whenever Katas’ team got close, the Monegasques found an answer, going back to +9 (48-57). However, Coulson and Martin they reacted again with Maccabi getting closer to the basket at the end of the third period (57-60).
His team Sasha Obradovic started the final quarter with an impressive 8-2 run Okobo and Hall, writing 59-68. The home team in the same scenario answered and reduced to 64-68 with the DiBartolomeo to make an excellent match, but Monaco escaped again with 8 with two consecutive layups by Okobo (64-72). With Baldwin as the guide, Maccabi counterattacked again, reducing the score to 69-73. One shot of him Brown and a basket of Dialo they wrote in 69-76. DiBartolomeo and Baldwin kept Maccabi alive with incredible three-pointers (78-81), but the French were cool on the shots and took the victory with a score of 78-83,
The quarters: 16-22, 32-41, 57-60, 78-83
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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