Monaco went through fire and iron from Kaunas with a history of James!

Bend it Zalgiris the dominant Monaco!

The Monegasques won 83-79 against the Lithuanians in Kaunas for the 13th game Euroleaguein a match in which they had the upper hand for most of the match and despite the home team’s reversal in the third quarter, they were cool and on target at the crucial points, getting the pink card.

Protagonist of the match Mike James with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 4 turnovers, while also becoming the 3rd all-time Euroleague scorer with 4,157 points and surpassing Juan Carlos Navarro. Worthy supporter of o Alpha Diallo with 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, while Zalgiris stood out Rolands Schmitz who had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Thus, Monaco rose to 3rd place in the standings with a record of 8-5, while the Lithuanians dropped to 14th place with a total of five wins and eight losses (5-8).

The match:

With three well-aimed shots from him Strazel Monaco scored the first points of the match (0-3), while continuing to have the upper hand and in the 5th minute was ahead with seven points (6-13). With a 10-3 h Zalgiris balanced the picture of the match and equalized (16-16), while Saša Obradović’s team reacted, went ahead again and closed the first period at +5 (18-23).

The French had it upper hand and in the second quarter with Corneli leading (23-29) and with a 0-6 streak they reached the highest difference up to that point (26-35), while a double-digit difference was reached with Hall’s two accurate shots (29-39) . The Lithuanians couldn’t find solutions to the scoring of James (32-42, 19′), who scored the last basket of the half with an accurate two-point shot for +9 of the Monegasques (37-46).

At the beginning of the third period Zalgiris reduced to -5 (43-48) and then stepped on the gas and went ahead! He ran an impressive 11-0 (54-51) with their leaders Ulanova and Sumner, with Diallo “answering” for Monaco with a three-pointer (54-53), while the hosts continued to have the lead, with James … talking again at the end, reducing the gap at the end of the third period to – 2 for his team (59-57).

Diallo was excellent, scoring his team’s first five points in the fourth period (61-61, 34′), while Okobo was a worthy supporter of his who put his team ahead after an hour (63-66). At that point in the match, the guests had better decision-making both in defense and in attack, while with a 0-7 (68-76) they took a significant lead. Zalgiris responded and cut to -3 (75-78) with 25 seconds left, but Monaco she was cool and in the end got the victory with 83-79.

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