The match
Calathes, Wilbekin, Hayes-Davies, Pierre and Sanli the first five of Jasikevicius at Fener, not having available Papagianni (troubled in the middle), Hazer and Birsen, while Obradzovic, who did not have Ouattara and Lloyd at his disposal, chose to start the match with James, Tarpey, Diallo, Brown and Motejunas. The Lithuanian center opened with four points, leveling the score at 6-6, while the two teams went hand-in-hand on the scoreboard, until Wilbekin and Hayes put Fener on +5 (15-10). Okobo came off the bench and gave Monaco (17-16) offensive solutions, but the hosts got 7 offensive rebounds in the first period, which they closed with a 24-21 lead thanks to a buzzer-beater mid-range shot by Dorsey. on the defense of Okobo!
Hall with a basket and a foul put Monaco at -2 (28 – 26) at the start of the second quarter, but then Fener took control and with a 9-2 run escaped for the first time in the match with +8 (36-28 ). Monaco continued to struggle offensively and Fener’s lead reached double digits (42-30), before Mike James “woke up”, who after scoring 8 consecutive points for 43-38, also scored with a buzzer-beater three-pointer for 46-45 of the first half.
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The quarters: 24-21, 46-45, 68-57, 86-74
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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