Terrible Maccabi got a second straight win in Euroleague and… it climbs!
His team Oded Katas he left no leeway to Monaco and defeated her 93-83, showing the… way to Olympic, who faces her on Thursday (04/01)! Somehow, the Israelis went up 11-7 and dropped the Monegasques 10-8.
The match was under her control Maccabi throughout, with the French having short bursts and coming close, but never threatening the hosts typically in the Belgradeknowing an easy defeat.
Foremost among the victors was the terrible Bonzie Coulson, who scored 27 points on 2/3 3-pointers and 9/10 2-pointers. They also helped a lot Lorenzo Brown, Wade Baldwinwho scored 12. On the part of the losers, an unimaginable performance with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists was made by Mike Jamesbut it didn’t arrive.
The match
THE Monaco entered the match better and quickly took a 2-6 lead with Brown and Diallo, but from then on it was a… Maccabi monologue. The Israelis found a rhythm and regained the lead with Coulson and Baldwin (8-6), while they took the lead thanks to Josh Nimbo, turning 8-8 into 20-8 with a partial score of 12-0. The first period ended with a score of 22-12 thanks to back-to-back points Kemba Walker.
The situation was similar in the second quarter, when Maccabi scored three points Blatt went 26-12. Monaco tried to come back and cut to 26-17 with 5 straight points by Walker, but Colson answered with as many of his own to make it 31-17 and later hit a 3-pointer to make it 34-21. The French made a new counterattack and came close to 8 points with Diallo and Okobo (36-28), but they again conceded 10-0 streak starring Colson, as a result of which they fell behind by 18 points (46-28). Monaco tried with consecutive points James to get closer (46-35), while the half ended with Brown’s shot at the end for 49-35.
In the third period, Baldwin made a 3-pointer to make it 52-35, but a Monaco outburst followed, led by James, resulting in individual scores of 11-0 and 52-46. Rafi Menko gave a “breather” to the typically home team with a three-pointer (56-47), but with Diallo and Cornell the French came close to 4 again (56-52). Menko was there again to hit a long shot (59-52), while… he made three of his long shots at the end of the third period, which ended 64-54.
The French team did not give up and made a reaction at the beginning of the last quarter, with the Okobo and James to “gnaw” the difference again for 68-63. The terrible Colson gave a solution for 71-63, but the James made two 3-pointers for 74-69. The American guard was in an incredible situation and made a long three-pointer for 78-73, but somewhere in there Maccabi took control again with a separate 11-0 score by Colson and Baldwin, which effectively gave the victory to the Israelis making it 89-73.
The quarters: 22-12, 49-35, 64-54, 93-83
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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