Monaco returned to winning ways with an outburst against Baskonia

Howard took the “oil” out of her, but the seat and the quality “spoke” to her! THE Monacostruggled for 33 minutes against Baskoniabut with an outburst in the last minutes of the match, prevailed 93-83 for 20th matchday of the Euroleaguebringing her record to 11-9.

O Mike James with 26 points first scorer of the match for Saša Obradović’s team, with Howard to “carry” Baskonia, scoring 33 points in almost 29 minutes participation!

The match

The match was balanced in the first part of the match with Baskonia finding solutions outside the 6.75 but also with an amazing defense. Moneke and Howard had the lead in scoring, when Montejunas and James were leading they gnawed the difference of three points (16-19) that Baskonia took, tying it at 19-19. However, the Basques managed to finish the first period with a “short” lead, (21-22).

In the second quarter, Baskonia maintained its lead for two minutes, having first taken a small safety “cushion” (25-29), but Monaco, with Walker and Diallo, equalized again 29-29. Ivanovic’s team ran a 6-0 run thanks to the accuracy of =, but the home team stepped on the gas and with a 12-0 run of their own found themselves at +6 (41-35) with the first half ending at 43- 39 in favor of the Monegasques.

The second part also had elements of a thriller with Baskonia not being “chewed” by Monaco’s basketball bullying and with the amazing Howard brought the match to absolute balance (50-50). Monaco, however, “disappeared” again in the score by “bombing” the Basque basket and went into the fourth period with a +12 advantage (71-59).

This difference remained for a long time in the 4th period as well, but Baskonia was too tough to die and as a result brought the difference to three in the middle of the quarter (86-83). But Monaco kept their cool and took the win, prevailing in the last minute with 93-83.

The quarters: 21-22, 43-39, 71-59, 93-83

See the match statistics here