Monaco show of strength in Partizan with… historical James!

With… maestro him Mike James and a stormy fourth period, h Monaco crushed 85-70 her They were partisansfor the third consecutive victory that keeps it firmly in the top six (14-10).

With the 19 points scored by the American guard, he was not only the leader of the Principality’s team, but reached the 4,383 points in the Euroleague, catching in second place of the relevant list Nando De Colo!

On the other hand, his team Zeljko Obradovic yielded to 12-12. The first scorer was Kevin Pander with 28 points.

The match

Better start from Monaco, who led 8-2 in the first minutes and with Okobo and Lloyd kept their distance (14-9) until 7′. However, the last three minutes belonged to Partizan, who with Nunali and Pander went on a 7-0 run, closing the first period in front (14-16).

Kaminski sent the visitors to +5 (14-19) at the beginning of the second quarter and kept ahead (22-26) until 14′. Then, the Monegasques reacted with a forward from Blossomgame, for their overtaking and +4 (30-26), at 16′. Partizan tied Temporarily with Campoclo (32-32), with Monaco stepping on the gas for +9 (42-33) and Pander making a buzzer beater three-pointer 44-38 in the first half.

The picture of the match was the same in the third quarter, with Monaco constantly maintaining the lead and the distance (59-51), until the 26th minute. In the final minutes, Partizan made its counterattack, reducing to the basket (63-61), with James making 2/2 shots for +4 (65-61), at the end of the third period.

With James in front, Monaco started with a 9-0 run entering the fourth period, going +13 (74-61) for the first time, in the 34th minute. From that point on, the Principality team went… partying, pushing the lead even to +17 (85-68) and taking the final 85-70 victory.

The quarters: 14-16, 44-38, 65-61, 85-70

See the match statistics here