He “sweated” but got the victory in the French Euroleague “civil war” against Villerban and… embraces home advantage n Monaco!
Saša Obradović’s team faced many difficulties against the indifferent in terms of score but highly worthy hosts, eventually managing to reach victory with 87-77thanks to the individual 31-16 with which he prevailed in the fourth period of the match!
As a result, Monaco improved its record to 21-11 and continues to have the upper hand in the battle for a top-four finish, while Villeurbanne remained penultimate at 7-25.
Top for the winners were Okobo (16p), Diallo (15p, 6 rib) and Blossomgame (13p), while Louvavou-Kabaro (23p, 7 rib) stood out for the home team, Jackson (13π) and Loverne (13p).
The match
The match started with Monaco clearly more focused, jumping out to a 6-0 lead and not allowing Villeurbanne to score until 6:13 left in the first period. Jackson broke the ice for the home team, dropping to 4-8 with four points of his own, but Monaco continued to dominate on both ends of the floor, taking their first double-digit lead of the night on 8-19, while Jaite made it 12-23 at the end of the quarter.
Villerban improved at the start of the second period, cutting it to 18-23 on two consecutive 3-pointers by Louvavoux-Cambaro, while De Colo had his EuroLeague season, scoring with a 3-pointer from behind center while also drawing a foul from Blossomgame. , making it 22-24 with his improbable… four-pointer! The hosts 28-27 with another free-kick, this time by their forward Louvavo-Cambaro, but Monaco came back, with Lloyd giving them the lead again (38-44), before Loverne reduced for the 40-44 of the first half with an imposing poster nailing! All 11 players who competed in the first half scored for the visitors.
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Stunned by the return of both teams from the locker room, Monaco went without a point for 2.5 minutes, allowing Villeurbanne to take a 48-44 lead thanks to five straight points by Jackson and a 3-pointer by Lee. The home team went as far as +9 (55-46) on five consecutive points by Loverne, while maintaining a double-digit lead until Okobo scored with two straight 3-pointers, for 61-56.
Louvavu-Cambaro scored 17 personal points, making it 63-56 early in the fourth quarter, but at that point Monaco went on a 20-7 run, entering the “down stretch” of the game with a 5-point lead. points (71-76), while the individual score in the fourth quarter reached 31-16, reaching the victory more difficult than the final 87-77 shows.
The quarters: 12-23, 40-44, 61-56, 77-87
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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