With enough… sweat and stress n Monaco managed to bend the resistance of the militant Bayern Munichas it prevailed 89-85 and ensured its presence in the first four and home field advantage in the playoffs.
Stormy for about 25 minutes the Monegasques, still arriving and at +24. However, from that point on they gave a lot of rights to the Bavarians, who reached the difference in the basket. The pink sheet was “locked” by Diallo with a crucial offensive rebound and his own basket, at 20” before the end.
In the 23-11 his team completed the Euroleague regular season Obradovicwhile on the other hand her Lasso said goodbye to this year’s event with 13-21.
The “hero” of Monaco, Alpha Dialo, he was also the top scorer with 20 points. Worthy supporter of o Mike James with 17 p. and 12 assists.
From Bayern, he stood out Carsen Edwards with 26 points.
The match
The two teams were together in the first four minutes (12-12), with Monaco stepping on the gas initially for +8 (20-12) and with Okobo as the protagonist closing the first period at +15 (29-14) .
The Monegasques entered the second quarter with the same momentum, increasing the difference to +21 (39-18), at 15′. The image of the match did not change afterwards either, with Lloyd sending the hosts to +23 (50-27) and going to the locker room with +22 (52-30).
Monaco played at their pace in the second half as well, going +24 (63-29), at 24′. In the next few minutes, the home team threw… turns, with Edwards and Francisco keeping Bayern aggressive and Bayern trailing at the end of the third period (72-60).
With the same protagonists, the Bavarians not only dropped the difference to a single digit value, but reached -4 (75-71), in the first four minutes of the fourth period. The Principality team took a “breather” with James for +7 (78-71), with the guests reducing to a basket (81-79), in the 38th minute. James temporarily brought the home team to +5 (84-82), with Lucic reducing it again to the basket (84-82), in the 39th minute. On the next attack, Diallo got a crucial offensive rebound and with his own basket made it 86-82 with 20 minutes to go, with Monaco taking the victory with the final 89-85.
The quarters: 29-14, 52-30, 72-60, 89-85
See here the match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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