They want to take the first step towards the Final 4 in Berlin Monaco and Fenerbahcewhich face each other tonight (20:00, Novasports 6, sport-fm.gr) in Principato and “Gaston Medecin”, in the first match between them for the Euroleague playoffs!
The hosts finished the regular season of this year’s competition in a record third place 23-11, tying with Panathinaikos AKTOR but trailing in the games against the “greens”. Saša Obradovic’s team had a passable schedule in the last “turns” of the regular season, securing the home advantage thanks to their four consecutive victories against Valencia, Villerban, Zalgiris and Bayern Munich.
With its attack as a “weapon” and having the first scorer in the history of the EuroLeague as… the tip of their spear, Mike James (18.78 points and 5.1 assists averages so far in the tournament), Monaco will look to take advantage at home, where they have won 9 of their last 10 games, to make it 1-0 in a row.
On the other hand, Fenerbahce had to wait until the last few games to ensure its presence in the playoffs, eventually finishing in sixth place, with a record 20-14. Despite losing to Efes and Olympiakos in the regular season finale, Sarounas Jasikevicius’ team had a chance to finish fifth, but lost 84-81 in overtime at SEF. Tonight’s visitors are asked to overcome the many difficulties they have faced throughout this season in their EuroLeague away matches, having the worst away record (5-12) of the teams that qualified for the playoffs.
The two teams have met six times in the past, with Fenerbahce winning four to Monaco’s two, while this season the Turks prevailed 86-74 in Istanbul, while Monaco prevailed 76-69 at home. her, last February.
Source: Sport Fm
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