She left… alive from the City Monaco!
After a tough and close derby, with mistakes and missed shots at the end, the Monegasques prevailed 65-62 her Fenerbahce and thus the series was moved to a fifth and final match in the Principality (8/5, 20:00).
With the game on point (62-63), o Mike James was fouled 5′ on the reboundat 18” before the end, but in the last attack of the Turks o Scotty Wilbekin missed a floaterat 5.1”, with Saša Obradović’s team leaving with the pink card.
The leader of Monaco was Eli Okobo with 13 points.
From his team Sarunas Yasikeviciusstood out Marko Gudurich with 14 points. Very good presence from him George Papagiannis with 10p. and 11 rebounds, with Nick Calathes to add 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while in the… shallow moved the Tyler Dorsey with 2 p. and 4 rebounds.
The match
Nervous and misguided start from both teams, with the score remaining at 4-4 in the first five minutes. Fener then went on an 8-0 run (12-4) until the 7th minute, with Monaco reacting in the last three minutes to make it 15-11 in the first period.
With Gooduric in front, Saras’ team went to +7 (24-17), in the first three minutes of the second period. Then, the visitors responded with Diallo and Okobo, bringing the match to a draw (30-30), until 18′. In the remaining time, the two teams were quite misguided, with Papagiannis sending the home team to the locker room with +3 (33-30).
With back-to-back three-pointers from both of them, the second half started and Fener steadily maintained its lead (42-36), until the 24th minute. With an outburst from Blossomgame and Ouattara, Monaco went ahead and reached +4 (44-48), in the 26th minute. However, in the last minutes, nothing changed dramatically, as both were off target, with Papagiannis reducing to a point (47-48), at the end of the third period.
He held the derby well even in the fourth quarter (52-52), with Lloyd and Hall sending Monaco to +4 (52-56), in the 36th minute. Fener responded with Calathes and Guduric, reducing to a point (57-58), in the 38th minute. With a big three-pointer by James, the Monegasques went to +4 (57-61), in the 39th minute. This was followed by 2/2 shots by Wilbekin and a basket by Hall and the three-pointer by Goodrich that brought the game to a point (62-63), with 22.2 minutes to go. At 18” James fouled 5” and Fenerbahce had the last attack, with Wilbekin missing a floater at 5.1”. There was no foul on the rebound and Hall made the final 62-65!
The quarters: 15-11, 33-30, 47-48, 62-65
See here the match statistics
Wilbekin’s fatal shot:
? Scottie Wilbekin loupe la balle du Final Four !
Mais il reste 5 secondes a jouer, balle pour la Roca Team… ??#SKWEEKLive #EveryGameMatters #SKWEEK #alwaysO@eu_eeas #SKWEEKLive #EveryGameMatters #SKWEEK #alwaysON pic.twitter.com/q67WhgZv3K
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