With… the right hand entered this year’s Euroleague season Monacowhich was two gears above the Armani Milan in the Principality!
On his return Mike James in competitive action, the Monegasques reached season-high performance levels, picking up the pink card with final 91-75!
From the very first minute, Saša Obradović’s team had the upper hand in the score, even reaching +22 (66-44) at the end of the third period.
The first scorer for the winners was Alpha Dialo with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, with Okobo adding 14 points and Korkmaz, Zaite and Strazel each 10. As for Mike Jamesin his first game this year he had 9 points and 5 assists in 18:34 minutes of participation, the time when the George Papagiannis recorded 7 points and 3 rebounds in 19:24′.
For the Italians, he stood out Harmony Brooks with 16 points, 14 of which came in the fourth period!
The match:
With him Mike James to do whatever he wants on the floor and start “hot” in creation and execution, h Monaco imposed its pace from the very first minute, building large gaps early on. With the American guard to have 4 points and 3 assists in the first 4 minutes, the Monegasques led 11-2, while a little later, Zaite, Diallo and Papagiannis, sent the difference to double digits (18-4) in the 7th minute. LeDay and Brooks temporarily unstuck the Armani Milano attack, with the hosts closing out the quarter at +12 and 22-10.
Oh cette passe de Mike James! ????@ASMonaco_Basket x @EuroLeague #SKWEEKLive #EveryGameMatters pic.twitter.com/9u03MYBrb8
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Saša Obradović’s team continued to play at a high tempo and at second periodat the time when the Italians shot with disappointing numbers, showing a lack of clear mind. Something that Monaco took full advantage of and with Okobo in the foreground, shot the difference at +20 (38-18) at 17′. Shields and LeDay with a quick 6-0 run “nibbled” the difference for Armani (38-24), before the James and Cormage with 5 and 4 points respectively in the last part of the quarter, send the two teams to the locker room with score 46-26.
THE SPECIALE ELIE OKOBO! ??
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The scene was similar in third period, with the hosts easily maintaining that big gap they had built up from the first half, despite the Italians’ aggressive rise. It is characteristic that with the two three-pointers of Mirotic and one of Giambaolo, Armani reduced to 14 (53-39) in the 24th minute, with Monaco with Korkmaz and Diallo in the foreground, increasing the difference even at +22 (66-44)before the visitors with a short run in the final reduced at 66-49 in the quarter.
Somehow, the fourth and final period took on a procedural nature, with Monaco relaxing enough on defense, allowing Armani to reduce even the 9 (77-68) at 35′with his 14 points Brooks in this time! Somewhere there, the hosts “awakened” and thanks to a quick 10-3 run, they went +16 (87-71) in the 38th minute, thus reaching the pink match sheet with final 93-80.
Ce qu’est en train de faire Armoni Brooks! ??
1?4? points for him in this dernier QT…@OlimpiaMI1936 x @EuroLeague #SKWEEKLive #EveryGameMatters pic.twitter.com/EuUmmfmImc
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The quarters: 22-10, 46-26, 66-49, 93-80.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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