Bend it Maccabi Tel Aviv and made 2/2 at the start of this year’s Euroleague Monaco!
After their victory over Armani Milano in the premiere, the Monegasques also defeated the Israelis (85-79) for Matchday 2, in a game that was a derby throughout and ended with Obradovic’s side cooler and more to the point going into the ‘final stretch’.
Precious for the winners o Papagianniswho came close to a double-double with 10 points and 7 rebounds, while the James and Okobo they added 17 points each. On the other hand, for Maccabi, their efforts were not enough Lloyd (16p), Chord (13p, 7 rib) and Rivero (13p).
For the next and double matchday, Monaco will face Barcelona (away) and Bologna (home), while Maccabi will be tested against Efes and Partizan, as a typical home team.
The match:
The match started with Monaco leading 5-1 and 7-3, with Strazel and Zaite as their scorers, while Maccabi responded with a 6-0 run, going ahead 9-7. With three accurate shots by Lloyd and another basket by Hoard, the guests went to +5 (9-14) for the first time, but Monaco, with consecutive points by James and the first baskets by Papagianni, took the lead 19-15 . The Greek center reached the early 6th, making it 21-21, while the first period ended with a basket by Yokoubaitis, for 21-23.
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The hosts were held without a point in the first two minutes of the second period, allowing the visitors to escape with +7 (21-28), while a three-pointer by Lloyd gave them a double-digit lead for the first time in the match (23-33). Monaco responded with a 14-7 run, getting within shooting distance (37-40), while the end of the first half found Maccabi with a 5-point lead (41-46).
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The Israelis were kept within a “safe distance” in the first four minutes of the third period, with Monaco fighting back and with Motejunas scoring 9 consecutive points of his own, he went ahead 53-52. Blossomgame’s 3-pointer made it 58-54 and Diallo made it 60-54, DiBartolomeo cut it to 62-59 with a 3-pointer and Okobo scored the same way for a 65-60 third-quarter lead.
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With five unanswered points from Okobo and Blossomgame at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Monaco escaped for the first time in the match with a double-digit difference (70-60), but Maccabi did not take long to answer, reducing it to 72-69 with a three-pointer by Blatt and consecutive Horde baskets. Monaco remained in the … driver’s seat until the “final stretch”, with Rivero and Lloyd cutting it to 78-75 and 80-77, before Okobo hit a big three-pointer, for 83-77 and with 1.5 minute left for the finale. In the end, Monaco protected their small lead and celebrated the victory with 85-79, making it 2/2 in the start of this year’s Euroleague!
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The quarters: 21-23, 41-46, 65-60, 85-79
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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