She continued her impressive start in this year’s Euroleague Zalgiris!
Andrea Trinchieri’s team prevailed with the goal 63-62 her Monaco at the ‘Zalgirio Arena’, celebrating her fifth straight victory and improving her record to 6-1! Thus, it remains alone first at the top of the standings, having as its only defeat that against Olympiacos in SEF, for the 2nd matchday. On the other hand, Monaco fell to 4-3losing for the first time after victories against Virtus, Paris and Partizan.
Top for the winners are Butkevicius (13p, 4 rib) and Smailagic (10p), while for Monaco, which finished the game with only 2/19 three-pointers, 18 points were scored by Lloyd and 12 o Mike James.
The match:
The match began with the two teams going hand-in-hand with the score until 9-9, and then Monaco “froze” offensively, going without a point for 3.5 minutes and allowing Zalgiris to take a 14-9 lead. THE James “broke the pomegranate” for the guests, reducing to 14-11, but this was also the only basket for Saša Obradović’s team in the rest of the first period, with the hosts escaping for the first time in the match with +9 (20-11).
Blossomgame and Okobo cut it to 20-15 for Monaco in the first minutes of the second period, but Zalgiris restored its “safety lead” (24-15) with back-to-back baskets by Beirutwhile escaping for the first time with a double-digit difference (27-17), thanks to a three-pointer Ulanovas. At the same time, Monaco continued to be trapped in the good defensive operation of Zalgiris, who closed the first half earlier with 34-25.
The picture of the game was different after the two teams returned from the locker room, with Zalgiris going without a point for three minutes and with Monaco finding a rhythm and making an 8-0 run, getting closer to the point (34-33). THE Butkevicius gave the solution to Trinchieri’s team, keeping them in front with the minimum lead (39-37 and 41-39), but it was clear that the visitors had returned for good, with Papagiannis equalizing for 43-43 of the third period.
Monaco took the lead for the first time in the game (46-47) with James reaching 10 personal points, but Manek, Smailagic and Butkevicius put Zalgiris back in the driver’s seat (55-49) with consecutive three-pointers. The visitors responded with an 11-4 run to make it 59-60 and the game was a derby until the final second, with Monaco having a chance to take the win on the final possession after an offensive foul by Franciscobut o Giedraitis played terrific defense on James and Zalgiris celebrated with the final 63-62!
The quarters: 20-11, 34-25, 43-43, 63-62
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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