She overcame her narrow defeat by Zalgiris with a big “double” in Istanbul the Monaco!
In a game that was a big derby for three periods, Saša Obradovic’s team “stepped on the gas” with their partial score 29-10 in the fourth quarter and finally celebrated the victory with 81-69improving her record to 5-3! On the other hand, Efes blocked in the “final stretch” of the match and experienced its second defeat in its last three games for the Euroleague, falling to 4-4.
Top for the winners o Papagianniswho finished the game with 15 points (6/10 2-pointer, 1/1 3-pointer), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal, while important assists for the Monegasques were also given Lloyd (14pts, 4 assists) and James (12 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds). As for Efes, the first scorer was Poirier with 14.
The match:
The match started with consecutive three-pointers from James, Thompson and Osmani, for 6-3 in favor of Efes, while Moteyounas and Bryant were also accurate from a distance, while the two teams went hand in hand in the score. THE Blossomgame with another three-pointer he put Monaco at +2 (13-15), while the… rain of accurate long shots continued until the end of the first period, which found Efes in front with the minimum lead (23-22).
Beautiful offense by @ASMonaco_Basket finished off through Big Papa’s slam! ??#SKWEEKlive pic.twitter.com/3ESlUZckot
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The derby continued in the second quarter as well, with neither team being able to create a difference of more than three points in their favor. THE Okobo scored the first points with shots for 26-28, while Schmitz and Otorou gave the lead to Efes again (34-32), Papagiannis reached 6 personal points making it 36-34, while the hosts went to the locker room with their maximum lead of the match (+5, 41-36), hitting 50% (8/16) on her 3-pointers!
From defense to offense??
Furkan Korkmaz runs down the court for a nifty eurostep lay-up! ???>?#SKWEEKlive pic.twitter.com/g1sk5UOUuv
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The third quarter started with Lloyd getting into double figures, reaching 11 and putting Monaco at -2 (43-41), while Dialo with consecutive points he also gave the guests the lead (45-46). From that point in the match onwards, however, Efes went on a 13-2 run, escaping for the first time with a double-digit lead in their favor (58-48), before ending the period at +7 (59-52).
It didn’t take long for Monaco to get within striking distance of the hosts again, going on a 9-2 run to retake the lead, 61-60, while entering the final five minutes of the game, the Mike Jameswho with six consecutive points reached his personal 12 and put the Monegasques at +6 (63-69). THE Papagiannis with his big three-pointer and another impressive nailing he made it 67-74 and somewhere there the visitors never looked back, having a score of 29-10 in their favor in the fourth period and finally taking the victory with the comfortable 81-69.
The shot colder than my ex’s heart ??
Mike James, ladies and gentlemen. ??#SKWEEKlive pic.twitter.com/CIOBCk9BbE
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BIG PAPA UNLEASHED. ?????????
Papagiannis put the exclamation mark for @ASMonaco_Basket!#SKWEEKlive pic.twitter.com/GYq4KPINbU
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The quarters: 23-22, 41-36, 59-52, 69-81
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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