He set up a party against the incomplete Fenerbahce or Monaco!
Vassilis Spanoulis’ team performed impressively in the second half of the match held in the city for the 15th matchday of the Euroleague and finally managed to celebrate a comfortable victory with 99-69!
Thus, Monaco, who competed without Diallo, Jaite, Korkmaz and Calathes, took their second consecutive victory and improved their record in 10-5catching tonight’s opponent in second place in the standings. On the other hand, Fener fell to 10-5, paying for the important absences of Zagars, Pierre, Hall and Wilbekin.
Leaders for the triumphants, who finished the match with 27/43 two-pointers, 8/17 three-pointers and 20 assists for 7 errors, were James (21pts, 5 assists) and Okobo (19 points, 5 assists), while his impressive effort was not enough for Fener Hayes-Davis (28p, 6 rib).
The match:
The match started with Monaco leading 4-0 and with Hayes-Davis to respond with 5 straight points for Fener’s first lead, which also went ahead 8-4, thanks to a three-pointer Sanli. The visitors reacted and took the lead again (8-9) with his three-pointer Tarpeywhile neither team managed to create a big difference in their favor, with the first period ending with Fenerbahce at +2 (19-17).
Monaco scored only on a 3-pointer by Blossomgame in the first three minutes of the second period, but all the hosts could do was escape 25-20, before the Brown, Tarpey and Lloyd build a 10-0 streak for his team Spanouliswhich went ahead with 32-29. Having gained the momentum, the Monegasques maintained this difference in their favor and escaped to +8 (35-43) with Okobowhile Biberovic reduced to 38-43 of the first half, with a buzzer-beater three-pointer.
Tarik Biberovic lifts everyone on their feet at the end of the first half ??pic.twitter.com/ttXzhWCfOR
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Fener was also sluggish offensively at the beginning of the third period, with Lloyd scoring with a three-pointer and James with shots, for 48-38 in favor of Monaco. With him James reaching double figures and with Lloyd remaining a significant factor offensively, Monaco led 57-46, while a streak of Papagianni escaped for the first time on the night at +15 (46-61)! On the other hand, Hayes was fighting alone in Fener’s attacks, reaching 17 personal points, but seeing his team unable to respond and stay in the -18 (54-72)with a three-pointer of his Okobo at the end of the third quarter!
Elie Okobo at the BUZZER! ??@ASMonaco_Basket #MotorolaMagicMoments I @Moto pic.twitter.com/pkFsqBlMFf
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The difference jumped for the first time to +20 (57-77) with the “hot” Okobo, while Fener couldn’t find offensive solutions except for some individual actions of the Hayes and Biberovich. Thus, Spanoulis’ team comfortably managed their big lead, even expanding it, until they finally celebrated the important victory with the imposing 99-69!
The quarters: 19-17, 38-43, 54-72, 69-99
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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