Euroleague: Monaco falls from the top
After a successful first quarter, Monaco lost its footing on the floor of Olympiacos as part of the 8th day of the Euroleague and conceded its fourth defeat of the season on the continental scene (86-65).
Monaco falls back into its failings. While she remained on successes against Red Star Belgrade and CSKA Moscow, the “Roca Team” suffered its fourth defeat in eight Euroleague days on the occasion of his visit to the floor of Olympiacos. Zvezdan Mitrovic’s players have yet taken this meeting by the right end. Never behind for the first ten minutes, Alpha Diallo’s teammates (12 points) took advantage of the situation to sign a 9-0 in just under three minutes and reach the bar. ten points ahead. An advantage that the Principality’s players were able to maintain during the first five minutes of the second quarter. It was then that Olympiacos entered their match. Thanks in particular to Livio Jean-Charles (18 points, 5 rebounds), the Greeks have erased most of their delay to find their locker room just three lengths from Monaco.
Olympiacos has been able to reverse the trend
At three points, Danilo Andjusic (11 points) tried to wake up the “Roca Team” at the start of the third quarter. But all he did was postpone the deadline. Indeed, Olympiacos confirmed the trend seen just before half-time. Inflicting the Monegasques with a 16-2, the Piraeus club took control on the scoreboard to reach the start of the last ten minutes with a margin of seven lengths over the Principality club. A last quarter which was totally acquired at Olympiacos. Stuck at just thirteen points in ten minutes, Donta Hall’s teammates (11 points, 9 rebounds) suffered the Greek offensives with the gap that first exceeded ten points before settling beyond that of 20 units. At the end of the 40 minutes, Olympiacos signs its sixth victory in eight days with a margin of 21 points (86-65) and moved up to second place in the ranking. Monaco, for its part, sees its record leveling out with four wins for four losses and an eighth place.
BASKET – EUROLIGUE (H) / 8TH DAY
Thursday, November 4, 2021
CSKA Moscow – Fenerbahçe : 82-91
Belgrade Red Star – Panathinaikos: 81-48
Olympia Milan – FC Barcelona: 75-70
ASVEL – Unics Kazan: 85-82
Friday, November 5, 2021
Anadolu Efes Istanbul – Zenit St. Petersburg : 79-90
Zalgiris Kaunas – Alba Berlin : 71-79
Olympiacos – Monaco: 86-65
8:30 p.m .: Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz – Maccabi Tel-Aviv
8:45 p.m .: Bayern Munich – Real Madrid
