Orleans courage did not pay off against Monaco
Monaco ended up enforcing its law against brave Orleans this Saturday, January 22, 2022 at the Sports Palace (61-74). If they only ended up giving in in the last quarter, the Orléanais, reduced to seven professionals after Kyvon Davenport’s ankle injury (13th minute) showed with a sacred abnegation so as not to let the match slip away much earlier.
Between two planes, we heard from Paris Lee before Orléans Loiret Basket – Monaco
To face the thirteenth of Betclic Elite, Sasa Obradovic, the coach of Monaco, forced by the regulations of the championship of France to align only four non-European players, had chose to do without the services of its star point guard Mike James, veteran strong winger Will Thomas and center Brock Motum.
Came into the game looking like complexed in front of the eighth in the Euroleague, the Orléanais only scored their first basket in the game after six minutes, from the hands of Malela Mutuale (4-12, 7th). Opposite, the Roca Team which chained its 5th trip in ten days did not deliver, fortunately, the match of its life.
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Davenport injured his ankle
The gap of around ten units was maintained and the OLB quickly recorded the Kyvon Davenport’s injury, hit in the left ankle and unable to set foot on the ground when getting up (13th).
Despite a prolific passage from Jean-Philippe Dally (16-23, 14th), Orléans let fear the worst when Rob Gray and Donatas Motiejunas initiated un 13-0 (16-36, 19th). But LaMonte Ulmer and Chris Warren, who finally found the address from afar, put the OLB back on track in no time! Youssou Ndoye and Malela Mutuale also participate at retentive 20-0 which applies to Orleans recall (36-36, 21st).
Donatas Motiejuna, like Atlas…
Passed in front for the first time in the match for a few seconds thanks to an award-winning shot from Malela Mutuale (40-39, 26th), Orléans then tried to stay glued to the teammates of a bleeding Alpha Diallo (48-52, 30th ).
But Donatas Motiejunas carried on his broad shoulders, like Atlas, the whole team of the Rock in the fourth quarter. The Lithuanian pivot carried out a monstrous project (11 points in seven minutes) to keep the Loiretans at bay (57-61, 37th). Bacon and Diallo took matters into their own hands to ensure Monegasque supremacy at the end of the game (61-74, final score).
Jérémy Nzeulie returns as a training partner at Orléans Loiret Basket
Jerome Couton Coudray
