Perfect evening for Monaco against Fenerbahçe
After beating Kazan on Tuesday, AS Monaco won against another direct competitor for the fight for the playoffs this Friday evening. Unstoppable in the second quarter, Roca Team beat Fenerbahçe 92-78 to regain the point-average after losing 10 points to Istanbul in the first leg.
Facing the second best defense in the competition, Sasa Obradovic’s team put baskets in all directions before halftime. While there were 28 everywhere after 12 minutes and 21 seconds of play, the players of the principality passed a 27 to 5 to the visitors in the continuation of the second quarter. What to fly to the score.
Resist to keep the average point
Logically, staying consistent with such a lead was not easy. Especially since there was talent among the Stambouliotes. Blocked at 2 points in the first half, Marko Guduric (18 points at 5/7 at 3-pointers) began to put the baskets after the break. Nando De Colo limitation. The latter, who was returning to competition after two months off, finished top scorer for his team (19, 5/10 on shots in 22 minutes). But if the Turks got closer to the -10 mark, they were finally pushed back by the locals. The latter were able to count on the excellent match ofAlpha Diallo (24 points at 10/14 on shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 4 stray bullets for 26 evaluation in 33 minutes), which perfectly made us forget the absence of Dwayne Bacon (flu), but also a very good one Donatas Motiejunas (18 points at 7/11, 9 rebounds and 5 fouls for 25 evaluation in 25 minutes) and a precious Will Thomas (14 points at 5/7 and 7 rebounds for 19 evaluation in 31 minutes). The little game of mike james (10 points at 1/10, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 stray bullets for 7 evaluation in 27 minutes) did not prevent this great victory.
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Now with 14 wins in 27 games, AS Monaco wants to continue. For that, you will have to seek precious successes. Starting next Thursday on the FC Barcelona floor.