The narrow defeat of Monaco in Barcelona? “A lack of experience” says Sasa Obradovic 
It was only in the last minute that AS Monaco gave in to Barcelona, following a loss of ball from Alpha Diallo (88-83).
Even if the Spaniards led at half-time (42-36), and they gave the impression of escaping for a time, Sasa Obradovic’s men came back to 66-66 in a room on fire. The trio Mike James (19 points, 6 assists), Dwayne Bacon (16 points), Donatas Motiejunas (14 points, 7 rebounds) responded tit for tat to the Catalans trained by Dante Exum (22 points). Before therefore flinching in the money time.
“They are talented attacking players and some of them, like Bacon, like Mike (James) sometimes change the game on their own. I am happy. We came together and we won it. But let’s not forget that this team has won eight of its last 10 games, so they are on a source, they play a very good basket. They are very, very talented,” acknowledged Barca coach Sasa Obradovic.
“Congratulations to Barcelona, they deserved to win. We had our chance, maybe it’s a lack of experience at the end. We may have made terrible decisions that cost us the victory. Overall, we played very well. I think we deserved this chance, but so many small mistakes or, as I said, our lack of experience decided the winner. We have to believe in it, we have to play until the end. This is how we behave. In fact, we have a lot of talent in the team. For us, it’s quite easy and quick to put ourselves in a position to turn the game in our direction,” revealed Sasa Obradovic.
Photo: Leo Westermann (Monaco, Euroleague)