Monaco resume its march forward
Very close to carrying out the hold-up when the leader Fenerbahçe came last Tuesday, Monaco returned to success this Friday when Bayern Munich came to the Principality for the 10th day of the Euroleague. The 7th victory for this Roca Team which suffered until the end against the Bavarians.
Last Tuesday, Monaco, a time led by 19 points by the leader, had been very close to carrying out the hold-up in the very last moments against Fenerbahçe on the floor of the Gaston-Médecin room. Mike James, the house gunner, even had the ball to equalize. Unfortunately for the American and the Roca Team, his shot only found the circle. Friday, it was the turn of the Monegasques to scare themselves to the end and Bayern Munich, visiting the Principality on the occasion of the 10th day of the Euroleague, to be on the verge of snatching victory in the money time against the players of Sasa Obradovic. Finally, despite a big end to the match from Bayern, the Roca Boys retained the victory (80-79), but not without fighting until the very last second to prevent the rather incredible rise of the Germans from turning into unfortunate disillusion for these Monegasques who had suffered against the Turks on Tuesday their first defeat this season at home and now seven successes (in ten games).
Obst misses the match point
Thanks to James (13 points, 6 assists), Alpha Diallo (13 points) and especially Elie Okobo, still very prominent (16 points), especially at the end of the match (14 points of his 16 points scored in the second half, 9 registered in the last quarter), Monaco nevertheless had a fairly substantial lead (+11 at the height of the evening) not to have to suffer until the very end of the match against Bayern then carried by a Andreas Obst unleashed (18 points, including 15 in the last quarter, Euroleague record). Like James last Tuesday against Fenerbahçe, Obst also had the ball to give a completely different twist to money time, six tenths from the buzzer. Like the American three days earlier, the German international missed his mark. To the delight this time of the Roca Team, still in ambush (in 4th place) behind the untouchable Fenerbahçe.