Monaco puts it back against ASVEL and takes the lead in the standings
Aurélien CANOT, Media365, published on Tuesday, December 06, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.
Already winner of ASVEL, last week in the Euroleague, Monaco again imposed itself largely (97-78) against the double champions of France, this time in the Principality, Tuesday evening on behalf of the 14th day of Betclic Elite . A tenth success that allows the Roca Team to take control of the standings.
ASVEL turned the other cheek, Monaco did not hesitate to slap it again. Five days after winning at the Astroballe in the Euroleague (84-75) during the duel between our two representatives in the competition, the Roca Team once again gave their rival a drink, this time in their Gaston- Doctor, Tuesday evening on behalf of the 14th day of Betclic Elite. And if last Thursday, for the first confrontation of the season between the two teams, the players of TJParker had the merit of resisting in front of their public Mike James and his teammates, Tuesday, the shock of the championship turned to the demonstration of the Monegasques , 97-78 winners of the double champions of France, who once again paled in comparison to suffer their eighth defeat in their last nine games (6 out of 12 in the league). A quarter was enough for Monaco, who took over the standings after this tenth victory of the season (for two defeats) – at the same time, Boulogne-Levallois recorded their second defeat – to make the difference and leave far in his rear-view mirror (33-15) from the Villeurbannais still completely out of the way, like a Nando De Colo who will end up proving his coach right if he does not straighten the bar very quickly (2 points in 11 minutes of play, 4 lost balls).
Ruthless James
Thanks to the good reaction of Jonah Mathews, author of 23 points including 15 in the third quarter, ASVEL came back very close (-9) to the Roca Boys, but James (26 points, 6 assists), of course somewhat off compared to his fabulous first half (19 points), and his people have once again stepped on the accelerator, and thus regain their distance against the Villeurbannais who could see the Leaders Cup pass under their noses. they don’t wake up very quickly. Not easy knowing that on Sunday, it is the Metropolitans and the prodigy Victor Wembanyama who will stand in front of defending champions who currently only have the name.