euroleague day 23
AS Monaco
real Madrid
Madrid escaped Monaco with a double win. The one that has involved a lot of suffering (91-95) thanks to the imperial performance of Mario Hezonja (30 points, six rebounds and six assists) and the one that gives him the basket average against a rival who is shouldering at the top rubs the Euroleague and that they won the first leg 94-95. The Whites are strong at the top of the table alongside Olympiacos after a sweaty night.
A small pavilion and a fiery crowd made for a very quick start. Monaco were punished with penetrations from Loyd and Mike James, local engines in that start, and Madrid turned to Hezonja, their most prolific figure (6-9). Deck used his power in forward play, Tavares came on the bench with two fouls in seven minutes and Sergio Rodríguez and Musa, always the Bosnian with a hot wrist, added to the game’s generation. The Whites got the first breath (20-24).
Monaco struck with rapid basket entries, accelerations that were difficult for Madrid to stop. A dunk from Hall, a three from Okobo and White’s losses turned the score around (27-26). Yabusele came to the rescue to injure herself internally. Without Tavares, the Frenchman played five and deck four, a smaller team with Hezonja from the perimeter, pressed his talent one on one very quickly (20 points in the first half, 15 of them in the second quarter). . The best version of Super Mario delights in the role of the leader. Monaco takes advantage of the first hole alone to shoot the basket headfirst, right into the heart of the area. Without thinking. express attacks. 46-50 at halftime.
Tavares conceded the third foul early in the second half, Williams-Goss lost the ball and Monaco linked a 12-0 run to their run-and-run recipe. The Men in Black’s offenses lasted a breath, with James as dynamite. Madrid celebrated just one point in four minutes and Tavares took fourth, as did Poirier. The Whites failed to hit the target, very weak (58-51) in attack and soft from behind, while Chu’s Mateo ordered a stop and reset. Musa, Llull and Hezonja clipped the drought from the treble but Poirier was eliminated for five fouls and the losses continued. Madrid suffered without the strength of their pivots. The group survived from afar, rescued from their rifle yard. Musa added an acrobatic three-plus-one before the final quarter to keep things open (71-70).
Hezonja returned to capture the ball. Madrid had to rebuild the Meccano without its inside players, with the wild card deck in space. James, aided by Okobo and Diallo, continued to be a torture for the whites. The duel was played from power to power, hectic, without a break, with short attacks and lots of possession. Chu’s Mateo’s team reinforced defense, and an inspiration boost from Hanga gave the visitors an unexpected income minutes earlier (82-87). Madrid lined up all of their foreign artillery until they turned on Tavares with two and a half minutes left. The color-dazed giant and ecstatic Hezonja shifted gears to improve on his record for goals, efficiency (34) and assists in the EuroLeague. It was a game that gave Madrid a win of double value.
Monaco: Loyd (4), James (23), Brown (7), Blossomgame (6), Motiejunas (7) —Starting Team—; Okobo (16), Moneke (4), Diallo (15), Outtara (3), Hall (6).
Real Madrid: Williams-Goss (3), Hezonja (30), Deck (13), Cornelie (2), Tavares (3) —starting team—; Causeur (0), Hanga (7), Sergio Rodriguez (2), Poirier (2), Llull (10), Yabusele (9) and Musa (14).
Partial votes: 20-24, 26-26, 25-20 and 20-25.
Referees: Pukl, Latsevs and Vilius. They eliminated Poirier.
Salle Gaston Medecin, in Monaco: approx. 4,600 spectators.
Baskonia defeated Panathinaikos
Meanwhile, Baskonia have beaten Panathinaikos 95-90 and remain in the posh positions of the competition. The Vitoria team based their victory on the second quarter (31-15), the only one of the four in which they put the Greek team ahead. Markus Howard was again the most outstanding player in the local group with 24 points, followed by Costello with 16 and Marinkovic with 14. At Panathinaikos Derrick Williams was the top scorer with 19 points.
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