Having fallen for the second time in a row after Barcelona, the Roca Team will travel to Serbia on Friday, to play for Red Star Belgrade.
Faced with Bayern Munich who had long had a maddening three-point success, Monaco almost overturned a very poorly started match on Wednesday, but finally lost in the final moments during the 21st day of the Euroleague. While there were only eight seconds left, and Mike James had allowed his team to believe in an exploit (94-92), it was Shabazz Napier who came to dampen the hopes of the players of the principality with a prize-winning basket allowing the Bavarians to win on their floor and inflict an eighth defeat of the season on the visitors of the day.
The Germans did not miss the three-point skill in a meeting where they disgusted the Monegasques for a long time in the field. All you had to do was watch even the first quarter. The locals quickly widened the gap thanks to an insolent long-distance success (80% at 8/10). In total, they posted a 20/33 with in particular the achievements of Napier (4/5) but also of Carsen Edwards who finished as his team’s top scorer (25 pts, 4/6 at three points).
Catastrophic at the start of the match, trailing 30-13, Mike James’ teammates (20 pts), who were up to 20 points behind in the second quarter, nevertheless managed to limit the damage when they returned to the locker room (-13 to 53-40). And the Monegasques then began to sow revolt and begin their fantastic comeback, thanks in particular to the contribution of Matthew Strazel and Jordan Loyd. It was the latter who managed to equalize (88-88) two minutes from time before Mam Jaiteh allowed his team to take the lead for the first time (90-88).
Bayern remained on three defeats in a row
Mike James then kept the hope alive for a while, before Napier came out with a final three-point shot, which freed the Bavarians and stunned the Monegasques who had nevertheless believed in it. Having fallen for the second time in a row after Barcelona, they will travel again on Friday, to Serbia, to Red Star Belgrade. With the aim of maintaining their place at the top of the table (3rd). Bayern, which remained on three defeats in a row, retains its 10th and last qualifying place for the “play-ins” to reach the quarter-finals.
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