Villeurbanne – Monaco 75-100: tie at home

Almost two months ago, Villeurbanne needed William Howard’s great buzzer beater to win in Monaco. This time, at Astroballe, the story was very different as Sasa Obradovic’s team was impressive and clinched the ‘double’ with characteristic ease.

The Reds created a double-digit difference at the end of the first half, which they quickly increased after the break thanks to impressive two-point (62.5%) and three-point (58.8%) odds. ).

Among the winners was Alpha Diallo, with the former Lavrio player having 17 points (with 7/11 shots and 2/2 shots), 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 errors in 27’22” of attendance.

The race

The fast pace of the game didn’t seem to bother either opponent. On the contrary, both seemed comfortable given the high percentages they had on kid shoots. Gradually, of course, the Monaco triad made the difference. The reason for Mike James – Dwayne Bacon – Donatas Motiejounas to score 36 points by the end of the first half was the main reason behind Monaco’s +10 (41-51) at halftime.

And when everyone was waiting for the hosts to counterattack in the second half, it never happened. On the contrary, Sasa Obradovic’s players pushed even harder on the accelerator and got away with differences that could no longer be bridged. The +21 (50-71) in the 27th minute of the game essentially wrote the epilogue, Monaco remained undefeated until the final and clinched victory in the Astroballe.

THE REFEREES: Boltauser – Mogulkots – Haliko.

THE TEN MINUTES: 24-27, 41-51, 58-76, 75-100.

VILLARBAN (Parker): Okombo 10 (1 three points, 5 assists), Jones 9 (1 three points, 4 assists), County 3 (1), Lacombe 3 (1), Dio 3, Knight 19 (8/11 two points, 1/3 three points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul), Risache, Gist 2, Fal 2, Osetkowski 15 (2), Strazel 3, Antetokunbo 6 (2 rebounds, 2 errors).

MONACO (Obradovic): Li 5 (1 three points, 3 assists), Bacon 21 (7/14 two points, 1/1 three points, 4/4 shots, 6 rebounds), Thomas 2 (6 rebounds, 3 assists), Diallo 17 (6/9 two points, 1/2 three points, 2/2 shots, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors), Boutsiel 3, Motiegounas 22 (9/10 two points, 1/2 shots, 1 /3 shots, 4 rebounds), Watara 10 (2), Faye, Andjusic, James 20 (3/3 two points, 4/7 three points, 2/2 shots, 7 assists).

Group Stats – Villeurbanne: 18/36 two points, 7/19 three points, 18/23 shots, 20 rebounds (10 defensive + 10 offensive), 16 assists, 4 steals, 10 errors, 2 blocks.

Group Stats – Monaco: 30/48 two points, 10/17 three points, 10/13 shots, 33 rebounds (21 defensive + 12 offensive), 21 assists, 4 steals, 9 errors, 2 blocks.

The next commitments of the two teams: In three nights, Villeurbanne will play another home game, this time against Red Star (21/1, 10pm), while Monaco will travel to Russia to face Zenit (20/1, 7pm).