2024-10-16 21:07:00
After two successes at home, the “Roca Team” suffered the law of FC Barcelona in Catalonia.
AS Monaco basketball suffered its first defeat of the season in the Euroleague, heavily beaten on Wednesday at the FC Barcelona arena (86-71) for its first major test of the season in the competition, on matchday 3.
The “Roca Team” withdrew on their first away match, after two home successes against Maccabi Tel-Aviv (85-79) and Milan (93-80), in a Palau Blaugrana where they won for the first time in their history in the beginning of March (77-67). Seven months later they were far from it, suffering their third defeat in all competitions of a so far sluggish season.
Monaco took water in the second half, surpassed in all sectors by the Catalans of Kevin Punter (21 points), Jabari Parker (16 points and 5 rebounds) or Jan Vesely (10 points and 6 rebounds), who surfed in their part final first period (6-0 after two losses of Monegasque balls, 47-39) which puts Sasa Obradovic’s team out of the game in the third quarter. The gap exceeded the 10-point threshold in the 24th minute (55-44), a minute after a pass from the flank by Mam Jaiteh to Mike James in midfield, symbolizing the Monegasques’ difficulty in setting up their game.
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Deprived of their injured recruits Nick Calathes and Furkan Korkmaz at the back, the latter abused forced individual solutions, notably from Mike James (11 points on 2/9 shooting) and Jordan Loyd (4 points on 2/9 shooting) . , who was playing his first game since returning last week to the club he left in the offseason. ASM was also clearly dominated in rebounds (39 to 32), leaving too many second chances to Barça (14), like these three consecutive offensive rebounds which led to Parker’s basket which relegated them by 16 points (64-48 , 28th).
Down 17 points at the end of the third quarter (71-54), they tried to come back under the guidance of Alpha Diallo (12 points and 3 interceptions) and Elie Okobo (13 points and 7 assists), but were sent back. on the ropes with a winning shot by Punter three minutes from the end (81-65).
They will try to raise their heads on Friday, at home against Virtus Bologna, the only team to have lost all their matches.
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