2024-01-19 23:16:10
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Mike James (Monaco’s Twitter)
The 22nd round of the Euroleague continued tonight (Friday) with four meetings, the first to win was Zhelgiris Kovna, which stopped Fenerbahce’s gallop. The Turks lost after three consecutive victories in Europe’s top factory and dropped to 9:13. For the Lithuanians, who recorded a great 75:98, it was the eighth victory of the season, compared to no less than 14 losses.
a surprise? You can say, yes. Scotty Wilvkin, ex-Maccabi, scored 22 points and gave 6 assists, Keenan Evans, another ex of the Israeli champion, scored 21 and gave 7 assists for the winner. Yam Madar did not score any points, when he took one rebound and gave a single assist in about 13 minutes on the floor at Zalgirio Arena.
Later, came the main and sensational result of the evening. Monaco inflicted a rare loss on Real Madrid this season, and did so hugely with an impressive 76:98 home win. Mike James starred for the winner with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, Jordan Lloyd also impressed in a big way with 19 points, Monaco with victory number 12 of the season against 10 losses.
For the Blancos, leaders of the Euroleague table, it was only the third loss from the start of the European season, against 19 victories. Dejanan Moussa and Rudy Fernandez were the only ones who relatively played for the European champions, who recorded their second loss in a row in all competitions, after being defeated against Murcia in the Spanish league.
In the last two games, Panathinaikos and Valencia also achieved important victories. The greens continued their upward trend with 71:84 over Partizan Belgrade, for them it was the 14th victory of the season against 8 losses. The Serbs have an even balance of 11 wins against 11 losses.
In the game that closed the day of games and the cycle, Valencia beat Milan 72:84, which is moving away from the eighth with 13 losses of the season against nine wins. The Oranges, with a score of 11:11, enjoyed a quality game from another former Maccabi player who impressed tonight – Chris Jones who finished the game with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Experienced Brandon Davis also finished with 15 points for the winners.
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