AS Monaco (28/5) could afford failure in the French championship.
Euroleague team at home 66:79 (20:15, 20:23, 16:20, 10:21) fell against the Šolė “Basket” (16/17) team.
The Monaco club allowed themselves to save money before the decisive Euroleague playoff match. Among the ten players registered for the match, there are as many as five doubles, and the combination board is entrusted to the Ukrainian Sergej Gladyr, who usually assists Saša Obradović.
Donatas Motiejunas was not registered for the game, as were Mike James, Jordan Lloyd, Elie Okobo, Jaron Blossomgame, John Brown and Alpha Diallo.
The top scorer in this match was Matthew Strazel who scored 16 points (5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2/8 three-pointers), Mouhammadou Jaiteh added 13 (7 rebounds), Mohammad Amini (8 rebounds) added 12. ), Petras Cornelie (9 rebounds) and Yakuba Ouattara each have 11.
Neal Sako (8 rebounds), 14 – Vojtech Hruban (7/9 doubles), 13 – Emmanuel Nzekwesi, 11 – TJCampbell (2/5 threes, 5 rebounds, 11 assists) scored 15 points for the winners. . The talented Tidjane Salaun, who is preparing for the draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA), scored 2 points in 20 minutes.
AS Monaco have already secured top spot in France, while the Cholla club have moved up to eighth place to boost their play-off hopes.
The Monaco club will play their most important match of the season so far on Wednesday when they host Fenerbahçe Istanbul at home. At the moment, the result of the EuroLeague quarterfinal series up to three wins is tied at 2:2.
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