Char’s triumph in Monaco – “Fenerbahce” in extra time broke the curse of the Euroleague

The deciding game of the fifth series has never been won by a road team in modern EuroLeague history, but Fenerbahce defeated Monaco 80-79 in overtime on Wednesday behind two cold-blooded 3-pointers from Nick Calathes.

The Istanbul club closed the quarter-final series 3-2 and after a 5-year break became one of the four strongest Euroleague clubs.

Before that, the home team had won the decisive fifth game of the series as many as 19 times out of as many possible ones. This time it was different.

It is worth noting that Fenerbahçe, which fired Dimitris Itoudis in the middle of the season, was only in 12th place in the Euroleague at that time, but Shar turned the ship of the Istanbul team around and will play in the final four of the Euroleague for the fourth year in a row (before that – three times as Barcelona’s helmsman).

On Wednesday, he also threw a recovered Johnathan Motley into the fight in Monaco, but the points of Donatas Motiejūnas, who played well, allowed Monaco to take the lead (40:32).

Until the end of the third quarter, when the unexpected weapon of “Fenerbahçe” Tarikas Biberović played a fantastic stretch of 8 points in a row (55:56).

The fourth quarter started curiously. For unknown reasons, the match was stopped for at least ten minutes.

In the penultimate minute, Fenerbahce had an advantage that could not be eliminated in one attack (63:67), but Mike James scored a three-pointer, Elie Okobo added a two-pointer, and Monaco was already in the lead (68:67).

Scottie Wilbekin then managed to hit a three-pointer off the board (68:70), but E.Okobo equalized the result (70:70). Extension.

During the overtime, Monaco was already in the lead, when Nick Calathes, who is far from famous for his long shots, tied the score with a three-pointer from the edge (77:77).

M. James scored two, but N. Calathes nailed another long shot (79:80).

Monaco’s last attack stalled and Fenerbahçe triumphed.

The great D. Motiejūnas did not save the “Monaco” club either. Aukštaūgis from Lithuania scored 16 points (5/7 doubles, 1/2 triples, 3/4 penalties), grabbed 7 rebounds and collected 20 utility points in 29 minutes.

D-Mo was second only to M. James, who scored 20 points (3/7 doubles, 3/5 triples, 5/6 penalties), but also committed 5 errors, including a failed defensive risk at the end against N. Calathes. .

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