At the Salle Gaston Medecin Monk the hosts lose Game 1 of the playoff series against Fenerbahce who manages to snatch the victory in overtime 91-95. The Box Score: Okobo 19, James 16, Loyd 16, Motiejunas 12, Diallo 10 for the Monk; Hayes-Davis 19, Calathes 17, Sestina 16, Dorsey 13, Guduric 11.
The match. External shot from coach Sarunas Jasikevicius’ team who fails to close it out in regulation minutes. Not even at 76-80 which seemed to have steered the match towards the Turks. Instead, Monaco manages to catch up with their opponents and Guduric misses the winning basket. It’s overtime. In the final five additional minutes, Calathes and Hayes-Davis took over, making three consecutive bombs. Fenerbahce took control, this time managing to repel Monaco’s latest comeback attempt.
Interval. Monaco leads for 46-37 after 20′. Elie Okobo led the hosts with 9 points and Mike James with 8 points and 2 assists. Nathan Sestina scored 8 points, the best for Fenerbahce. The Turks also ended up -14 during the first half at 34-20 (26-15 the partial of the first period), but they partially managed to patch things up by reaching -7 at 42-35 before returning to -9 after 20′.
