AS Monaco has been rolling of late with a great run of results. But not even head coach Sasa Obradovic or star guard Mike James could believe what the team did in its 102-80 victory over Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Friday night.
Monaco surprised itself with “best game” of season
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“It was the best game we’ve played so far,” said Obradovic, whose team has now won nine of its last 12 games for a 15-14 record. But the biggest surprise was that Monaco was able to grab the tiebreaker with Efes, after having lost the first matchup in Round 11 in Istanbul 98-77.
“If somebody would have told me that we would be attacking this 21-point point loss from Istanbul I would have never believed it. But it actually happened,” said Obradovic, who watched his team score a club record in the EuroLeague for points in a non-overtime game - only being bested by the 107 points scored in overtime in Round 15 against Zalgiris Kaunas.
James admitted after the game that the beating by Efes back in mid-November felt even worse than it was, which is why he didn’t even realize Monaco had a chance to win the tiebreaker until late in the game.
“It felt like we got beat by 40 the first time. So I didn’t even know the point difference until like 3 minutes left,” said James, who scored a game-high 27 points, including the three free throws with 7.1 seconds left to secure the tiebreaker.