The hosts led from start to finish
Monaco runs past Milan in opener, 93-80
Game Report
3 Mins read
AS Monaco led from start to finish and opened the new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season in style, downing the visiting EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 93-80 on Thursday night. Monaco opened the game with an 18-4 run and held a 21-point lead at halftime behind its 12 offensive rebounds. The visitors halved the lead early in the fourth quarter behind Armoni Brooks, and briefly got within single digits, but Monaco’s lead was never in danger.
Alpha Diallo paced Monaco with 20 points, Elie Okobo had 14, while Furkan Korkmaz, Mam Jaiteh and Matthew Strazel scored 10 apiece, with Jaiteh also pulling down 7 rebounds. Mike James, last season’s MVP, had 9 points and 5 assists in less than 19 minutes on the floor. For Milan, Armoni Brooks netted 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, while Neno Dimitrijevic had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Zach LeDay also scored 11, and Shavon Shields finished with 10 in the defeat.
Game Videos
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Alpha Diallo: 'It's really hard to beat us'
- 00:27
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Monaco Showtime! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Mam Jaiteh: 'If we play like this defensively, we will do good'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tarpey’s big driving dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:28
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Jaiteh’s poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:17
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From defense to slam-dunk offense! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Jaiteh’s diving hustle! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:07
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Diallo’s chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:26
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Tarpey's big block! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 00:58
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Daniel Theis: 'Matthew Strazel sets the tone for our defense'
- 00:55
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Elie Okobo: 'We showed great character today'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Theis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:11
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James turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:38
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Nikola Mirotic: 'We did this for ourselves, our fans'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:56
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Mike James: 'We can celebrate a little bit'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-AS Monaco | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Ousmane Diop with behind-the-back dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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The EuroLeague & Friends gang are joined by Nick Calathes for episode 22
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-FC Barcelona | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaron Blossomgame: 'We played Monaco basketball’
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Olympiacos Piraeus-AS Monaco | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:35
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Tonut's catch-and-shoot buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Jaiteh’s ferocious finish! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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James feeds Theis for the flush! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Mannion finds Caruso! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:20
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Okobo with a classy jumper to close the half! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:45
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Mike James: 'We played with more energy than we have been'
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AS Monaco-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:17
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Diallo with a clutch dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:24
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Theis with a monster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:17
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What a block from Blossomgame! Motorola Magic Moment:
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Paris Basketball-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Caruso comes across to block Ward! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Causeur sends up a prayer… and it drops! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-AS Monaco | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nikola Mirotic: 'I love playing here in Belgrade'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaiteh capitalizes on James’s no-look pass! Motorola Magic Moment
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Theis stops Clark! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:17
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LeDay dunks with authority! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Caruso with a very odd dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:07
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Jordan Loyd: 'We gotta build on this win'
James needed just seven seconds to score his first basket, a short pull-up jumper, while Milan needed six minutes to get its first field goal, only scoring a pair of free throws in those opening minutes. Until then, Mam Jaiteh, Furkan Korkmaz and James have opened an 11-2 lead, and a three-point play from Alpha Diallo helped open an 18-4 margin. Zach LeDay and Armoni Brooks cut into the margin a bit, but the hosts held 22-10 after the opening 10 minutes.
Monaco wasn’t slowing down in the second, too. A triple from Okobo, the first of the game, and second-chance points by Jaron Blossomgame and Vitto Brown opened a 30-12 margin. Josh Nebo inside and Shavon Shields with a three-point play gave Milan some life, but Matthew Strazel and Okobo each knocked down a three, and a second-chance layup from Motiejunas extended it to 38-18. Shields had a three-point play and LeDay had Milan’s only three-pointer of the half, but Monaco went into the break up 47-26.
Nikola Mirotic knocked down two triples in the first three minutes of the third quarter, and a transition corner triple from Giampaolo Ricci cut it to 53-39. Milan kept charging, and a three-point play by Nebo got the visitors within 55-42. But a triple from Diallo changed the momentum, sparking a 7-0 run which restored a 20-point margin. A three-pointer from Strazel helped open 66-44, before Milan scored the last five points of the quarter and cut the deficit to 66-49 entering the final 10 minutes.
Back-to-back triples from Brooks gave Milan hope, cutting it to 68-55, and forcing coach Sasa Obradovic to call a timeout. Brooks continued to be hot, scoring eight more points, including two more three-pointers, getting Milan within 73-63. Milan got the deficit into single digits, 77-68, with 4:41 left, but a second-chance three from Diallo and a three-point play from Okobo opened 85-70, and Milan did not threaten again.
