Mike James needed almost 30 minutes between his first and second field goal in the game but finished as Monaco’s top scorer with 19 points.
Monaco found James when it needed him most
Having reached 26 points in his first game of the season against Virtus Segrafedo Bolonia, many eyes were on Mike James before the tipoff against Efes Pilsen. “We must pay attention to their perimeter players, especially Mike James,” Anadolu Efes Istanbul head coach Ergin Ataman warned on TV.
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Well, he managed to slow him down for almost 4 quarters, with Will Clyburn - among others - doing a great defensive job on him. James scored the first bucket of the game but needed almost 30 minutes to sink his next early in the fourth quarter. Nevertheless, when Monaco needed him, he showed up as he usually does. In addition to tying the game with 28 seconds to go, James had 10 of his total 19 points in the last 8 minutes, including 6 in overtime, to push Monaco to a 2-0 record.