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Monaco downed ALBA with energy plays

Monaco downed ALBA with energy plays

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The win lifted the club into sole possession of third place in the standings.

Regular Season

Round 29 of 34

game AS Monaco vs ALBA Berlin

Regular Season

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Overview

AS Monaco had a poor start and did not play its best game, but in the end, it used a lot of energy plays to extend the team’s winning streak to eight games.

Monaco trailed by 14 points in the first half before it charged back to lead by as many as 11 points and ended up needing one final surge to put ALBA Berlin away 82-90 and improve to a 19-10 record.

"It was not an easy game and we did not play the way we wanted to play. Even though we scored 90 points, we had a lot of mistakes.

We were too sloppy and arrogant,” said Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic. “It’s great to win any game, even when it’s not the best game.”

Monaco turned the game around with a 12-32 second quarter, which included forcing nine of ALBA’s 21 turnovers. Obradovic’s men committed only 12 turnovers and that difference led to a 36-13 advantage on points off turnovers.

The visitors were better at pushing the ball as well with 10 fastbreak points to 5 for ALBA.

Monaco won the battle of the boards only 39-33 but a major difference came on the offensive glass as the guests corralled 16 offensive rebounds to 7 for ALBA. Monaco came into the game as the third-best club in offensive rebounds with 11.5 per game while ALBA’s defense ranked second-to-last in offensive rebounds allowed at 11.2. Monaco used those extra possessions for a 14-4 cushion in second-chance points.

Add the Monaco offensive rebounds and ALBA turnovers and Monaco ended up taking 74 field goal attempts to only 54 for ALBA, which was a massive difference.

“That was not one of our prettiest games this season in the EuroLeague. But a win is a win. We have to take the good stuff and then learn from the things we didn’t do as well,” said Elie Okobo, who collected 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 6 fouls drawn and 0 turnovers for a PIR of 24.

“We came out of the game slow and no energy. That second unit came in and gave us some energy to get the game going. We kept it up from there. We were up and down at times in the game but we figured it out,” added Donta Hall, who chipped in 8 points, 6 rebounds - 4 of them offensive boards, 4 steals and 1 block.

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