His coming Vasilis Spanoulis on the bench of Monaco has launched the Monegasques, who are sweeping at Euroleague. Their new victim was Sarunas Jasikevicius’ Fenerbahce, which they destroyed 99-69 in Turkey for the 15th game.
Vassilis Spanoulis celebrated his first managerial win over former teammate Sarounas Jasikevicius as Monaco went 10-5 and went full for home-court advantage in the Euroleague playoffs.
At 10-5 is also Fenerbahce, which has been hit by injuries and saw Monaco put on a show of strength at home.
Mike James with 21 points, 5 assists, Eli Okobo with 15 points, 4 assists and Donatas Motiejunas with 9 points, 11 rebounds stood out for the Monegasques, while Nigel Hayes-Davies (26 points with 8/11 two-pointers, 1/ 8 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 2 assists) was saved by the Turks.
THE DECADES: 19-17, 38-43, 54-72, 69-99.
FENERBACHT (Jasikevicius): Baldwin 13 (3/11 2-pointers, 0/2 3-pointers, 7/8 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 4 turnovers), Meli 2, Sanli 10 (2/2 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 2 thefts), Mace 2, Mahmutoglu, Hayes-Davis 28 (9/12 2-pointers, 1/9 3-pointers, 7/8 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul), Biberovic 7 (2/7 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 2 errors), Goodrich 2 (3 errors), Colson 1, Birch 4 (9 rebounds, 1 assist)
MONACO (Spanoulis): Okombo 19 (1/2 three-pointer, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 errors), Blossomgame 11 (1/1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds), Lloyd 12 (2), Papagiannis 6 (2 rebounds, 2 assists), Jaite 2, Motiegiounas 9 (11 rebounds), Tarpy 5 (1/1 3-pointer, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block), Bejarin, Brown 9 (3 rebounds), Strazel 5 (0/2 3-pointers, 3 assists, 1 steal), James 21 (3/ 7 2-pointers, 3/6 3-pointers, 6/6 shots, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 fouls)
Fenerbahce’s team statistics: 21/42 2-pointers, 4/21 3-pointers, 15/20 shots, 33 rebounds (18 defensive – 15 offensive), 9 assists, 6 steals, 11 turnovers, 1 block.
Monaco’s team stats: 27/43 2-pointers, 8/17 3-pointers, 21/24 shots, 34 rebounds (26 defensive – 8 offensive), 20 assists, 7 steals, 7 turnovers, 1 block.