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“Fourth time in playoffs for the fourth season of the club in the Euroleague, we have to be proud of it”hammers Mike James at the microphone of Euroleague TV. Of course, there are sometimes a lot of things to say about the level displayed by AS Monaco (again this Thursday evening), on its mental consistency but La Roca Team is where it wanted to be: victorious 83-78 in Villeurbanen, she locked her place in the top 4 of the Euroleague!
Thus, for the third year in a row, the Principality club will have the advantage of the field in the quarter -final. Which was its only objective by landing at the astroballe. “We know each other so well with Asvel that it was difficult”blows Mike James, who has honored his MVP status of competition (20 points at 5/11 and 7 assists), also becoming the second in history with free throws (1,139), just behind Nando de Colo (1,144), exceeding … his coach Vassilis Spanoulis (1,132). “However, we had to seek this advantage of the field. Offering it for a third consecutive time is really not easy to accomplish. We will be able to savor this for two days before switching to the playoffs. »»
Well in place after 12 minutes (16-29), AS Monaco could have made its task easier. But the Monegasques underwent the desire of Villeurbannais to go and win their victory record: the double-doubles of Andre Roberson (14 points and 12 rebounds) and Neal Sako (20 points and 11 rebounds) carried the ASVEL to a tight end of the match, where they nevertheless remained too short. “I'm proud of the guys, they fought well”proclaims the coach Pierric Poupet, who will now be able to launch his team towards his last objective of the season: to recover his throne in France, three years after his last coronation, failing to have managed this 14th continental victory.
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Until then, ASM will still have great European deadlines, facing the 5th, which remains to be determined between anadolu Efes Istanbul, Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. “We did not play as we wanted but we showed character”appuie Vassilis Spanoulis. “I have to congratulate my team for this fourth. We will have to show more hardness to reach a better level but we will be ready for the playoffs. »»
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