Monaco won after extra time (95-82) in the Boulogne-Levallois hall of Victor Wembanyama (27 pts) the shock at the top of the Basketball Elite, which kept all its promises, Sunday during the 12th day. The Roca Team (11 wins for two losses), already victorious after regulation time Thursday on the floor of Real Madrid in the Euroleague (95-94), consolidates its leading position ahead of the Metropolitans 92 (9/3 like Dijon and Cholet) , who missed their chance at the end of regulation time.
They take their second loss in a row after the one suffered in Roanne on Tuesday (102-77). Vincent Collet’s team had indeed twice the opportunity to win in the last minute, but the Puerto Rican point guard Tremond Waters managed only one of his two free throws (76-76) before miss, behind the arc, the victory shot three seconds from the siren.
In extra time, which it largely won (19-6), Monaco, deprived of its leader Jordan Loyd who broke his nose against Real, made the depth of his bench and his talent speak. In particular that of Elie Okobo, author of the award-winning shot which definitively knocked out Boulogne-Levallois (91-79 with 1 min 20 sec from the end). The international rear (28 pts) had already been decisive in the return of his team, which experienced a delay in ignition (13-26 at the end of the 1st quarter). Before equalizing 1 min 57 sec from the end with an award-winning shot from Okobo (73-73), precisely.
32 reviews for Wembanyama
Wembanyama finished with 27 points (11/20), 11 rebounds and three steals for a total rating of 32. before the match, for which he set the tone, spearheading his team’s excellent first quarter. At the end of which he had already scored 10 points, including this delicious basket after working his defender and taking a small step back (6th, 15-7).
“Wemby” was better contained in the second quarter, in particular by the two-man catches of Yoann Makoundou and John Brown which pushed him to play a little further from the basket, where he experienced more waste (2/ 6 shooting). In the last quarter, it was he who scored the first basket of the Mets 92, while the ASM had returned to a length (63-62). Before registering a furious “dunk” making the public rise to give his team a four-point lead (71-67, 37th), who however (like him) did not keep up the pace in overtime.
