AS Monaco vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna

2020-21Regular SeasonRound 9

AS Monaco 68

Virtus Segafredo Bologna 74

December 09, 2020 CET: 19:00

Local time: 19:00 STADE LOUIS II

Virtus clinches first place in comeback win

In one of the most unbelievable comebacks of the season, Virtus Segafredo Bologna rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to down AS Monaco 68-74 at Stade Louis II in Group C on Wednesday. Virtus remained undefeated, improving to 8-0 in the standings and clinching first place in Group C. Monaco dropped to 5-3 but could qualify to the Top 16 in this round depending on other results. Monaco led 40-22 at halftime but Virtus got within 56-47 after 30 minutes and Kyle Weems gave the guests their first lead, 68-70, with 21.5 seconds left. Monaco did not score in crunch time while Milos Teodosic and Stefan Markovic sealed the outcome from the foul line. Julian Gamble led the winners with 15 points. Weems added 13 and Teodosic 12 for Virtus. Dee Bost led Monaco with 17 points. Marcos Knight added 13 and Mathias Lessort 10.

.@Virtusbo, @Amar7Alibegovic can FLY... Here's the proof! #7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/6P5gNrscqk
— 7DAYS EuroCup (@EuroCup) December 9, 2020

Lessort hit a layup, Jaleel O'Brien a triple Knight a jumper for a 7-0 Monaco start. Josh Adams scored first for Virtus and Amar Alibegovic exploded a huge put-back dunk before Bost struck twice from downtown to make it 13-6. Gamble dunked in traffic but Lessort and Knight boosted the lead to 17-8. Wilfried Yeguete and Amedeo Tessitori traded baskets, then Nikola Rebic and Abdoulaye Ndoye buried threes for a 25-10 Monaco lead after 10 minutes. Teodosic went coast-to-coast early in the second quarter but Yeguete matched it with a dunk off a steal. Teodosic kept pacing Virtus and Weems followed a jumper with a reverse layup but Darral Willis and Knight kept Monaco way ahead, 32-18. Vince Hunter answered with a dunk-and-free throw that Rebic matched from beyond the arc before O'Brien and Willis pushed the hosts to a 40-22 halftime lead. Giampaolo Ricci and Weems each scored down low to give Virtus hope at 40-26 right after the break. Knight and Bost answered from beyond the arc and Knight added a fallaway jumper but Gamble, Ricci and Awudu Abass got the guests even closer, 48-36. Bost and Rebic rescued Monaco, forcing Virtus to call timeout at 54-38, after which Ricci and Alessandro Pajola ignited a 0-7 run that Weems capped with a triple, bringing Virtus within 54-45. Bost and Hunter fixed the score at 56-47 after 30 minutes. Abass struck from downtown early in the fourth quarter and Pajola matched layups with Lessort for a 58-52 score. Bost hit a big triple but Gamble dunked and Teodosic added a three-point play to make it 62-57 with under 6 minutes left. O'Brien stepped up with a reverse layup for Monaco but dunks by Abass and Gamble kept Virtus within 66-61. Abass hit free throws and Teodosic buried a three-pointer that forged a 66-66 tie with 1:48 left. After Lessort hit free throws and Gamble dunked, Weems put back a miss to give Virtus its first lead, 68-70, with 21.5 seconds remaining. Monaco then turned the ball over, which allowed Teodosic and Markovic to seal the outcome from the foul line.

.@Virtusbo, @TheRealJG45 is not one to be messed with #7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/fPPiphEPnE
— 7DAYS EuroCup (@EuroCup) December 9, 2020

Pivotal performer

Weems did a little bit of everything to sustain the Virtus comeback and sealed it with the most critical shot in this game. He finished it with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals for a PIR of 14.

Game-changing moment

A 2-13 finishing run allowed Virtus to win the game. Abass hit free throws, Teodosic downed a three-pointer, Gamble dunked and Weems banked in a close jumper off a critical offensive rebound for a 68-70 lead. Teodosic and Markovic sealed the win from the foul line.

Stellar stat

Virtus hit 8-of-25 field goal attempts (32.0%) in the first half, getting 4 assists and 9 turnovers. Everything changed in the second half, in which Virtus downed 18-of-28 shots (64.3%), adding 12 assists and just 5 turnovers.

Did you know?

Virtus remains undefeated against Monaco with four wins in as many games. Virtus previously beat Monaco 72-81 in Monaco on December 17, 2019, and twice in Bologna: 77-75 on October 20, 2019, and 94-85 on October 21, 2020, the latter earlier this season.

Next game

Both teams return to EuroCup action on Wednesday, December 16. Monaco visits Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar while a few hours later Virtus welcomes already-eliminated Telenet Antwerp Giants.

Milos Teodosic - Virtus Segafredo Bologna (photo Monaco) - EC20

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: FOUFIS, IOANNIS; NIKOLIC, UROS; HADZIC, DENIS

Attendance: 0

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
AS Monaco	25	15	16	12
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	10	12	25	27

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
AS Monaco	25	40	56	68
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	10	22	47	74

AS Monaco

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	BOST, DEE	32:46	17	1/3	4/11	3/4	1	2	3	4		4		1	1	5	13
2	CHOUPAS, YOHAN	3:05			0/1			1	1			1					-1
3	DEMAHIS, RUDY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	INGLIS, DAMIEN	16:22	3	0/2		3/4	2	1	3	1	1	1			1	3	6
9	KNIGHT, MARCOS	29:26	13	3/7	2/4	1/2	2	2	4	7	2	3		2	5	2	11
11	NDOYE, ABDOULAYE	10:36	3		1/3		1	1	2	1	1		1		2		4
13	RATTON, JORDAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	YEGUETE, WILFRIED	10:04	4	2/2			1	3	4	1	1	1			3	1	7
21	WILLIS, DARRAL	23:37	2	1/2			1	4	5	1		3		1		1	4
22	O'BRIEN, JALEEL	30:22	8	1/3	1/2	3/4	1	3	4	1		2			4	3	6
26	LESSORT, MATHIAS	23:48	10	3/4		4/9	1		1	1	2	2			3	7	10
44	REBIC, NIKOLA	19:54	8	1/4	2/7			1	1	1		3			2	1	-2
	Team						3	5	8			1					7
	Totals	200:00	68	12/27	10/28	14/23	13	23	36	18	7	21	1	4	21	23	65
				44.4%	35.7%	60.9%

Head coach: MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

Virtus Segafredo Bologna

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	TESSITORI, AMEDEO	6:36	2	1/1								1	1		1	1	2
1	DERI, LORENZO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	ABASS, AWUDU	22:28	9	2/2	1/3	2/2		3	3	1		2	1		2	2	10
6	PAJOLA, ALESSANDRO	15:16	4	2/2	0/1			1	1		2	3			1	1	3
7	ALIBEGOVIC, AMAR	10:39	2	1/3	0/1		1		1				1		2		-1
9	MARKOVIC, STEFAN	24:27	2	0/1	0/1	2/2		4	4	4	1				3	1	7
11	RICCI, GIAMPAOLO	23:26	8	2/3	1/3	1/2	1	4	5	1				1	2	2	9
14	ADAMS, JOSH	12:07	2	1/1	0/1			2	2	1	2	2			1		3
32	HUNTER, VINCE	12:44	5	2/3		1/1		3	3	2	1				3	2	9
34	WEEMS, KYLE	25:16	13	4/8	1/3	2/2	2	1	3	3	3	1			2	1	14
44	TEODOSIC, MILOS	26:32	12	2/3	1/6	5/5		3	3	4	1	3			3	6	14
45	GAMBLE, JULIAN	20:29	15	6/7		3/6	1	1	2		1	2	1		3	5	15
	Team							2	2								2
	Totals	200:00	74	23/34	4/19	16/20	5	24	29	16	11	14	4	1	23	21	87
				67.6%	21.1%	80%

Head coach: DJORDJEVIC, SASA

Head Coaches

MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN

AS Monaco

"First of all, congratulations to Virtus, who showed one more time that they are one of the best teams in the EuroCup. Congrats to my guys, too, because they really showed great basketball for, I think, 30-35 minutes. Things like boxing out, missing some layups at the end of the game, made us lose the game. But for me, the problem is more complicated because we lost a player for our rotation. We lost Abdou (Abdoulaye Ndoye) and now we play without Rob (Gray) and it is very difficult, in the end, to rotate the team. Even on the last two offenses without Marcos (Knight), we couldn't finish in some normal way. But about the energy, about everything tonight, we played, I think, a very good game. I am absolutely... how can I say it? Of course, we lost the game and I cannot feel good. But how we played, how we fought and showed the energy for 35 minutes, it was at a good level. I hope that you understand who's who on the court, who is Teodosic, who is Markovic, who is Weems, who is Adams even if he didn't play too much; the high level of their players. My guys, they tried to play hard on offense and defense. One more time, unfortunately, maybe we deserved the victory but this is sports. Three days ago, we won a game after being minus-18 at halftime and today, we lost the game. This is sports, this is life, and we continue."

DJORDJEVIC, SASA

Virtus Segafredo Bologna

"Great win. Great three quarters. In the first quarter, we were probably still on the plane. We arrived at the hotel at 3:30 due to some problems with the plane, but I am just happy for the win, happy for my players, for the way they hustled, the way they showed togetherness, and how they managed to get this win in that way. This is a great way of showing what we stand for, what this group of people who are on this trip stand for. And that's it. We just keep moving on in the EuroCup, that is one of our goals, still going to be. Great defense for three quarters."

Players

LESSORT, MATHIAS

AS Monaco

"It's a tough loss. Last week, we had the same game but the roles were inverted and we made a huge comeback. Today, we were on the other side of the story, so it is a tough loss, yes. They adjusted to our defense and we didn't adjust to their defense and the way they were playing, and that cost us a lot. It was a big fight but we made some mistakes that we cannot do at the end of the game. We lost the fourth quarter 12-27. That's a lot of points in the fourth quarter, and we made a lot of mistakes, basic stuff: box out, offensive rebounds, turnovers. It is tough to lose like this."

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