Vassilis Spanoulis’s team delivered a solid performance to win easily in Istanbul.
Monaco cruises past Fenerbahce, 69-99
Game Report
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Round 15 of 34
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AS Monaco grabbed a big road win at the top of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings by thrashing Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 69-99. The two teams are now level at 10-5 in a share of second place, with the Turkish team having lost three of its last four games.
There was little between the teams in the first half, which finished with Monaco holding a 38-43 lead. The visitors raced to an 18-point lead at the end of the third and weren’t troubled after that. Monaco’s backcourt stars all stepped up, with Mike James pairing 21 points with 5 assists, Elie Okobo scoring 19 and Jordan Loyd contributing 12, while big man Donatas Motiejunas provided 9 points and 11 rebounds. Nigel Hayes-Davis paced Fenerbahce with 28 points, Wade Baldwin added 13 and Sertac Sanli scored 10.
Game Videos
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Real Madrid-AS Monaco | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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James finds Cornelie! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:58
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Vassilis Spanoulis: 'Every time, we are better and better'
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AS Monaco-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:13
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Okobo to Papagiannis alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Vassilis Spanoulis: 'We have patience'
- 01:32
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Mike James: 'Just happy to get a win'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-AS Monaco | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Okobo on the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bonzie Colson brings his skills to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
- 00:34
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What a chasedown block from Loyd! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 01:23
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Vassilis Spanoulis: 'The sky is the limit for Juhann Begarin'
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AS Monaco-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:30
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What a block from Jordan Loyd! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Papagiannis dunks after a brilliant pass from James! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:27
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'I learned a valuable lesson'
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Real Madrid-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 02:52
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Vassilis Spanoulis: 'You can tell this is a good team'
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-AS Monaco | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Papagiannis blocks the way! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Blossomgame’s explosive slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: Monthly MVP candidates, Milan impressing, and more
- 01:02
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Elie Okobo: 'We were sharing the ball way more than usual'
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AS Monaco-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:10
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Okobo with the reverse layup! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Blossomgame goes from defense to offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:28
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Marko Guduric: 'I don’t know how we pulled this one out'
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 4: The Belgrade derby, Paris's form and much more
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EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Time to rebuild
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:27
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Marko Guduric: 'Since 2019, we hadn't won here!'
- 00:21
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Colson stops Mitchell! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zagars's acrobatic layup! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:01
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Elie Okobo: 'It’s time to start a winning streak'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz–AS Monaco | RS Round 10 highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade| RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:25
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'His negativity is what fuels me'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich| RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:07
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Saras Jasikevicius: 'We have a great group of guys'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:26
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Georgios Papagiannis: 'It was a team effort'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-AS Monaco | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:24
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Papagiannis seals the win! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Loyd and Motiejunas gave Monaco a fast start inside, but the inevitable Hayes-Davis scored 5 points in a row and Sanli added a triple for an 8-4 lead. Motiejunas stopped the 8-0 run and Terry Tarpey netted from deep, before Hayes-Davis and Georgios Papagiannis traded inside scores for an 11-11 tie. Vitto Brown’s three-pointer was answered by floaters from Baldwin and Hayes-Davis, and close-range finishes from Jaron Blossomgame and Khem Birch ended the first quarter at 19-17.
Marko Guduric opened the second quarter with a mid-range jumper before Blossomgame answered from deep. Sanli and James netted jumpers, but 4 fast points from Baldwin kept Fenerbahce ahead, 27-22. Brown’s three-point play and Tarpey’s transition bucket tied it up, and Loyd’s triple completed an 0-8 run for a 27-30 lead. Baldwin and James traded layups before free throws sent Monaco up 29-35. Sanli hit another triple, Blossomgame and Okobo netted inside, and Tarik Biberovic struck a triple on the halftime buzzer to make it 38-43.
Loyd’s triple opened the second half scoring, and James’s free throws briefly made it a double-digit game, 38-48. Nicolo Melli’s mid-range strike and Birch’s putback boosted Fenerbahce, but soon James hit a triple and Papagiannis produced two dunks to make it 46-61. Brown added a mid-range strike to complete a 0-9 run, which was snapped by Hayes-Davis and Sanli. But Okobo kept pushing Monaco, netting a triple on the third quarter buzzer to make it 54-72.
Okobo stayed hot with an inside score to start the final period, before Hayes-Davis gave Fenerbahce hope with 5 fast points. Matthew Strazel answered with a three-point play, before Biberovic and Hayes-Davis pulled it back to 63-79 with 7 minutes left. James hit a triple and Blossomgame added a tip-in to make it 63-84, removing any doubt over the outcome long before the final buzzer. James hit another deep strike, Blossomgame exploded a putback slam and Monaco completed a perfect night as Mam Jaiteh returned from injury to help complete the rout.
