Mitrovic's Monaco defeated by Real: They lost by 25 points, then took the lead, but they couldn't pull off a surprise

They lost by 25 points in the 1st half, managed to turn it around and take the lead in the last quarter, but they couldn't pull off a surprise - Monaco's basketball players lost tonight in Madrid to Real 94:86 in the 3rd round of the Euroleague.

Real led 11:1 at the start, scored 1 points in the 30st quarter, in the middle of the 2nd after Rudi Fernandes' three-pointer had a plus 25 (44:19), but Monaco managed to reduce the deficit to a tolerable 12 points by the time they went to rest ( 51:39).

In the 2nd half, we saw a great match, Monaco fought, did not give up, but still was not rewarded for their efforts.

The guests from Monte Carlo equalized at 4:17 until the end of the match when Will Thomas hit a three-pointer (81:81), who in the next attack also scored for two and brought a turnaround - 83:81.

It was the only leadership of Zvezdan Mitrović's team. Real managed to take the lead again, and after Rudi Fernandes' three-pointer 62 seconds before the end, to break the tie.

The most effective for Real was Jabusele with 18 points. Kozer scored 12.

At Monaco, 24 points from James, 12 from Hall, and 11 from Thomas.

Monaco suffered their first defeat in the Euroleague, and already on Friday they welcome Barcelona.