Zvezdan Mitrovic's Monaco didn't have many chances when visiting Anadolu Efes, the current European champion.
Ergin Ataman's team celebrated 98:77, tied the third triumph and continued its breakthrough towards the upper half of the table, after a terrible start to the season - the team from Istanbul now has a balance of five wins and six losses, exactly the same as Monaco.
On the wings of Boboa (17 points), Larkin (14) and Moerman (14), Efes made the difference in the second quarter, which they won with a 14-point advantage (34:20), so there was no way back for the guests.
However, the most interesting detail happened seven minutes before the end when the Montenegrin coach, probably dissatisfied with the efforts of the biggest star, sent Mike James to the dressing room after a short conversation.
James, who arrived from Brooklyn this summer and left CSKA due to an argument with coach Dimitris Itudis, scored only four points and had four rebounds and assists.
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