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Betclic Elite final: corrected by Monaco, Mets and Wembanyama already under pressure

2023-06-10T21:02:30.448Z

Highlights: Victor Wembanyama's Mets lost heavily (87-64) on Saturday night in Monaco in the first set of the champion's final. The long-awaited duel at the top between the leader of the regular season - Monaco - and its runner-up has come to an end. The dream in nightmare for the Metropolitans. Only Armel Traoré, injured a knee in November and absent until March, escapes the general slump, with 15 points - including some dunks - and 6 rebounds.


Victor Wembanyama's Mets lost heavily (87-64) on Saturday night in Monaco in the first set of the champion's final.


Sitting on the bench, Victor Wembanyama takes his head in his hands. Completely incredulous. Groggy! Half-time has not yet been whistled but the game is already over. The long-awaited duel at the top between the leader of the regular season - Monaco - and its runner-up has come to an end. The hoped-for feat turned into a rout. The dream in nightmare for the Metropolitans. We suspected that the mission would be complicated, it seems impossible.

Overwhelmed in all the compartments of the game, and perhaps caught up by the stakes, Vincent Collet's players were crushed, humiliated, scattered like a puzzle (87-64), Saturday night, in Monaco during the first round of the final of Betclic Elite. The reaction late in the game and a 3-point shot by Barry Brown at the buzzer will not change that.

THIS INCREDIBLE SEQUENCE IN MONACO 😱😱

Lightning struck ⚡️ #FinalsBetclicELITE#LNBextra @ASMonaco_Basket pic.twitter.com/PDmKFShaeY

— LNB (@LNBofficiel) June 10, 2023

"You have to learn to play with fear," Steeve Ho You Fat told beIN Sports after the rout. The weapons, the strategy, we have them but we have to learn to manage these matches. We have to keep our heads up and fight to the end. »

Monaco, beaten three times in the final of the championship (2018, 2019 and 2022), seems to decide to stop this black series. To finally write his name on the list of winners of the event after having done it in the Coupe de France in April. The ogre of the Betclic Elite - with its 20 million budget and constellation of stars - and 3rd in the prestigious Euroleague left no hope to the Metropolitans under the gaze of Prince Albert II. The absences of Donta Hall and Chima Moneke - sidelined by the coach due to League regulations that do not allow more than 6 non-locally trained players on the match sheet - will not have weighed in.

The suspense did not last long, barely more than two minutes. Time to see Victor Wembanyama succeed in an authoritarian counter in front of Donatas Motiejunas. This will be the only brightening of the Mets and their star. After leading 0-2 and then 2-4, they were further stifled by the power of the Monegasques. Still in the game after 10 minutes (23-15), the partners of Lahaou Konaté collapse completely thereafter. Unable to set the target and stop the Monegasque offensive waves. The second quarter turned into a demonstration. The dots scroll. Monaco slams a humiliating and crippling (29-6) in 10 minutes. The gap at the break is 31 points. That's more than the Mets' total points scored (21!). He will climb to 36 units (78-56, 25th).

⚡️ INCREDIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF MONACO!

🇲🇨 La Roca Team leads 1-0 in these #FinalesBetclicELITE 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kMknEUQQQJ

— LNB (@LNBofficiel) June 10, 2023

Only Armel Traoré, injured a knee in November and absent until March, holds his rank, escapes the general slump, with 15 points - including some dunks - and 6 rebounds. Victor Wembanyama had to settle for 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists. Far from the usual standards of the best player of the season and probable future number 1 of the NBA Draft.

The end of the game will allow Collet to rotate his squad, spare his executives and give playing time to other players in anticipation of the next meeting on Monday. Despite the correction and the final gap, the Mets are only led one set to nothing. Collet knows that turnarounds are possible in a best-of-5 series. But his players will have to show a more conquering face, during act 2 of this duel Monday, if they want to revive hopes and suspense before receiving at Roland-Garros, Thursday 15, and offer Wembanyama an exit in apotheosis. They have less than 48 hours to find the solutions.

Source: leparis

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