And now, Monaco For Olympic. The strong team of the Principality is returning to the path of the “red-whites” again this year, to the decisive final path Euroleague. Last year the two teams met in the playoffs, this year they will meet in the semi-finals. final 4 Kaunas, 19 May.

The French team beat the Greek team in both matches of the regular season this year, showing that their coach Sasha Obradovic successfully deciphered the codes of the “red-white” … computer.

What are they looking for in attack, how is Obradovic’s team defending, which beat the Red-Whites twice this year.

Impressively, Monaco won 64-60 at home on 10 January with 11 assists and 19 assists (as opposed to Olympiacos 16-15), the odds difference almost beyond the reach of a win. So what does Monaco do and make life difficult for the Red-Whites?

First, Mike James. In two meetings with the Greek team this year, the American defender had 20 and 19 points. A powerful player for his height (1.85), with a jump and a strong touch, he excels both one on one and from dribbling. Obradovic is betting heavily on this type of attack, having both Lloyd and Okobo great in this area, with the trio making up a “control tower” attack that mostly (and almost obsessively) works with pick and roll. The French team has always liked fast basketball, and the Serbian coach has gotten rid of the hype in their game in the last two years, as can be seen – especially – in James.

Defensively, the Olympiacos opponent tries to stay away from the opponent’s pick and roll and break screens because he knows he has no bodies in rotations. Blossomheim, Brown and Moneke came to somehow balance this weakness, while it should be emphasized that Monaco defends correctly and with the ball, “closing” the opponent’s circulation.

And this is confirmed by the fact that both Slukas and Vezenkov (two key attacking players of Olympiacos) did not get along with the Monegasques in two regular season matches (Slukas 10 points, Vezenkov 13 and 4).