Injustice to Mike James, and seven takeaways from the closest playoff series / News - Basketnews.com

BasketNews Senior Staff Writer Donatas Urbonas covered all five games of the series in Monaco and Istanbul and shares his seven takeaways following a historic overtime night at Salle Gaston Medecin.

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EuroLeague experienced three Game 5 matchups in this year's playoffs, and the series betweenAS MonacoandFenerbahce Beko Istanbuldeserve credit as possibly the most exciting of this postseason.

Mike James

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BasketNews covered all five games of the series in Monaco and Istanbul and shares seven takeaways following a historic overtime night at Salle Gaston Medecin.

You can't do that with Mike James

Imagine the top scorer in EuroLeague history, the season MVP, the star player of a rising EuroLeague team, leaving a game without even touching the ball in two crucial moments during the fourth quarter and overtime.

He walked off the court in tears, probably feeling disbelief about the series outcome and the situation he found himself in.

It just doesn't make sense that

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