In a showdown loaded with playoffs implications between two of the seven teams tied for fifth place, Olympiacos (10-8) will look to maintain its momentum by gaining a fourth straight win with a visit from Monaco (10-8), which has stumbled by losing three of its last five.
Game Notes: Olympiacos vs. Monaco



Mike James had with 24 points and 6 assists when Monaco beat the Reds 85-77 in Round 11, and Olympiacos will look for the defensive hustle of Thomas Walkup and Nigel Williams-Goss to slow down James and backcourt teammate Elie Okobo. The versatility of big man Moustapha Fall will also present a problem to Monaco, with the giant center averaging 4.8 assists in the last four
- In 2023 Final Four semifinals in Kaunas, Olympiacos came from 12 points down to beat Monaco 76-62. Kostas Papanikolaou had 15 points and 8 rebounds in that game.
- Monaco and Olympiacos have met 11 times starting in November 2021, and Monaco leads their series 6-5.
- Olympiacos ousted Monaco 3-2 in the 2022 playoffs. Olympiacos won Games 1 and 3, while Monaco took Games 2 and 4. In the deciding fifth game, Olympiacos rallied to pull out a 94-88 win with Shaquielle McKissic scoring 18 points.
- Olympiacos big man Moustapha Fall played under Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the 2018-19 season.
- Olympiacos center Moustapha Fall played for Monaco during the 2014-15 season, in the French second division.
- Monaco's Terry Tarpey, Elie Okobo and Yakuba Ouattara were teammates of Moustapha Fall on the French national team at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- Monaco's John Brown was a teammate of Olympiacos guard Isaiah Canaan at UNICS Kazan for the two seasons, from 2020 to 2022. They helped the team reach the 2021 7DAYS EuroCup Finals.
- Monaco's Donatas Motiejunas was a teammate of Olympiacos's Ignas Brazdeikis on the Lithuanian national team at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- Monaco's Petr Cornelie and Olympiacos guard Nigel Wiliams-Goss were teammates at Real Madrid last season and they won the 2023 EuroLeague title together.
- In Game 5 of the 2023 playoffs, Monaco's Yakuba Ouattara scored 15 points by making a career-best 5 three-point shots against Olympiacos.
- Monaco guard Mike James recorded a career-high 5 steals playing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz against Olympiacos in March 2015.
- Monaco guard Matthew Strazel posted his career highs in PIR (19), points (16) and three-pointers made (5) playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against Olympiacos in March 2022.
























































































