Name: Walter Tavares: 'This is a gift from God'
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

Fenerbahce Beko locked up the two seed in the EuroLeague Playoffs with a win at FC Bayern Basketball, but Nigel Hayes-Davis and coach Saras Jasikevicius still want more from the team.

Fenerbahce showed its championship credentials ‘for 16 minutes’ in Bayern victory

Already aware that a top-three place was guaranteed, [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/ulk/) was simply playing for seeding on the last day of the regular season. Win and it could finish first or second; lose and it might finish third.

On the road against an [FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-bayern-munich/mun/) side knowing that a victory could be enough to book a guaranteed ticket to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, the stage was set for a tricky game for coach [Saras Jasikevicius](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/ulk/jasikevicius-saras/?season=E2024)’s team.

But Fenerbahce didn’t look overawed at SAP Garden. In fact, it thrived on the occasion.

The Bayern players were forced into mistake after mistake on the offensive end while Fenerbahce was completely at ease, knocking down 5 three-pointers – 2 apiece for [Errick McCollum](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/errick-mccollum/005216/) and [Nicolo Melli](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nicolo-melli/002849/), and 1 for [Tarik Biberovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tarik-biberovic/006961/) – to open a 4-18 lead. The visitors were up by 15 points, 13-28, at the end of the first period, then went ahead by 19 (16-35) and later 24 (19-43) after a pair of triples by Melli and [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nigel-hayes-davis/008962/).

There was a resigned look on the faces of those in Bayern jerseys, whereas the Fenerbahce players were enjoying themselves. Only in the event of a defeat for Olympiacos Piraeus at home to Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv could Fenerbahce finish first, but Coach Jasikevicius’s squad were putting on a show in the first half in Munich.

At halftime the visitors’ advantage was back to 15 points, 31-46, and it hovered around the 15-17-point mark for much of the third frame. In the fourth quarter, however, Bayern got within six points (71-77) as a famous comeback seemed on the cards, but buckets by [Wade Baldwin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/wade-baldwin-iv/009863/), [Marko Guduric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/marko-guduric/004004/) and Hayes-Davis took away any sense of drama as Fenerbahce went back up by 15 (71-86).

Despite [coming away with a 77-89 win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/fenerbahce-secures-two-seed-in-playoffs-with-77-89-win-at-bayern/) and locking up the two seed in the playoffs, there was a sense of frustration that Fenerbahce had allowed its level to drop after enjoying such a commanding lead.

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“We played probably 16 good minutes today, which is not good for this time of the year,” Hayes-Davis told EuroLeague TV after the game. “We’re trying to go into the playoffs playing very well. We want to play 35-40 minutes of good Fenerbahce basketball; today we played 16. 

"We shot the ball very well and they didn’t play so well and shoot the ball so well, and we were able to get a good win. Performances like this going into the postseason is how you go home earlier than you want to.”

Rather than take umbrage with Hayes-Davis’s comments, Coach Jasikevicius chose to sing from the same hymn sheet.

“He’s not critical, he’s honest,” the 49-year-old stated. “The more players like this you have on your team, the more chances you have of winning. This is exactly what happened. We fell in love with the offense and when Bayern raised their intensity a bit, thank God a couple of shots fell in.

“But they took out of our offense and defensively… okay, Carsen Edwards is having an amazing season, but 22-23 points in the second half, when we’re still not in foul trouble or in the bonus, is too much for Carsen.

“First of all, it’s a great win. Not many teams are winning over here, but now looking towards the playoffs, we need to be smarter. I might tell Nigel it’s probably a little bit more than 16 minutes, but I’m happy to have players like this who are willing to push the limits, that’s the only way.”

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Münih’i İstanbul’a çeviren Büyük Fenerbahçe Taraftarına teşekkürlerimizle! 💛💙<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowLegacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/0QBpL9D1LV">pic.twitter.com/0QBpL9D1LV</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1910428666728755328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fenerbahce will end up facing whichever team finishes as the seventh seed, so that will come from the winner of the 7-8 matchup, the seeding for which has not yet been determined. 

Coach Jasikevicius and his men have high hopes about what they can achieve this season, and they showed it for at least 16 minutes at SAP Garden. The goal, as Hayes-Davis said, is to perform at that level for the full 40 minutes once the EuroLeague Playoffs get underway on April 22.

Game News

Its Round 34 triumph locked up the two seed in the playoffs

FC Bayern Munich v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2025-04-10T18:00:00.000Z)

Real Madrid (20-14) kept alive its hopes of squeezing into the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs with a last-gasp 89-91 win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (16-18) after big man Walter Tavares sank a delightful turnaround floater on the buzzer. 

Real edges Partizan, 89-91, moves closer to playoff berth

Real Madrid kept alive its hopes of squeezing into the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs with a last-gasp 89-91 win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade after big man Walter Tavares sank a delightful turnaround floater on the buzzer.

Tavares was instrumental in Real’s win as he racked up 14 points and 6 boards, for the visitors, while Facundo Campazzo posted 12 points and 7 assists. Dzanan Musa paced Real with 15 points, Sergio Llull chipped in 13 and Mario Hezonja added 12 to underline a smooth team effort. *Los Blancos* improved to 20-24 with the win.

At the other end, big man Brandon Davies led all scorers on 22 points while Carlik Jones registered 15 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds for Partizan. Isaac Bonga netted 14 points and Aleksej Pokusevski poured in 12 for the home side.

Game Videos

Real closed out its regular season campaign with a sixth successive win and its seventh in a row over Partizan after a late 4-15 run which silenced a fervent home crowd hoping for a winning farewell to a patchy season for the Serbian side, which finished the season with a 16-18 record.

Still, Real faces an anxious wait on the outcomes of Friday’s games as it needs either archrival FC Barcelona or Anadolu Efes Istanbul to lose their respective fixtures if the winner of a record 11 EuroLeague titles is to reach this season’s playoffs at the first time of asking.

Otherwise, Real will head into the postseason by entering the Play-In Showdown as it had earlier secured a top-10 finish, but Chus Mateo’s men will now surely be hoping for one of Friday’s two results to go their way.

Bonga and Davies got Partizan going as they scored 16 points between them in the first quarter to give the hosts a 24-22 advantage after the opening 10 minutes. Following a see-saw battle in the second quarter, Real was able to carve out a 46-48 lead at halftime on the back of 12 first-half points from Musa and dominance in the paint.

Real won the battle of the boards 21-16 in the opening 20 minutes but Partizan hit back with five 3-pointers in the third quarter as the unstoppable Davies sank 11 points to engineer a 74-65 lead ahead of the final 10 minutes.

Partizan, which has now lost six of its last even games, looked like breaking its jinx against Real after Davies buried another sweet shot from downtown to give the home team an 84-75 lead in the home stretch, with the home fans in full swing.

However, the Serbian side suffered the kind of late meltdown that has plagued Zeljko Obradovic’s outfit all season long and ultimately derailed its bid to reach the postseason for a second successive term.

The contest seemed to be heading for overtime after Jones hit a mid-range jumper off the dribble to level the score, 89-89, with two seconds left on the clock but Tavares then weaved his magic as he sank a delicious floater to send his teammates into raptures.

Last season’s runners-up snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a late run

Real Madrid edges Partizan, 89-91, moves closer to playoff berth

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Real Madrid (2025-04-10T18:30:00.000Z)

Real Madrid center Walter Tavares spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Round 34 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Walter Tavares: 'This is a gift from God'

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Real Madrid | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan forward Nikola Mirotic spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 34 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Nikola Mirotic: 'We did this for ourselves, our fans'

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2025-04-10T18:30:00.000Z)

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul forward Nigel Hayes-Davis spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat FC Bayern Munich in Round 34 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.


Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'We played probably 16 good minutes, which is not good'

FC Bayern Munich-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

AS Monaco guard Mike James spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 34 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Mike James: 'We can celebrate a little bit'

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v AS Monaco (2025-04-10T18:00:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball did its part to remain in the race for a direct spot in the playoffs with a convincing 72-63 home victory over ALBA Berlin

Paris dominates ALBA 72-63, to stay alive for sixth place 

Paris Basketball did its part to remain in the race for a direct spot in the playoffs with a convincing 72-63 home victory over ALBA Berlin. Paris went on a 15-4 run spanning the middle quarters to take control and improve to 19-15. The win combined with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul’s triumph at FC Bayern Munich kept alive the sixth-place dreams of Paris, which needs Anadolu Efes Istanbul, FC Barcelona and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade all to lose on the final day of the regular season.

Mikael Jantunen and Nadir Hifi led the way for the winners with 15 points each, Tyson Ward scored 12 points and TJ Shorts chipped in 10 points and 7 assists. ALBA dropped its fifth straight game and ninth of the last 10 games to finish the season in last place with a 5-29 record. Justin Bean scored 14 in the defeat.

After Paris opened the scoring, Martin Hermannsson scored 5 straight points in his 100th game for a 2-5 early lead. The hosts temporarily took the lead before a Bean three-point play made it 9-10. Hifi converted a three-pointer play and Collin Malcolm buried a triple in a 10-0 run to move ahead 19-10. ALBA did not score for nearly 3 minutes and a Matt Thomas three-pointer trimmed the gap to 19-14, which was 22-14 after 10 minutes.

The hosts held ALBA to just 1 free throw in the first 3 minutes of the second quarter and Ward and Jantunen buried a three-pointer in a 10-1 surge to lead 32-15. The Paris offense dried up a bit with just one basket in the next 5+ minutes and a 0-8 spurt pulled ALBA within 36-27. Paris punched back with the next 8 points, including back-to-back triples from Jantunen and Sebastian Herrera for a 44-27 cushion. The score was 46-31 at the break.

Paris’s defense held strong to start the second half, not allowing ALBA to score in almost the first 5 minutes and the home fans watched the advantage extend to 20 points at 51-31 thanks also to 4 ALBA turnovers. The margin grew to 21 points before the visitors trimmed it to 16 points at 55-39. And the hosts led 60-39 after 30 minutes.

Ward scored the first 5 points of the final frame to build the advantage to 26 points. The home side was still up 70-47 with more than 5 minutes to go. ALBA did not stop fighting though and put together a 2-16 surge to make it 72-63 with 63 seconds to play. But the hole was too big.

Paris Basketball can still dream of a direct spot in the playoffs

Paris Basketball v ALBA Berlin (2025-04-10T18:45:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-AS Monaco | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Olympiacos Piraeus center Moses Wright spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Round 34 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Moses Wright: 'It's great to be back on the court'

Olympiacos Piraeus v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2025-04-10T18:15:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Olympiacos Piraeus has mathematically secured top spot in the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings by beating Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 99-93 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Thursday night. 

Undermanned Olympiacos defeats Maccabi, 99-93, to clinch top spot

Olympiacos Piraeus has mathematically secured top spot in the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings by beating Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 99-93 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Thursday night. In a highly entertaining encounter, the hosts saw four of their players net at least 17 points each and register as many as 30 assists to down the Israeli side. Olympiacos improved its record to 24-10, with Maccabi dropping to 11-23.

Evan Fournier led all scorers with 27 points, Sasha Vezenkov scored 21, Moses Wright netted 18 and Alec Peters added 17.  Nigel Williams-Goss scored just 2 points, but he had a career-high 13 assists. Trevion Williams paced Maccabi with 17 points and 13 rebounds, with Rokas Jokubaitis and Roman Sorkin bagging 16 points apiece. Jimmy Clark recorded 11 points in a losing effort.

Sorkin got Maccabi going with four straight points before a basket by Jaylen Hoard on his return to action from injury gave the guests a 2-6 lead. Tamir Blatt, Levi Randolph and Jokubaitis netted one each from deep to make it 10-17. Moses Wright took his tally to 6 early points from inside before back-to-back threes by Peters and another from Vezenkov put Olympiacos ahead, 21-20. Fournier took over with two triples in a row for a 31-28 cushion after a high-scoring first quarter.

The second quarter opened with another rain of threes, as Clark, Peters, Blatt and John DiBartolomeo all hit the target, with the latter giving Maccabi a 34-38 advantage. But Olympiacos fought back, with Wright slamming home a dunk, Shaquielle McKissic nailing a triple and Vezenkov scoring inside to make it 51-48 at halftime.

Olympiacos opened the third quarter with a 10-2 run fueled by Vezenkov and Kostas Papanikolaou. Williams and Sorkin scored inside, but Saben Lee netted an off-balance jumper against his former team to restore a 66-56 lead. Yet, Maccabi replied with a 4-14 surge fueled by Williams to tie it at 70-70 heading into the closing quarter.

Ten points from Fournier and a long two by Peters gave Olympiacos an 84-79 cushion midway through the fourth. Sorkin responded with 5 straight points on the other end, but a red-hot Fournier drilled one from way downtown to restore an 89-84 lead. Then, Fournier scored a floater and Peters made 2 of 2 from the charity stripe to finish the game off.

Four Olympiacos players netted at least 17 points apiece

Tavares wins it with his soft touch! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night  t

Tavares wins it with his soft touch! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan finished its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season in style, blowing past Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 111-89 on Thursday night

Mirotic, Leday lead Milan past Baskonia, 111-89

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan finished its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season in style, blowing past Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 111-89 on Thursday night. Milan finished the season with a 17-17 record, while Baskonia’s record is 14-20.

Milan had no turnovers in the first half during which Nikola Mirotic and Zach LeDay combined for 29 points. The hosts led 62-35 at the break, then conitnued to pour it on in the second half, too. When all was said and done, LeDay had 32 points, one shy of his career high and Mirotic had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Armoni Brooks scored 18, and Ousmane Diop 11 points for Milan which shot 17-for-30 from long range. Luka Samanic collected 17 points and 7 rebounds for Baskonia, while Donta Hall and Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos scored 10 apiece in a loss.

Mannion scored 6 points early, including a three-pointer, but Khalifa Diop made a pair of close range baskets and Chima Moneke a three-point play to give the visitors a 6-7 lead. It turned out to be their only advantage. Mirotic put Milan ahead and then LeDay’s triple sparked a 16-2 run during which Mirotic scored 7 straight points, before Brooks knocked down back-to-back threes to open a 29-12 advantage. A fastbreak dunk from Hall and a four-point play from Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot gave Baskonia some life and cut the deficit to 31-18 after 10 minutes.

Diego Flaccadori opened the second quarter with a three-pointer. Hall dunked again and Rogkavopoulos sank a triple to bring Baskonia within 36-23, but the hosts scored the next 14 points with LeDay and Flaccadori hitting back-to-back threes. Giampaolo Ricci scored twice from close range only to see Sander Raieste hit a corner triple for Baskonia. After Ousmane Diop dunked, Mirotic and Ricci made back-to-back threes to open a 58-27 lead. A triple apiece from Moneke and Trent Forrest helped make it 62-35 at halftime.

Baskonia showed fight after halftime. Howard had a pair of triples to get within 65-42. Mirotic scored 7 points, including a three-pointer that followed a three from LeDay, and the margin was 77-44. But Howard hit another from long range and Rogkavopoulos and Samanic each from close range, before a pair of big dunks from Hall got Baskonia within 79-57. Another basket from Samanic and a fastbreak dunk from Rogkavopoulos made it 82-61 after 30 minutes.

Milan stepped on the pedal once again in the fourth, converting after offensive rebounds from Giordano Bortolani and Mirotic, with Brooks hitting one triple and LeDay two more to make it 95-66 and the hosts cruised the rest of the way.

The Italian champs scored a season-high 111 points

Mirotic, LeDay lead Milan past Baskonia, 111-89

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul has locked up the No. 2 seed in the EuroLeague Playoffs after beating FC Bayern Munich 77-89 at SAP Garden, with this result ending the German team’s top-six hopes and ensuring it will be playing in the Play-In Showdown, although its final position is not yet determined.

Fenerbahce secures two seed in playoffs with 77-89 win at Bayern

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul has locked up the No. 2 seed in the EuroLeague Playoffs after beating FC Bayern Munich 77-89 at SAP Garden, with this result ending the German team’s top-six hopes and ensuring it will be playing in the Play-In Showdown, although its final position is not yet determined.

Nigel Hayes-Davis was Fenerbahce’s leading scorer with 24 points, followed by Errick McCollum, Wade Baldwin, Nicolo Melli and Tarik Biberovic, who all netted 11 points apiece. Bayern’s Carsen Edwards poured in a game-high 26 points, with Devin Booker adding 15 points.

Roared on by an impressive number of travelling fans, Fenerbahce came out the gates fast and leaned on the three-ball to open a 4-18 lead. In that run, McCollum and Melli struck twice each from deep, while Biberovic also hit from long range. Bayern started to respond midway through the quarter, but scores by Biberovic and Bonzie Colson allowed Fenerbahce to lead 13-28 after 10 minutes.

The gap kept growing early in the second, as Devon Hall drained a three, Khem Birch scored inside and Colson made the most of an Edwards turnover to make it a 19-point gap, 16-35. A couple of threes, first by Hayes-Davis and then by Melli, swelled it to a 24-point margin at 19-43 shortly after. Booker then started playmaking inside, dishing a couple of assists and scoring himself, before Nick Weiler-Babb’s triple cut it to 31-46 at halftime.

Birch’s score inside to start the third seemed like a bad omen, 31-48, but Bayern regrouped through Booker and Edwards to show signs of life, 37-51. However, Hayes-Davis drained his second three in quick succession to move to 17 points personal and make it a 17-point ballgame, 37-54. Biberovic, McCollum and Hayes-Davis combined to devastating effect as the visitors led 42-62, but Edwards and Niels Giffey reduced it to 51-64. Danko Brankovic split free throws with 18 seconds left in the period as Fenerbahce took a 52-68 lead into the fourth.

Edward started to take over for Bayern in the early stages of the fourth, scoring 11 points as the hosts made it a single-digit contest, 68-75. It was Edwards who responded to a Melli dunk to get Bayern within six, 71-77, but Fenerbahce hit back through Baldwin, Marko Guduric and Hayes-Davis as it became a 15-point ballgame again, 71-86, with 43 seconds remaining. Fenerbahce eventually saw its 77-89 victory over the line.

The visitors led for the whole game and went up by as many as 24 points, but they were made to sweat in the fourth quarter

AS Monaco survived a stern test from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne at Astroballe and pulled away in the final minutes to win 78-83 and clinch fourth place at the end of the regular season and with it home-court advantage in the playoffs

Monaco holds off ASVEL, 78-83, to clinch home-court advantage for playoffs

AS Monaco survived a stern test from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne at Astroballe and pulled away in the final minutes to win 78-83 and clinch fourth place at the end of the regular season and with it home-court advantage in the playoffs. Monaco improved to 21-13 on the season, while ASVEL bowed out of the competition for 2024-25 in 15th place with a 13-21 mark. Mike James paced the winners with 20 points, including 3 go-ahead free throws with 57 seconds to play, and 7 assists. Jordan Loyd added 16 points and 6 rebounds for Monaco. Neal Sako (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Andre Roberson (14 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks) stood out for ASVEL.  

Roberson was a defensive wall for ASVEL early with a block and a steal in the first 2 minutes. His fastbreak layup got the hosts ahead 5-2. Roberson bagged another steal and Maledon added free throws to keep ASVEL on top. Daniel Theis evened things from the line and Loyd's jumper gave Monaco its first lead, 7-9. Loyd capped a 0-7 Monaco run from the line, but Sako scored on three successive possessions to bring about a Monaco timeout. James fired in a four-point play and then fed Jaiteh for a three-point play. Jaiteh scored again on the buzzer to make it 15-22 after 10 minutes.  

Loyd extended the Monaco advantage to double figures with a three-pointer to start the second quarter and he soon added 3 more from the line. Sako remained a bright spot for ASVEL and Maledon drilled a three-pointer, but James came off the bench to keep Monaco in control. Roberson triggered a fastbreak with a block and David Lighty converted the layup to get ASVEL within 27-33.  Robertson recorded another impressive rejection and Lighty knocked down a three to make it a 5-point game. Loyd got Monaco back on track and reached halftime leading 35-41.

Shaquille Harrison scored, fed Roberson for a three and then scored again only for Monaco and James to answer each time. Theis dunked to make it 45-53. Maledon took charge for ASVEL with 6 straight points to get the hosts within 2. Sako completed the comeback with a block at one end and a bucket at the other. Nando De Colo put ASVEL ahead, 57-55, with a pair of free throws. A tip-in at the third-quarter buzzer by Diallo tied the score at 57-all.

The lead went back and forth as Jaiteh dunked and Paris Lee made a three. A three by Matt Strazel and basket by Diallo pushed Monaco back in front. Roberson grabbed a tough offensive board and made a nifty layup to keep ASVEL close, 65-66. Baskets by Theis and Diallo gave Monaco some breathing room. After a timeout, Maledon knocked down a three as ASVEL kept the pressure on. Maledon banked in a shot to put the hosts up 74-73 with 2 minutes remaining. Strazel split free throws to tie it and James made it 74-77 from the line with 57 seconds to play. Maledon made a tough score for the hosts, but Strazel sank free throws at the other end. Maledon missed a shot to tie it and Loyd iced the game from the line.

Mike James led Monaco with 20 points, including 5 free throws in the final minute