Each team had a hero candidate in this game; it just depended on which of them won, and as luck would have it, they were together on the last play. Monaco's inspiration was guard Paris Lee, who came off the bench to score a team-high 20 points and match Howard with 5 triples made and 3 steals.
Lee would have been Monaco's hero
Lee had 5 points in Monaco's go-ahead 9-0 run in the middle of the fourth quarter and seemed to have them ready to win. He will regret missing 1 of his 2 free throws with 2.9 seconds left, however, because even if Howard came through anyway, it would have only tied the game. And if ever two teams deserved the go to overtime, after 22 prior lead changes, it was ASVEL and Monaco on Friday.
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