AS Monaco bounced back from its disappointing Round 3 loss in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by downing Panathinaikos Athens at Oaka Altion on Friday night.
Monaco made to sweat in win at Panathinaikos
After failing to hold on to a 19-point advantage against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv earlier in the week, Monaco gave up an 18-point cushion but emerged with an 80-83 victory against Panathinaikos to improve to 3-1. Mike James scored 27 points against his former team as the Greens dropped to 1-3, despite a career high of 28 points from Derrick Williams.
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Monaco took charge early in the game with a 2-23 run for an 11-29 lead, which was at 13-29 after 10 minutes. Panathinaikos’s defense helped mount a comeback, with the Greens only trailing 34-40 at the break. Panathinaikos rode the back of an incredible 24 straight points from Williams split between the second quarter and third quarter, as the Greens tied the game up at 50-50. The game went back and forth until James scored 10 straight fourth-quarter points for the guests to open up a 70-76 advantage, which was just enough as Monaco also made 5-of-6 free throws in the final 12 seconds.