Two of the four teams tied for fourth place go head to head when Maccabi (10-7) meets Monaco (10-7) in a game with a playoff flavor.
Game Facts: Maccabi vs. Monaco



Monaco handed the Israeli champ a 107-79 thrashing in October behind the usual stellar showing from Mike James with 24 points, including 4 triples, and he remains in spectacular form with at least 16 points in eight straight games. Maccabi has won three of its last four games, in large part thanks to big man Josh Nebo, who has averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds in his last three appearances. Lorenzo Brown will look to take more care of the basketball after averaging 4.3 turnovers in the last three games, especially against a Monaco squad that has more steals (7.8 per game) than any other team in the competition.
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Streaks
John DiBartolomeo has made 48 consecutive free throws, which is the 12th-longest streak in competition history.
Wade Baldwin has scored in double figures in eight of his last nine games.
Baldwin has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games.
Lorenzo Brown had 5 or more assists in seven of his last eight games.
Bonzie Colson has scored 10 or more points in six of his last seven games.
Colson has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his last 10 games.
Colson has recorded at least 1 steal in nine of his last 10 games.
Josh Nebo has pulled down multiple offensive rebounds in 15 of his last 16 games.
Nebo has had double-digit PIRs in 13 of his last 14 games.
Tamir Blatt has made at least 1 three-point shot in 15 of his last 16 games.
Season rankings
Josh Nebo ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.6 per game.
Nebo leads the league in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game.
Lorenzo Brown ranks second in assists with 6.6 per game.
Maccabi leads the league with 13.9 offensive rebounds per game.
Maccabi ranks second in PIR with 97.0 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in assists with 20.6 per game.
Maccabi leads the league in steals with 7.8 per game.
Maccabi ranks second in scoring with 86.5 points per game.
Maccabi ranks second in blocks with 3.2 per game.
Maccabi forces a second-most 14.5 turnovers per game.
Records/Milestones
Roman Sorkin ranks 15th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.6%.
Josh Nebo ranks 16th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.5%.
John DiBartolomeo ranks ninth all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
AS Monaco
Streaks
Mike James has scored in double figures in 17 straight games.
James has made at least 1 three-pointer in 16 of his last 17 games.
Elie Okobo had a PIR of 10 or more in six of his last seven games.
Alpha Diallo had PIRs of 1 or more in five straight games.
Diallo has scored 10 or more points in five of his last six games.
Diallo had at least 1 steal in four of his last five games.
Season rankings
Mike James leads the league in scoring with 19.8 per game.
James ranks second in average index rating with 21.2 per game.
James is tied for fourth in average three-pointers made with 2.7 per game.
Yakuba Ouattara ranks third in three-point shooting at 56.3%.
Monaco has committed a league-low 9.8 turnovers per game.
Monaco has held opponents to a league-low 4.9 steals per game.
Records/Milestones
Donatas Motiejunas set a EuroLeague single-game record with 18 defensive rebounds on December 7, 2011, when playing for Asseco Prokom Gdynia against Union Olimpija Ljubljana. In that game, Motiejunas pulled down a total of 21 rebounds, the most rebounds in a single game by any active player.
Motiejunas needs 25 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Mike James is third all-time with 4,259 points scored. Nando De Colo is second with 4,383 and counting.
James is third all-time with 4,326 index rating points. Jan Vesely is second with a PIR of 4,531 and counting.
James is in fourth place all-time in free throws made with 912. Felipe Reyes is third with 967.
James is ranked ninth all-time with 1,170 career assists. Dimitris Diamantidis is eighth with 1,255.
James is eighth all-time with 493 three-pointers made. Vassilis Spanoulis is seventh with 518.
Donta Hall leads the all-time charts in two-point accuracy at 74.6%.
Jordan Loyd needs 32 points to reach 1,500 for his career.

























































































