After securing a fourth-placed regular season finish, AS Monaco will attempt to defend its homecourt with a visit from increasingly dangerous FC Barcelona.
Game Notes: Monaco vs. Barcelona
2024-25
3 Mins read
The Spanish team roared into fifth place by winning six of the last seven games, and will believe it has nothing to fear after comfortably beating the Roca Team twice during the regular season – 86-71 at home in October, and 84-98 on the road in Round 20.
The sharpshooting of Dario Brizuela was key to that most recent triumph with 27 points on 6-of-8 three-point shooting, and the shooting guard has become a real offensive leader for a Barca team which will also lean heavily on the scoring skills of Kevin Punter and Jabari Parker.
Visiting coach Joan Penarroya has also been boosted by the return to fitness of Jan Vesely, and the Czech veteran faces an intriguing matchup in the paint against Monaco big man Daniel Theis, who has averaged 13.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game since his mid-season arrival.
Vassilis Spanoulis’s team will look for the energy and defensive excellence of Alpha Diallo, who has just signed a new three-year contract, to unsettle the visiting team. In turn, that could allow playmakers Nick Calathes and Mike James to control the rhythm and create scoring opportunities for dangerous duo Jordan Loyd and Elie Okobo, who is an injury doubt for Tuesday’s series opener.
Game Videos
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Jabari Parker: 'The Barcelona fans are amazing'
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Youssoupha Fall: 'We will keep that same energy'
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Playoffs Game 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Diallo's big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Satoransky's huge block! Motorola Magic Moment
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James finds Theis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Blossomgame's two-handed dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Willy Hernangomez: 'Friday, we have another big opportunity'
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Kevin Punter: 'It was a must-win for us'
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Playoffs Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Parker seals the outcome! Motorola Magic Moment
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Parker's huge buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Brizuela finds Parra! Motorola Magic Moment
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Monaco Showtime! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Alpha Diallo: 'It's really hard to beat us'
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Mam Jaiteh: 'If we play like this defensively, we will do good'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tarpey’s big driving dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jaiteh’s poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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From defense to slam-dunk offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jaiteh’s diving hustle! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo’s chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Parker flushes on Barca fast break! Motorola Magic Moment,
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Tarpey's big block! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Follow the Monaco-Barcelona post-game press conference
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Daniel Theis: 'Matthew Strazel sets the tone for our defense'
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Elie Okobo: 'We showed great character today'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Theis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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James turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Xavi Pascual, Boniface N'Dong remember 2010 title triumph on The Crossover
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Kevin Punter: 'True testament of us being a team'
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FC Barcelona-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Willy posterizes Toko! Motorola Magic Moment
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Mike James: 'We can celebrate a little bit'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-AS Monaco | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast prepares for the end of the regular season
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The EuroLeague & Friends gang are joined by Nick Calathes for episode 22
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AS Monaco-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jabari Parker: 'We just wanted it more'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Barcelona | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hernangomez says no! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast presents: The Barcelona dilemma
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Dario Brizuela: 'Today we woke up with the will to compete with high intensity'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-FC Barcelona | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaron Blossomgame: 'We played Monaco basketball’
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Olympiacos Piraeus-AS Monaco | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaiteh’s ferocious finish! Motorola Magic Moment
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James feeds Theis for the flush! Motorola Magic Moment
- Barcelona guard Dario Brizuela had a career-best game in an 84-98 win in Monaco in Round 20. Brizuela posted career-highs in scoring (27), PIR (25), and minutes played (28:46), and tied his career best with 6 three-point shots made.
- Monaco center Georgios Papagiannis blocked a single-game club record 4 blocks
- Monaco guard Matthew Strazel posted a career-high PIR of 21 in Round 20 against Barcelona.
- Barcelona beat Monaco 86-71 in Round 3 behind 21 points from Kevin Punter, snapping Monaco's three-game winning streak in this series.
- Monaco beat Barcelona 78-66 in their third-place game at the 2023 Final Four.
- The two teams met for the first time in the 2021-22 season.
- Nick Calathes spent two seasons at Barcelona, from 2020 to 2022, and helped it reach two Final Fours, including the championship game in 2021.
- Monaco forward Petr Cornelie was a teammate of Barcelona's Youssoupha Fall at Le Mans during the 2015-16 season.
- Barcelona’s injured big man Chimezie Metu tied his personal high with 8 rebounds in a Round 20 win.
- Barcelona guard Kevin Punter made a career-high 11 free throws playing for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against Monaco in January 2024.