The two Monaco aces netted 21 points each in the road win
Daniel Theis, Jordan Loyd cooked in statement victory at Paris

AS Monaco head coach Vassilis Spanoulis stressed that Wednesday’s 79-91 win at Paris Basketball was a team victory, with the visitors sharing the ball smoothly and recording 25 assists at Adidas Arena. Yet, there were two players who thrived on the floor, inspiring Monaco to an important road triumph in the French League derby. Daniel Theis and Jordan Loyd netted 21 each, combining for almost half of the team's points.
The former needed just a couple of games to adapt to his new surroundings following his return to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Monaco’s new signing hit the ground running and netted 8 first-quarter points in his second appearance for Spanoulis’s side.
The visitors took a 39-44 cushion into the third quarter, which they opened with a 12-0 surge inspired by Theis, who netted 7 of those points. Nadir Hifi made 3 from the line to bring Paris within 42-56, but Loyd came to the fore with 10 straight points to open a 47-66 lead. Monaco stepped up its defense, which held the hosts to just 14 points in the third quarter.
"That was big for us,” Alpha Diallo told EuroLeague TV. “Coming out from halftime. We knew that we wanted to continue being aggressive and that’s what we did with that 12-0 run.”
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Theis equaled his career-high point tally, with Loyd recording a season-high in points scored. The German center also registered a game-high 7 rebounds, as well as 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block, contributing on both ends of the court.
“Everybody knows Daniel,” Spanoulis told EuroLeague TV. “I know Daniel. That’s why we brought him here. Today he was really important for us, like all the guys.”
As for Loyd, he was almost perfect from the floor, making 4 of 5 from inside the arc and going 4-for-4 from deep.
“I try not to look at [the stats] too much. Maybe it’s the new haircut, I don’t know,” Loyd joked after the final whistle.
Monaco got back to winning ways after losing their previous two games and improved its record to 17-11 heading into the last six duels of the 2024-25 regular season. Coming up next is a road clash against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall next week, when Theis and Loyd will look to build on Wednesday’s performance by helping Monaco to kickstart a winning streak.