Playoffs
Game 2
Playoffs
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AS MonacoASM
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Maccabi Playtika Tel AvivMTA
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Deceptive stats in Monaco's win over Maccabi
İstatistikler
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AS Monaco boosted its hopes of advancing to the Final Four by grabbing a powerful 86-74 victory over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv on Thursday night, and some of the stats on the scoresheet were more than a little deceptive.
First, the final margin of 12 points does not really reflect the dominance that the Roca Team enjoyed over the course of the game. Monaco started the game with an 11-0 run to take immediate control and proceeded to lead nearly all the way. Maccabi did initially respond and even went ahead, 22-23 and 24-26, early in the second quarter. But those advantages only lasted for a grand total of 40 seconds, before Monaco stiffened its resolve to take control again.
In the second half, Monaco’s 15-3 start to the third quarter established a double-digit advantage that would remain intact for most of the remaining time and reached a maximum of 18 points, 76-58, with 7 minutes remaining. Maccabi never got closer than 8 points down in the last 16 minutes of the game, and the final winning margin could have easily been far higher than the final 12 points.
Game Videos
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AS Monaco-Virtus Bologna | Round 25 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:11
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James to Theis alley-oop connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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Valencia Basket-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 25 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Real Madrid-AS Monaco | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:20
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Dowtin dishes and Sorkin soars! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:17
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Sorkin slams the putback home! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:17
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Hoard rejects Ntilikina! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:23
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Okobo shows his skills and Blossomgame dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Plays | Round 22 | 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season
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Paris Basketball-AS Monaco | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:15
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Mike James makes a great feed for Theis! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Nedovic dunks off incredible outlet pass by Theis! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Hoard's block ignites Maccabi offense
- 00:19
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Santos posterizes Wright! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Roman Sorkin dunks in traffic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Valencia Basket-AS Monaco | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:18
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Alpha Diallo’s spectacular putback slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hayes stops Parker at the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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James feeds Theis off the glass! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Roman Sorkin hammers it! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Assists | December | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Bayern Munich-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:17
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Brissett beats the buzzer with a three! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:16
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Strazel feeds Hayes for the slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Real Madrid | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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TJ Leaf hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Roman Sorkin on the fly! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Walker with a tomahawk dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-FC Bayern Munich | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Blossomgame finishes Okobo’s fancy dime! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:23
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Okobo with the great chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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What a feed by James for the Theis dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Hayes swats Giffey! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Theis finishes the inbounds alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv-Valencia Basket | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:19
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Clark grabs the steals and finishes ferociously! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-AS Monaco | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Theis denies Radzevicius! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dubai Basketball-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv| Round 16 highlights | EuroLeague 2025-26
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Lundberg feeds Brissett for the game-winning dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
Another misleading stat is the rebounding column, which shows that Maccabi won the battle of the boards 40-32. But that doesn’t reveal how Monaco greatly improved after the break, especially at the offensive end. The hosts only had 2 offensive boards in the opening two quarters, but added another 8 more and used them to score 11 second-chance points.
And we can also point to Mike James’s relatively low PIR of 11 as a number that doesn’t paint an accurate picture. That figure is mostly explained by the star guard’s wayward three-point shooting, converting just 1 of 7 attempts from long-range, but badly reflects his overall impact on the game as he led the offense by dishing 6 assists and attracting plenty of defensive attention that allowed teammates – notably Jordan Loyd – to excel.
Two numbers that do really help to tell the story of the game, however, are the 17 turnovers committed by Maccabi against only 10 by Monaco. That prevented Maccabi from ever really establishing an offensive rhythm and saw the home team score 22 points off turnovers compared to just 12 from the visiting team.