The French side forced the final twist in the fourth quarter thanks to ironclad defense and a flowing team effort down the stretch
Resurgent Monaco beats Fenerbahce, 93-88, to even the series

AS Monaco hauled itself back into what is shaping up to be an enthralling Turkish Airlines EuroLeague playoff tie against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul after a captivating 93-88 Game 2 win levelled the series.
Donatas Moteijunas paced the home team with 18 points, while Jordan Lloyd added 15. Elie Okobo netted 13 and John Brown scored 11 for Monaco, which shot 11 of 21 from three-point range. At the other end, Tyler Dorsey led Fenerbahce with a game-high 25 points and Scottie Wilbekin added 23, but the support cast fell short as the Turkish side’s top scorer Nigel Hayes-Davis was the only other visiting performer in double figures with 10 points.
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Reeling from a 91-95 overtime loss in Game 1, Monaco made a flying start and raced into a 9-0 lead before Dorsey got going for Fenerbahce and scored his team’s opening 11 points. The visiting team slashed the deficit to 14-11 before a 13-0 run by the hosts put Monaco out of sight late in the first quarter.
Trailing 31-21 at the end of the opening period, Fenerbahce clawed its way back into the contest in the second quarter thanks to a barrage of three-pointers, with Wilbekin netting 4 shots from downtown to keep the Turkish team breathing down Monaco’s neck.
Monaco was 54-50 up at halftime on the back of 12 points from the hard-working Moteijunas but the tide turned in the third quarter as Fenerbahce nosed ahead for the first time, 59-60, before it went on to take a seemingly decisive 65-74 lead ahead of the final 10 minutes.
Just like he did in the first quarter, Dorsey again fired on all cylinders from deep as Fenerbahce’s quick transition of the ball had Monaco in all sorts of trouble, while Georgios Papagiannis did a great job as a rim protector at the other end.
However, Fenerbahce’s long-range artillery dried up in the fourth quarter as Monaco found another gear on the defensive end, conjuring a 12-1 streak to retake the lead, 77-75. The visitors briefly regained control to edge ahead 77-79 but Monaco then engineered a 7-0 run to take the lead for good, 84-79.
It was a tit-for-tat battle in the closing stages before Loyd settled the contest with a long three which redressed the balance in the series and sent a vociferous home crowd into raptures.