James, Strazel and Papagiannis tried
The former Malaga player launched into the second quarter by stringing together two award-winning arrows, imitated by Alex Abrines to knock out Monaco (25-39, 14th). Mike James repaired the damage, en route to a very good statistical copy (23 points, 8 assists), before Elie Okobo reduced the gap to four lengths at half-time (41-45, 20th). Put in confidence by Vassilis Spanoulis, despite competition on the back lines, Matthew Strazel (15 points) finally put the Monegasques in the lead after returning from the locker room with a huge three-point shot, his third in three minutes (57-54, 26th).