Paris Basketball, once again carried by TJ Shorts, lined up on Tuesday in Belgrade against Maccabi Tel-Aviv (93-81) for a ninth victory in a row in the Euroleague, thus breaking the longest series of invincibility of a club in the French championship in the competition.
Paris Basketball in the lead
The Parisians, who have not lost since October 17 (109-107 in the Bayern Munich arena), exceed the eight consecutive victories achieved by AS Monaco last season from the 22nd to the 29th day. They will go to the Olympiakos floor on Friday in the shoes of the leader, an incongruity for a club created in 2018 and which is discovering this season the biggest European competition, for which it is only invited.
It was as bosses that they won for the fifth time away in Belgrade, where Maccabi Tel-aviv plays its home matches, in front of a very small crowd. They never really shook, having a lead of up to 21 points midway through the third quarter. Thanks to their aggressive defense, their quick transition game and their outside skill: 50% success at half-time (10/20), including 3/4 for Maodo Lô (11 pts at the break, 19 in the end) and 3/6 for Nadir Hifi (13 pts at half-time, 15 in the end).
The capital club then slowed down, particularly in defense and long distance (0/7 in the 3rd quarter, 12/33 in the end), letting the Israelis return to under ten points at the start of the fourth quarter. time (68-60). But they were then able to count on Shorts, their best player who took things in hand, for himself (22 pts) or the others (8 assists), like on this alley-oop delivered to Tyson Ward to give back 12 lengths ahead at 1’45” from the buzzer.
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With Lô, Ward (14 pts) was another key player in the Parisian success: his interception one minute from time sealed the historic ninth consecutive victory.
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