2023-12-03 22:09:27
The Monegasques have consolidated their position as leader of the French championship.
Monaco largely beat, at the end of a sometimes tense match, Paris basketball (84-62), its runner-up before this shock, Sunday evening in its Gaston-Médecin room during the 14th day of the Elite, and thus consolidates its place as leader of the French championship. With this victory acquired thanks to a very controlled first quarter (23-9) which allowed Sasa Obradovic’s men to take a 14-point lead, Monaco, now 13 wins to one defeat, removes a direct competitor.
Moreover, with ten victories and four defeats, Paris sees Asvel (11/4) steal second place in the Elite ranking. If the lead rose to 19 units at the heart of the second quarter following two free throws from Elie Okobo (33-14, 13th), the Parisians gradually came back, until they only had four points behind (51-47, 25th).
But, while tempers heated up and Jordan Loyd was excluded for a disqualifying foul on Gautier Denis (26th), Okobo (15 points), Mike James (22 points) and the entire Monegasque collective, in Euroleague version, put his hand back on the encounter, never to let it go again.
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