In a remake of the last Betclic Elite final, Paris created the feat Thursday evening by winning on the Monaco floor (87-80) thanks to a huge TJ Shorts, author of a superb double-double (28 points – 10 passes). This is the second victory for the Parisians, who recently surprised the European champion.
And two exploits for Paris Basket. Not content with taking the skin of Panathinaikos, reigning European champion, on October 15 at the Accor Arena, our third (and new) representative in the Euroleague once again created a sensation, this Thursday evening at the occasion of the 5th day of the Champions League by this time making Monaco drink on its floor (87-80) in the remake of the last Betclic Elite final.
The Parisians, clearly dominated (3-1) last May during a practically one-sided duel, dreamed of taking their revenge. They achieved this on Thursday in the Gaston-Médecin room thanks in particular to a great start (9-0) bearing the signature of the former Monegasque Yakuba Ouattara, author of the first basket of the evening, and already stamped with a TJ Shorts a once again stratospheric during this first Franco-French duel of the season in the Euroleague. Beaten by a whisker in Munich against Bayern two days earlier, Paris gave the feeling of constantly playing with the Monegasques incapable for a very long time of coming back to the level of that devil TJ Shorts (28 points – 10 assists in this game) and his teammates despite the efforts of Elie Okobo (13 points) and Mike James (also 13 points) in particular.
Paris finishes very strong
Monegasque supporters had to wait 27 minutes of play and a basket from Mam Jaiteh (13 points) to finally see the Roca Team take the lead in this game. And while the audience even thought that the visitors’ first drop in speed would allow their protégés to take their turn distancing themselves, this last quarter was clearly dominated at the finish by these Parisians (24-16) who had started the second half, in a manner similar to the first, very quickly saw the newcomer in the premier category, also carried by a very good Tyson Ward (15 points), return to the lead on the scoreboard, and even fly away from new in the wake of a still sparkling Shorts. Deprived of victory in the final moments in Bavaria, Paris held on this time for this second success which allowed it to give itself a little breathing room in the ranking (14th), while Monaco fell to 5th place after this second defeat.
