The Roca Team is one win away from winning the series
Monaco blows past Barcelona, 92-79, to take 2-0 series lead
Game Report
3 Mins read
AS Monaco used another stellar offensive performance to take down FC Barcelona for the second time in 48 hours. This time, in Game 2 of their best-of-five playoff series, Monaco topped Barcelona 92-79 to take a 2-0 lead and needs just one more win to reach the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four.
Monaco took the lead for good midway through the first quarter behind Alpha Diallo who scored 15 of the hosts’ first 17 points, then Mam Jaiteh took over, who went 9 for 9 on two-pointers and in just 16 minutes in the game tied his career high with 20 points. Diallo finished with 21 points, Jordan Loyd scored 13, Matthew Strazel had 12 points and Elie Okobo posted 11 points and 8 assists in the win. Jabari Parker had 16 points for Barcelona, Kevin Punter netted 14 and Dario Brizuela had 11 in the loss.
Game Videos
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Follow the Monaco-Barcelona Game 2 post-game press conference
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Monaco Showtime! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Alpha Diallo: 'It's really hard to beat us'
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Mam Jaiteh: 'If we play like this defensively, we will do good'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tarpey’s big driving dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jaiteh’s poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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From defense to slam-dunk offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jaiteh’s diving hustle! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diallo’s chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Parker flushes on Barca fast break! Motorola Magic Moment,
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Tarpey's big block! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Daniel Theis: 'Matthew Strazel sets the tone for our defense'
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Elie Okobo: 'We showed great character today'
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Theis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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James turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Xavi Pascual, Boniface N'Dong remember 2010 title triumph on The Crossover
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Kevin Punter: 'True testament of us being a team'
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FC Barcelona-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Willy posterizes Toko! Motorola Magic Moment
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Mike James: 'We can celebrate a little bit'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-AS Monaco | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast prepares for the end of the regular season
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The EuroLeague & Friends gang are joined by Nick Calathes for episode 22
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AS Monaco-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jabari Parker: 'We just wanted it more'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Barcelona | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hernangomez says no! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast presents: The Barcelona dilemma
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Dario Brizuela: 'Today we woke up with the will to compete with high intensity'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-FC Barcelona | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaron Blossomgame: 'We played Monaco basketball’
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Olympiacos Piraeus-AS Monaco | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jaiteh’s ferocious finish! Motorola Magic Moment
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James feeds Theis for the flush! Motorola Magic Moment
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Barca's hustle play! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Parker’s perfect pass sets up Satoransky slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Okobo with a classy jumper to close the half! Motorola Magic Moment
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Justin Anderson: 'This team is trending in the right direction'
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FC Barcelona-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Punter-to-Metu alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Mike James: 'We played with more energy than we have been'
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AS Monaco-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Diallo with a clutch dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Theis with a monster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a block from Blossomgame! Motorola Magic Moment:
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Tomas Satoransky: 'It's a mistake to look at the standings'
Barcelona started with good energy. Tomas Satoransky and Parker each had five points, including a triple apiece, to keep the visitors ahead early. But on the other end it was Diallo, who scored all of Monaco's points to give the hosts a 12-10 lead, and his three-point play made it 17-12 after 7 minutes of play. Brizuela knocked down a three, and Punter nailed a mid-range jumper, but Okobo hit a mid-range jumper for Monaco which further increased the margin, 26-19, after 10 minutes.
Loyd’s tough triple made it a 10-point affair on the opening possession of the second quarter. Parker and Satoransky each hit a mid-range jumper to keep Barcelona in range, and Justin Anderson’s fast-break reverse dunk cut it to 29-25. Okobo nailed a three-pointer for the hosts, and so did Brizuela to cut it to 34-32. Monaco kept a decent distance thanks to a pair of tough baskets from Strazel, and with Jaiteh displaying his soft touch around the baskets. Punter and Parker had answers on the other end, but Loyd’s corner triple made it 49-40 at halftime.
The teams traded blows after the break, with Diallo and Daniel Theis scoring for the hosts, while Willy Hernangomez and Joel Parra scored inside for Barcelona. Punter nailed a mid-range jumper, but a triple from James and a fast-break dunk from Diallo made it 60-46. Parker nailed a three-pointer, but Blossomgame had another dunk, Strazel and Loyd each had a three-pointer, then Jaiteh had back-to-back fastbreak dunks to open a 74-57 advantage. Parra nailed a triple, and Parker a short jumper, but Loyd and Jaiteh made sure Monaco held an 80-64 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Things slowed down, offensively, in the fourth quarter. Brizuela’s triple hinted there is a hope for Barcelona, but a driving dunk by Terry Tarpey opened an 86-67 lead. Hernangomez had 5 points, including a three-pointer, but Theis restored a 19-point lead. Barcelona was not giving up, with Punter sparking a 0-7 run, during which Alex Abrines hit a three-pointer, but Barcelona did not get closer than those 12 points.
