The Roca Team came out on top after a tight battle
Monaco takes control of third place by downing Real Madrid, 77-73
Game Report
3 Mins read
AS Monaco outlasted Real Madrid in a defensive battle on Friday night, triumphing 77-73 after limiting the visitors to 34 second-half points. The hosts improved to 15-9 to take sole ownership of third place, while Real stays outside the top six at 13-11.
Monaco’s defense controlled the early stages, before Real hit a flurry of triples to move ahead, 36-39, at halftime. The home team retook the lead after the interval, Nick Calathes led Monaco’s offense with a double-double of 12 points and 10 assists, Matthew Strazel netted 13 points and Alpha Diallo added 10. Mario Hezonja led Real with 15 points but fouled out early in the fourth, while Sergio Llull scored 12, Andres Feliz had 11 and Walter Tavares scored 10.
Game Videos
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AS Monaco-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nice move from Monaco! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Real Madrid | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Campazzo gives Fernando liftoff! Motorola Magic Moment
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Papagiannis posterizes Moneke! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Vassilis Spanoulis: 'This is a huge milestone for Mike James, 5,000 points'
- 00:48
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Mike James after reaching 5,000 points: 'It's something nice to add to the résumé'
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AS Monaco-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Papagiannis posterizes Moneke! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Real Madrid | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Gonzalez beats the show clock! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nick Calathes: 'Every game for us is like a final'
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AS Monaco-Real Madrid | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hezonja feeds Fernando! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Belgrade derby dominates in episode No. 18 of the Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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Round 24 video preview: Everything you need to know about this week's key games
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Georgios Papagiannis: 'We had to win this game'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-AS Monaco | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Facu Campazzo: 'We got lucky a little bit'
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Real Madrid-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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HEZONJA WINS IT! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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What a dish by James! Motorola Magic Moment
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Hezonja stops Diop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Blossomgame flies for the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-AS Monaco | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Diallo races clear for a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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FC Bayern Munich-AS Monaco | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Papagiannis dunks off a smart Strazel dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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Facu Campazzo: 'For the fans, it was a great game'
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Real Madrid-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mario Hezonja: 'This was the most important game of the year for us'
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Real Madrid | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hezonja somehow scores! Motorola Magic Moment
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Campazzo's acrobatic layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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Papagiannis at both ends! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Papagiannis’s big block! Magic Moment
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Papagiannis at both ends! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:44
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Vassilis Spanoulis: ‘It’s a big challenge for me and the club’
- 01:25
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Facundo Campazzo: 'We are a pretty good team as well'
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Real Madrid-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mike James: 'Coach Spanoulis has done a great job'
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ALBA Berlin-AS Monaco | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Okobo's sweet move! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jordan Loyd: 'When we play defense like that, we're a great team'
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AS Monaco-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mario Hezonja: 'I am lucky to be in a locker room with Sergio Llull'
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ALBA Berlin-Real Madrid | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Blossomgame’s reverse slam! Magic Moment
Tavares dunked the opening basket, before Calathes answered with a pair of deep strikes. Alberto Abalde hit Real’s first triple, and Tavares netted again to make it 8-7. Mike James and Facu Campazzo exchanged driving layups, and Georgios Papagiannis dunked to keep Monaco ahead. Bruno Fernando scored his first basket for Real, but Diallo’s layups and 4 free throws from Strazel made it 20-13 after 10 minutes.
Feliz opened the second quarter with a determined bucket, but Terry Tarpey’s transition layup and Strazel’s three-ball kept the home team ahead. Another dunk for Tavares was bettered by James’s three-point play, making it 32-19. Real hit back through a pair of triples from Hezonja, before close-range finishes from Diallo and Jaron Blossomgame kept pushing Monaco. The visitors kept on firing from deep through Hugo Gonzalez and Llull, whose four-point play forced a lead change, 36-39, at the break.
An alley-oop from Papagiannis started the second half and Petr Cornelie scored 5 points in a row to send Monaco ahead, 43-42. A pair of Mam Jaiteh layups kept the host moving with a 9-0 run as Real failed to score a third quarter field goal until Hezonja’s skilled basket was followed by Feliz’s triple, tying it at 47-47. Jaiteh scored again, Tarpey added a corner three and Calathes’s layup made it 54-47. Hezonja hit another three and free throws brought Real level, but Donatas Motiejunas scored 5 points in a hurry to make it 59-56 after three quarters.
Feliz and Strazel drove for layups early in the fourth, before Diallo and Calathes gave Monaco a 66-60 lead as Hezonja was hit with a second and disqualifying technical foul. Llull’s three-point play boosted Real but Strazel hit another triple and Calathes’s floater made it 71-63 with 4 minutes left. James made it a double-digit game with a floater, and Motiejunas protected the lead from close range. Dzanan Musa’s layup and Campazzo’s triple gave Real hope, but James and Diallo sealed the deal from the foul line.
