The win gives Paris the potential tie-break advantage over Bayern
Shorts leads Paris past Bayern, 93-88

Paris Basketball took another step towards the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague postseason by topping FC Bayern Munich 93-88 in the City of Lights in Round 27 on Thursday.
Paris improved to 16-10 in the standings, while Bayern dropped to 16-11. TJ Shorts led the winners with 27 points. Maodo Lo added 14 and Daulton Hommes scored 12 for Paris. Carsen Edwards paced Bayern with 29 points. Andreas Obst added 20, Shabazz Napier 14 and Johannes Voigtmann 11 for the visitors.
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Mikael Jantunen got Paris going with a three-pointer from the corner. Edwards stepped up with a reverse layup and Nick Weiler-Babb added a jumper to bring Bayern within 5-4. Nadir Hifi struck from downtown and Yakuba Ouattara erased Elias Harris's jump hook with a power layup for a 10-6 Paris lead. Napier tried to change things for the visitors. Hommes and Obst traded triples before Hifi boosted his team's lead to 16-11. Lo took over with a driving layup, but Harris and Voigtmann got Bayern within 18-15. Jantunen struck from beyond the arc and Kevarrius Hayes's dunk gave Paris a 23-15 lead after 10 minutes.
Shorts followed a three-pointer off the dribble with a fastbreak layup that prompted Bayern to call timeout at 28-15 early in the second quarter. Edwards took over with a layup off a wild spin move and Weiler-Babb made a jumper. After Shorts and Vladimir Lucic traded layups, Edwards followed a driving basket with a jumper, causing Paris to stop the game at 30-25. Hommes and Leopold Cavaliere fueled a 9-0 run that Lo capped with a layup for a 39-25 Paris lead. Obst followed a catch-and-shoot triple with a layup-plus-foul, giving Bayern hope at 40-33. After Bandja Sy found his first points, Edwards followed a triple with a coast-to-coast layup. Shorts made it 47-38 at the break.
Jantunen struck from beyond the arc right after the break and Tyson Ward bettered Voigtmann's jumper with another triple for a 53-40 Paris lead. Edwards followed a layup in transition with a corner triple. Ward and Niels Giffey traded baskets before Napier got Bayern within 55-49. Lucic silenced the crowd with a show-stopping slam and Voigtmann matched Hifi's layup with a reverse slam. Hommes and Obst traded threes before Lo boosted the hosts' lead to 65-56. Obst insisted from three-point range, but Cavalieri took over with back-to-back layups. Napier struck twice from beyond the arc to make it 69-65 score. Voigtmann bettered Shorts's jumper with a three-pointer that got Bayern even closer, 71-68, at the end of the third quarter.
Shorts sank a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Voigtmann dunked before Ward and an unstoppable Shorts made it 78-70. Napier stepped up for Bayern and Edwards matched Shorts's driving layup with an off-balance basket. Edwards kept pacing the visitors, but Lo made a three-pointer. Napier's hook shot made it a 5-point game with more than 4 minutes left. Ward finished a three-chance Paris offense with a put-back basket that Edwards erased with a reverse layup. After Shorts banked in a floater, Obst fired in a triple in transition to make it 87-84. Hayes scored down low and Lo's driving layup all but sealed the outcome, 91-84, in the next-to-last minute. Shorts iced his team's win from the foul line.