Monaco had no problems defending their home ground against Barcelona, and are one step away from another place in the Euroleague Final Four.
The "Princes" celebrated 97:80 on Wednesday, and it was similar tonight - 92:79 in a match that Vasilis Spanoulis' team controlled for almost 40 minutes and had as many as 28 assists.
Monaco had an eight-point lead in the first quarter, plus 10 in the second, and it became clear at the end of the third period that the "Blaugrana" would have a hard time pulling away when the home team took an 3:80 lead. Later, there were maximum plus 62...
Alpha Diallo led the winning team with 21 points, Muamadu Zaite had 20, and Jordan Lloyd had 13...
The best player in Barca was Jabari Parker with 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Kevin Panter added 14...
Much more excitement was seen in Piraeus, but Olympiacos did the job and is 2-0 up against Real Madrid.
The Greek giants won 77:71, and the triumph was secured by Alec Peters and Nigel Williams-Goss, who repelled the visitors' onslaught with three-pointers in the last two minutes.
Real scored their first points in the final quarter after more than five minutes when Mario Hezonje's basket cut the lead to 64:56, and then came close to 67:64 before Peters and Williams-Goss finished the job.
Sasha Vezenkov led Olympiacos with 22 points, Evan Fournier scored 17, and Hezonja had 22 for Real...
The third matches are scheduled for Tuesday in Barcelona and Madrid, respectively.
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