Her historic qualification to the final four Euroleague who denied her last year in Game 5 of the playoffs OlympicMonaco will celebrate with a year… delay that they will meet with the “red-whites” again, this time in the semi-final of the final stage of the competition (19/5, 18:00).

The Monegasques defended their home stadium in the fifth game against Maccabi Tel Aviv and with a final score of 97-86 printed a “ticket” for Kaunas, writing 3-2 in the play-off series of the highest European club competition.

Monaco redeemed the flash of the last four minutes and mostly Jordan Lloyd when the 74-77 loss was answered with a personal score of 12-2 for… overtaking and +7 (86-79) on 37′ .

In high spirits, the hosts took advantage of all of Maccabi’s bad decisions, holding the lead until the 38th minute (90-82) before Baldwin scored from 6.75 to keep the Israeli dream alive (90-85).

However, Maccabi’s three-pointer turned out to be his … swan song: Monaco responded with a series of 7:0 with a score of 97:85 29 minutes before the end, “fixing” the historical qualification.

Mike James with 21 points, all in the first half, and Jordan Lloyd with the same number were at the forefront of Monaco’s success, while Maccabi’s Wade Baldwin scored 27 points (5/7 three-pointers), 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 interception, but also 4 errors.