Paris eliminates Monaco and joins Nanterre in the Leaders Cup final

By Le Figaro with AFP

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Hifi a inscrit 14 points pour Paris.
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The surprising Paris Basketball dominated Mike James and the Monegasques this Saturday (98-93) and will face Nanterre in the final on Sunday (6:30 p.m.).

Paris Basketball achieved the feat of eliminating Monaco (98-93) from the Leaders Cup on Saturday in Saint-Chamond, on the outskirts of Saint-Étienne, and will play the final there against its Ile-de-France neighbor Nanterre on Sunday (6:30 p.m.).

The ex-Semaine des As did not succeed against Mike James’s side (18 points), which fell in the quarters a year ago against Bourg-en-Bresse (102-92). This time, it was the young and ambitious Parisian club, born in 2018, which sank the Monegasque armada.

For its first participation in the mid-season tournament of the French championship, the capital team can win the first trophy in its short history on Sunday.

She owes a lot to her pocket leader TJ Shorts (1.75 m), author of 25 points and 5 assists. The former Bonn player, who arrived with his coach Tuomas Iisalo in Paris, was poison for the Monegasque defense which he constantly made mistakes.