Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Thursday February 5, 2026 at 11:23 p.m.
Traveling Thursday evening on the floor of Bayern Munich for the 27th day of the Euroleague, Monaco, despite a huge Mike James (30 points) suffered its fifth defeat in a row against the Germans (91-82). Ten days after taking on Real Madrid, Paris was very close to signing a new feat, against Fenerbahçe, the leader, before losing at the end of the match (92-90) all the benefit of its efforts.
Monaco still at a standstill. The worst was to be feared Thursday evening during the 27th day of the Euroleague for the Monegasques who were left with four defeats in the competition. Even more so against a Bayern Munich team with the opposite trajectory, since these Germans, completely revived after a complicated start to the season, had scored three victories before welcoming players from the Principality who are no longer advancing on the European scene. And who unfortunately confirmed it again on Thursday by suffering their fifth consecutive defeat on the Bavarian floor (91-82).
From the outset, the leaders of Betclic Elite suffered. However, they still had the merit of remaining in contact with Andreas Obst and his teammates. This was no longer the case after that. Trailing by almost ten points at the break, Monaco found some color after returning from the locker room, then in the final moments of the match while Bayern had once again dampened the opposing hopes by regaining momentum on the scoreboard. On the Monegasque side, a man has nothing to reproach himself for. Mike James, monstrous throughout the evening (30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), tried everything to prevent his team from continuing its series of defeats. Unfortunately, this was not enough.
Paris was not far from a new feat, before being… overthrown
Not far from there, Paris has long seemed set to make people forget this new disillusionment for Monaco. Ten days after returning to success by creating a sensation on the floor of the Adidas Arena against Real Madrid, the capital club was very close to bringing down another European Grand: Fenerbahçe. The Parisians lost at the finish (92-90) against the leader but they came close to achieving a new feat.
Faced with the Turks who corrected the French champions in the first leg in Istanbul last October (96-77) and scored a sixth victory in a row on Thursday, the 17th in the ranking led the debates for a long time. During a third quarter that Francesco Tabellini’s players got off to a flying start, the Parisians even managed to take off.
A new feat then seemed to be looming for Nadir Hifi (23 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds) and his family. The Turks obviously did not see things that way. And while Paris let go, Fenerbahçe gradually returned to the game, before winning and definitively reversing the situation at the end of a final period clearly dominated (30-22) by Tarik Biberovic (19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist) and the first in the ranking. Fenerbahçe consolidates its first place while Paris moves back one place. The players from the capital are now 18th.
