ASVEL cruise past Monaco, force Game 5 in French league finals / News - Basketnews.com

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LDCL ASVEL Villeurbanne have blown out AS Monaco in the French League finals Game 4 at Monaco 85-68 (22-9, 19-19, 22-11, 22-29) and tied the best-of-five series 2-2.

William Howard

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Game 5 will be played on June 25th in Villeurbanne.

Despite 34 points Mike James performance for Monaco, ASVEL won the game comfortably.

ASVEL have already gained a double-digit lead in the middle of the first quarter, after James Gist's 2-pointer (12-2). After that ASVEL never looked back and only kept increasing the lead until the fourth quarter.

Chris Jones and William Howard led ASVEL in the third quarter, which ASVEL won by 11 points and increased their lead to 24-points before the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Monaco tried to make a comeback, but the deficit proved to be too big to overcome.

In the second quarter, ASVEL kept a safe distance and ended the first half with a 13-point lead (41-28).

ASVEL was led by William Howard who had 13 points (0/1 2PT, 4/5 3PT, 1/2 FT), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 19 PIR.

Mike James, who scored half of the team's points, led Monaco with 34 (8/11 2PT, 2/8 3PT, 12/15 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 28 PIR.

ASVEL: Chris Jones 19, Marcos Knight 19 (6 REB), William Howard 13 (7 REB), Elie Okobo 11 (5 AST).

Monaco: Mike James 34, Dwayne Bacon 10, Alpha Diallo 6 (5 REB).

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