Bacon scores 20 to lead Monaco past Pau-Lacq-Orthez in Game 2 / News - Basketnews.com

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AS Monaco jumped to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinal series of the French LNB semifinals as they defeated Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez 79-72 (22-20, 24-15, 17-12, 16-25).

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Game 3 will be held in Palais des Sports de Pau on Tuesday, 7 June, 20:30 CEST

Dwayne Bacon was the top performer for the winners, accumulating 20 points (6/11 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 5/5 FT), 5 rebounds and 18 PIR.

On the opposing side,Justin Bibbins (7 AST, 6 REB and 24 PIR) and Gregor Horvat (18 PIR) scored 20 points each.

After the close first quarter, Dwyane Bacon and Alpha Diallo‘s successful performance increased Monaco's lead to double-digits (46-35) going into a halftime.

Monaco continued his dominance in the third and after Yakuba Outtara‘s bucket they increased their lead to 18 points (61-43) before the decisive quarter.

When the game seemed almost over, the visitors initiated 12-2 run and trimmed the deficit to 6 (65-71) with 3:10 left.

Meanwhile, Dwayne Bacon came for the rescue, as he drained the 3-pointer (76-67) and the hosts could breathe more easily with 2:14 to go.

Pau-Lacq-Orthez managed to reduce the lead to 7 (72-79) but the time expired and Monaco sealed the second victory of the series.

AS Monaco:Dwayne Bacon 20 (5 REB), Alpha Diallo 13 (8 REB), Mike James 13 (5 AST), Yakuba Ouattara 10.

Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez: Justin Bibbins 19 (7 AST, 6 REB and 24 PIR),Gregor Horvat 19, Giovan Oniangue 12.

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