Maccabi Tel Aviv smash AS Monaco to tie EuroLeague playoff series

JERUSALEM, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv achieved a 104-69 home win against AS Monaco in Game 4 of the best-of-five EuroLeague Basketball playoff series on Thursday night.

Maccabi thus tied the series at 2-2, forcing a decisive fifth game scheduled for Wednesday in Monaco, with the winner qualifying for the Final Four to be held on May 19 and 21 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

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