There are tough courts to call games and Monaco understood that it needed to ratchet up the music a notch to give its home gym a real home town feel.
It might come as a surprise to basketball fans to discover that the game has a rich if somewhat hidden Jewish history, one in which young Jews dominated the action on the court.
This is what's going on in the Jewish sports world.
Veteran leaders key for Reds to continue impressive run in last-8 clash against Joventut Badalona.
The 26-year-old All-Star is in the process of converting to Judaism, according to his Jewish wife, Shashana Sabonis (née Rosen).
The 22-year-old Avdija has taken steps to expand his game especially when some of the Wizards top players are out due to injury.
It is unclear which members of Irving’s family are Jewish or if the assertion is an expression of the Black Hebrew Israelite ideology promoted in the antisemitic film he shared.
The Dallas Mavericks' Jewish owner Mark Cuban spoke out on Irving's antisemitism scandal last year.
Leonard, then a member of the Miami Heat, used the word “kike” while livestreaming a “Call of Duty” video game on the Twitch streaming platform in March 2021.
A roundup of the Jewish athletes to watch in International Sports.