Basketball
Barcelona – Panathinaikos 86-60: A different class, a different motivation, just a different level
Panathinaikos went to Barcelona without Nedovic – Papapetrou and suffered a heavy defeat (86-60) at the hands of Yassikevitsios’ side, who wanted to score in forty minutes without further losses. At 5-17 the greens.
It was not a match that Panathinaikos had circled in his program. He didn’t want to beat Barcelona at the Palau Blaugrana, he went there without Nemanja Nedovic and Ioannis Papapetrou, he made a remarkable effort in the beginning but in the end he suffered a perfectly normal defeat (86-60) from an opponent who doesn’t just aiming for eighth place or the Final Four, but for conquering the EuroLeague, which Anadolu Efes lost last year.
The Greens, still hoping for their first away win of the year (5-6 in OAKA, 0-11 a), fell to 5-7 while they will now continue with a new trip in the 26th game against Villeurbanne in Lyon . At 19-5 the Catalans (12-1 a and 7-4 a) who had pluralism were effective and had some bad breaks. They played until they won the match, with Giorgos Papagiannis being their only problem in the forty minutes.
The MVP
It’s impossible to single out a player with such comfortable dominance, but in Barcelona tonight they can certainly smile for Dante Exum. At 26 and with a seven-year career in the NBA, the Aussie is trying to find his reincarnation and finally stay away from injury to help Barcelona and return to the world’s top flight. Against Panathinaikos, he scored 12 points (1/2 two points, 2/3 three points, 4/4 shots), racked up 6 rebounds, shared 2 assists and made a block, all in 18 minutes.
The weak link
Very bad night for Daryl Macon (12 points, 3/8 two points, 0/3 three points, 3 assists, 2 steals, 4 errors) and Howard Sand-Ross (4 points, 2/7 two points, 0/3 three points, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors), apart from George Papagiannis, there was generally no other Panathinaikos player who was even in a tolerable condition.
The stats that stood out
With 6/8 two points and 1/3 three points, Panathinaikos finished the first third having made seven errors, a very large number for games at this HQ. At 13, he completed the first twenty minutes in which he was 0/5, three points behind Bohoridis in the first period of the game. At the end of the night, the Greens had 1/12 threes, that is, they did not shoot from the first shot to the end of the game against the Catalans, who scored 57% with two points and 48% with three points and 100% on shots with 8/ 8th.
The race
Panathinaikos’ start of the match was not good. He had 1/1 two points and 1/1 three points, but also had five penalties in four minutes, finding himself early in the Chaser role (10-5). A knock on the knee forced Evans to go to the bench early, Papagiannis came on and did an incredible job, nailing time and time again to make it 17-15, which was the result of the first third. The mistakes had damaged the greens, but despite this their image in the executive part was good (6/8 two points, 1/3 three points).
After Exum had phases early in the second half and scored nine straight points, Barcelona quickly went to +9 (26-17) and +13 (30-17) with Yokubaitis and +14 (35-21) with a three-pointer from Kalathis from the top in the 17th minute. The Greens didn’t find cooperation in attack, they didn’t have any good shots, Hayes scored three consecutive threes to make it 41-21 and by half-time the situation had gone from difficult to…very difficult. Not because Panathinaikos had 1/6 threes that Bohoridis had in the first period of the game, but because they had 13 errors for just six assists.
With a 9-2 lead in two minutes early in the second half, Barcelona shot up to a 27 (54-27) lead, but Panathinaikos had a remarkable reaction. He reduced to 20 (58-38), he couldn’t celebrate for that, but he didn’t let the Catalans break them up and that was… something. Of course, the 63-42 of the third period didn’t leave any room for more optimism, although the result of the quarter (18-17) could be seen as a positive step as Dimitris’ team’s situation didn’t get out of hand with Prift.
The fourth third was purely procedural, Yassikevitsios pulled his important players onto the bench early on. Kalathis played 17:49, Mirotic scored 18:59, Davis 16:08 and a night that was expected to be easy really was for the Catalans.
THE REFEREES: Javor, Mogulkots, Travitsky
THE TEN MINUTES: 17-15, 45-25, 63-42, 86-60
BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Davis 4 (2/7 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Exum 12 (1/3 two points, 2/3 three points, 4/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Sunley 8 (4/5 two points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Smith 5 (1), Hayes 14 (2/5 two points, 2/2 three points, 4/4 shots, 3 rebounds), Laprovitola 5 (1) , Kuric 5 (1 ), Yokumbaitis 9 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Mirotic 9 (3/6 two points, 1/3 three points, 3 rebounds), Naji 4, Kalathis 7 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals)
Panathinaikos (Priftis): Meikon 12 (3/8 two points, 0/3 three points, 6/6 shots, 3 assists, 4 errors), Papagiannis 18 (8/10 two points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Bohoridis 7 (1), Kavvadas 2, Kaselakis 3, White 9 (4/5 two points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Jovic 2, Evans 2, Mantzoukas 1, Sant-Ross 4 (2/7 two points, 0/3 3 points, 0/1 shot, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors)
Barcelona team stats: 24/42 two points, 10/21 three points, 8/8 shots, 36 rebounds (27 defensive – 9 offensive), 19 assists, 8 steals, 3 blocks, 12 errors
Panathinaikos team statistics: 23/43 two points, 1/12 three points, 11/14 shots, 26 rebounds (20 defensive – 6 offensive), 12 assists, 7 steals, 17 errors
The next games of the two teams: In the 26th game, Barcelona will play Real in Madrid (2/11 at 9:45 p.m.), while Panathinaikos will play Villeurbanne in France (2/11 at 9:00 p.m.).
Source: sport24
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
San Antonio: Vembanyama (32 + 7 rebounds + 5 blocks), Castle (20 + 7 assists), Vassell (11), Shempeni (4), Barnes (3) – start; K. Johnson (27 + 10 rebounds), Harper (7 + 7 rebounds + 12 assists), Cornet (7 + 8 rebounds), Brian (3), Sohan (0), McLaughlin (0), Waters (0).
Utah: Markkanen (29), George (28 + 6 assists), Nurkic (16 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Sensabaugh (11), Mikhailyuk (3) – start; Clayton (17), Williams (8), Collier (7), Filippovski (6 + 6 assists), Hendricks (2).
Chicago – Milwaukee – 103:112 (26:28, 24:26, 30:31, 23:27)
Chicago: White (16 + 5 losses), Vucevic (16 + 7 rebounds), Giddy (13 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), Okoro (10), Buzelis (8) – start; Dosunmu (11), Collins (10 + 10 rebounds), Herter (7), Smith (6 + 10 rebounds), Jones (6 + 6 assists), Williams (0).
Milwaukee: Y. Antetokounmpo (29 + 8 rebounds), Rollins (20 + 7 rebounds), Turner (13), Porter (8 + 9 assists), Green (6) – start; Portis (17 + 11 rebounds), Kuzma (12), Sims (4), G. Harris (3).
Sacramento-Dallas-113:107 (31:23, 28:21, 29:33, 25:30)
sacramento: Westbrook (21 + 9 assists), Ellis (21), Reynaud (19), DeRozan (9 + 6 assists), Achiuwa (5 + 9 rebounds) – start; Schroeder (10), McDermott (9), Clifford (8+9 rebounds), Monk (7), Cardwell (4+8 rebounds).
dallas: Flagg (23 + 5 turnovers), Washington (17 + 4 blocks), Gafford (11 + 7 rebounds), Christie (9 + 7 rebounds), Nembhard (9) – start; Thompson (14), Marshall (11), Russell (7), Hardy (5), Powell (1 + 11 rebounds), Caleb Martin (0), Cisse (0).
New Orleans – Phoenix – 114:123 (33:32, 22:33, 30:28, 29:30)
New Orleans: Murphy (24), Quinn (21 + 11 rebounds), Fiers (18 + 8 rebounds), Bay (17), McGowens (0) – start; Williamson (22), Alvarado (7), Missy (4 + 8 rebounds), Poole (1), Peavy (0).
Phoenix: Booker (20), Brooks (18), Gillespie (17 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), O’Neal (15), Ighodaro (8 + 10 rebounds) – start; Goodwin (16 + 9 rebounds), Buey (12), Williams (10 + 8 rebounds), Fleming (5), Richards (2), Livers (0).
Orlando-Denver-127:126 (23:31, 25:31, 36:31, 43:33)
orlando: Black (38), Bane (24 + 6 assists), Carter (18 + 7 rebounds), Banchero (12 + 6 assists), Jones (0 + 6 assists) – start; da Silva (17), Kane (7), Isaac (5), Richardson (4), Penda (2), Howard (0).
Denver: Jokic (34 + 21 rebounds + 12 assists), J. Murray (24), Hardaway (20), Watson (15), Jones (14) – start; Strother (13), Valanciunas (4), B. Brown (2), Pickett (0).
Atlanta – New York – 125:128 (27:33, 28:35, 34:30, 36:30)
of Atlanta: Okongwu (31 + 14 rebounds), Johnson (20 + 9 rebounds + 12 assists), Daniels (13 + 8 rebounds + 9 assists), Young (9 + 10 assists + 5 turnovers), Risache (4) – start; Alexander-Walker (25), Newell (12), Krejci (9), Kennard (2), Guay (0).
New York: Towns (36 + 16 rebounds), Brunson (34), Anunoby (15 + 10 rebounds), Bridges (14 + 8 assists), Diawara (5) – start; McCullar (13 + 8 rebounds), Robinson (6 + 9 rebounds), Clarkson (3), Colic (2).
Miami – Indiana – 142:116 (29:28, 30:32, 39:34, 44:22)
Miami: Wiggins (28), Powell (23), Larsson (16 + 7 assists), Weir (15 + 7 rebounds), Mitchell (0) – start; Jaques (28), Jovic (19 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Smith (5), Yakucionis (4), Johnson (2), Fontecchio (2), Gardner (0).
indiana: Siakam (33 + 7 rebounds + 5 losses), Maturin (25 + 5 losses), Nembhard (15 + 16 assists), Huff (11), Furphy (9 + 7 rebounds) – start; Nesmith (9), Jackson (4), Walker (3), Bradley (3), Jones (2), Potter (2), Thompson (0), Peter (0).
Minnesota – Brooklyn – 107:123 (30:33, 33:29, 23:36, 21:25)
Minnesota: Edwards (28 + 7 rebounds), McDaniels (16), Randle (13 + 11 assists), DiVincenzo (11 + 6 assists), Gobert (6 + 8 rebounds) – start; Reed (13), Dillingham (7), Clark (6), Hyland (4), Juzeng (3), Beranger (0), Miller (0).
Brooklyn: Porter (27 + 10 rebounds), Claxton (14), Clowney (11), Demin (7), Menn (2) – start; Thomas (30), Wolf (11), Sharpe (10), Powell (7), Traore (4), Wilson (0).
Houston – Cleveland – 117:100 (32:24, 28:22, 30:17, 27:37)
Houston: Durant (30 + 7 assists), Smith (15 + 7 rebounds), Thompson (13 + 9 rebounds), Eason (9), Adams (9 + 8 rebounds) – start; Sheppard (18 + 8 assists + 5 steals), Okogie (8), Capela (4 + 8 rebounds), Davison (3), Green (3), Finney-Smith (3), A. Holiday (2), Tate (0).
cleveland: Mitchell (16 + 6 assists), Merrill (13), Garland (12), Wade (6), Allen (6) – starts; Tyson (23 + 15 rebounds), Proctor (7), Bryant (7 + 7 rebounds), E. Mobley (4), Hunter (2), Porter (2), Ball (2).
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The Brooklyn Nets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in an away match of the NBA regular season.
The meeting in Minneapolis ended with a score of 123:107 (33:30, 29:33, 36:23, 25:21) in favor of the guests. The most productive players of the match were Nets guard Cameron Thomas (30 points) and Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (28).
Brooklyn’s Russian point guard Egor Demin scored seven points, made three assists and two rebounds in 26 minutes on the floor.
Brooklyn has won four of its last five games. Demin’s team takes 13th place in the Eastern Conference (10 wins/19 losses). Minnesota (20/12) is in sixth position in the West.
Results of other matches of the game day:
Sacramento Kings – Dallas Mavericks – 113:107
New Orleans Pelicans – Phoenix Suns – 114:123
Orlando Magic – Denver Nuggets – 127:126
Chicago Bulls – Milwaukee Bucks – 103:112
San Antonio Spurs – Utah Jazz – 114:127
Miami Heat – Indiana Pacers – 142:116
Houston Rockets – Cleveland Cavaliers – 117:100
Source: Sportbox
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