Basketball
Eurobasket champion silent leader Alberto Diaz
Alberto Diaz, Malaga point guard for Unicaja and Spain’s EuroBasket 2022 champion, is a respected figure in the basketball world. For both his performances in tournaments and the story of inspiration: from joining at the last minute due to Llull’s injury, to appearing in plays remembered for the most creditable work accomplished by Scariolo’s team. .
Alberto Diaz Ortiz (Málaga, 1994) is an ordinary man who crosses borders as the hero of Spain’s new European conquest. He is 1’88 meters tall and points his guard, already he was a well-established player in the ACB League. But now that he’s decided to stand out in EuroBasket, at the age of 28, all of Europe is talking about the red-haired captain of Unikaha.
His success in this historic European campaign harvested by ‘La Familia’ is no accident, despite the fact that Diaz remained on the final list due to Sergio Llull’s unfortunate injury. Sergio Scagliolo relied on a completely different player profile as he transitioned from Mallorcan scoring prowess to Malaga claws and team spirit.
Scariolo knew this better than anyone and Diaz was intelligent on the track and had an unmatched hunger for competition. he knew how to take advantage of the opportunities that fate gave him And he went from playing a purely defensive role in the rotation to monopolizing time in the most crucial moments of the tournament, as important as the shot that ended the victory over France with two minutes remaining. I shot.
Europe began to turn their attention to the redhead, who was born in the Carretera de Cádiz district, a working-class neighborhood in the capital of Malaga, against Shane Larkin’s Turkey, who caused a decisive loss of the ball in the final seconds. .
In the round of 16 against Lithuania, he continued to show what a routine he had in Karpena and fouled in attack.: Against his former youth teammate and now NBA star Domantas Sabonis, he knew how to drive him crazy at times.
In the semi-final against Germany, he committed an offensive foul on Schroederhe left without scoring for the final seven minutes of the game, shortly after an NBA point guard made a mocking gesture at him after a layup.
I didn’t want to stand out in the final against France, but I won it with my hands, He maintained his level defensively with the strength he applied against top-level players like Thomas Huertel and Andrew Albisyand to that defensive luxury, he added some decisive triples and also showed courage and efficiency in attack (88% on two shots during Eurobasket, 83% on free kicks, 40 on triples). %).
Diaz is more of an intangibles expert than a player with breakthrough stats. Opposite errors, stealing the ball, fouls on attack or certain shots, stopping and bouncing as soon as receiving, covering, releasing or penetrating the hoop.
His numbers at Eurobasket are 5.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists with a PIR of 6.7. Showing his importance on the court with 16.8 minutes played, Spain are balancing him with +52 on the court.
leader since childhood
At the Spanish Cadet Championship, Diaz was one of the best players in the Andalusian team. He won that year and his coach in the lower category, Francis Tomé, said his assistant would go to his room and flirt with girls from the other team at the hotel where his players were staying. He said he told him he was doing it.
“And who is in charge here?‘, Tome said, getting very angry with the young players and waiting for them to say that of course it was him, so he asked if he could tell them to stop flirting and focus on basketball. . But to that rhetorical question, all the players answered “Alberto”, referring to Diaz.
I was a born leader from an early age.people who knew him and were trained as Tome who had him at Rincon Clinic, a subsidiary of Typesetter at the time, say. He was a scorer, penetrator and playmaker who “made the triple we needed.”
As the body changes over time and as the categories progress, Diaz has established himself as a defender willing to lead his team from behindthe personality and leadership of being named MVP of the Eurocup final at the age of 22, that of Unicaha’s comeback against Valencia basket in 2017.
10 years with the ACB, more than 350 matches in the Euroleague, Eurocup and FIBA Champions League, Leader of Unikaha in turbulent years like the last two, he was always the most regular on the team. His recognition on a global scale lagged behind, lacking stages like Eurobasket.
Coming back from Germany with a gold medal doesn’t change his humility. A boy who always puts his studies first, he already has a master’s degree in sports management from the University of Salamanca.Didactic Programming and Competence in Digital Education Courses, and Level 1 Basketball Coach.
As a born worker, I don’t have much time this week to absorb my accomplishments.on Friday we have Carpena who receives it with the highest applause, as he should be the soul of Unicaja trying not to fail in the qualifying stages of the FIBA Champions League.
“If they told me this before going to Tbilisi, I would tell him he’s crazy. That’s the beauty of this. People live in dreams,” he said after the final. He said… Believe it or not, he had already gathered his belongings a few weeks before going out, and “he wasn’t 100% fit,” Scaglioro warned. .
That call changed his life, Eurobasket ‘changed his life’ And his outstanding performance has earned him the limelight and, with permission, a shower of admiration and recognition for the red-haired redhead from the Unikaja Youth Academy, which commands the respect of all basketball.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Three matches were played as part of the 18th round of the Euroleague on December 26.
Partizan hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv and suffered a heavy defeat.
The home team, which started the match better, was separated from the opponent by 11 points (28:17) in the first quarter, and at the end of the first 10 minutes, they missed the 3:13 attack and reduced the difference with the opponent team to 1 point (31:30). In the second quarter, Maccabi seized the initiative and after a 14:0 move, they fell behind by 15 points, 56:41. This part of the game was decisive, since then the away team increased their advantage and achieved +33 points – 92:58 at the end of the third quarter, after which they relaxed a little and allowed the opponent to reduce the gap to the last 25 points – 87:112.
This was Maccabi’s fifth consecutive win in the Euroleague, which moved them up to 14th in the standings.
While the most productive player of the match was Walker, who scored 20 points, overall five of Maccabi’s players scored 10+ points.
Monaco had a tough home win against Real Madrid.
The Monegasques were ahead almost the entire game against Los Blancos, but they could not gain a comfortable distance. At the beginning of the third quarter, the home team had a 14-point lead, but then they missed a move at 4:14 and allowed their opponent to return to the game, and at the end of 10 minutes, Real equalized the score: 70:70. The decisive factor in the fourth quarter was Monaco’s 12:0 breakthrough towards the middle of the 10-minute period, which gave them a 12-point advantage: 87:75. After this, although the guest team reduced the gap, they did not fully return to the game. As a result, Monaco won with a score of 100:95.
Real Madrid’s Ukrainian headquarters Alexey Len He spent 6 minutes on the field and made 1 incorrect two-point shot and 1 foul during this time.
The two visiting players immediately recorded double-doubles. Tavares had 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Campazzo had 28 points and 10 assists. Okobo scored 22 points for the winners, but Monaco showed more team play; 6 home players scored 10+ points.
Virtus Bologna hosted Olympiacos and almost staged a surprising comeback in the fourth quarter.
The home team won the first quarter with a score of 25:23, but then the game went sideways and at the big break the Greeks had a 9-point advantage – 50:41, and before the last minute of the third quarter the away team was ahead +20 – 77:57. The fate of the match seemed certain, but then Virtus got back into the game with a move at 18:3. There was an even game further down the field, where the home team tried to equalize the score, but Fournier’s three-pointer with a score of 92:93 and successful free throws helped the Greeks preserve the victory, but Virtus made a three-point shot for equal score at the last second through Alston’s efforts.
Dorsey scored 23 points and Fournier scored 21 points for Olympiacos.
Europa League. Regular season. 18th round, 26 December
Partizan – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 87:112 (31:30, 12:28, 16:34, 28:20)
Partisan: Payne (15 points + 3 rebounds + 6 assists), Brown (12+2+4), Bonga (10+4+1), Jones (10+6+2), Marinkovich (9+2+1), Washington (8+1 assists), Osetkovski (8+1+3), Fernando (6+4+1), Lakic (6+1+1), Calathes (3+2+2).
maccabi: Walker (20+2+5), Sorkin (17+6+3), Leaf (14+6+1), Brissett (11+3 rebounds), Santos (10+2+2), Gord (9+4+2), Ryman (8+4 rebounds), Clark (7+3+6), Blatt (6+4+7), DiBartolomeo (5+3+1), Lundberg (3+2+2), Levy (2+1 selection).
Monaco – Reality – 100:95 (21:20, 26:23, 23:27, 30:25)
Monaco: Okobo (22+2+2), James (15+4+5), Nedovich (12+3 rebounds), Strazel (12+4 rebounds), Diallo (11+7+2), Mirotic (10+1+2), Theis (8+7+1), Blossomgame (6+4 rebounds), Hayes (4+7+1).
Real: Campazzo (28+5+10), Tavares (21+11 rebounds), Okeke (12+2 rebounds), Dec (9+4+2), Abalde (7+2 assists), Hezonja (6+5+2), Maledon (5+1+2), Procida (3), Garuba (2+2 rebounds), Kramer (2+1 rebounds).
Virtus Bologna – Olympiacos – 94:97 (25:23, 16:27, 19:27, 34:20)
virtus: Wildosa (17+2+4), Morgan (15+5 assists), Edwards (14+1+2), Diouf (12+4+1), Smailagic (9), Alston (8+2 rebounds), Niang (7+4+1), Hackett (6+3+4), Payola (4+1+4), Akele (2+1 rebounds).
OlympiacosDorsey (23+4+3), Fournier (21+1 rebounds), Vezenkov (16+5 rebounds), Milutinov (13+9+5), Peters (13+6+1), Papanikolaou (5+4+2), Walkup (2+2 assists), Ntilikina (2+1+2), Hall (2+2 assists), Morris (3 rebounds + 2 assists).
tournament table
Source: Sport UA
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Croatian “Zadar” reported on its official website the transfer of a basketball player from the Ukrainian national team Ivan Tkachenko.
After a short trial period during which the Ukrainian player met the requirements of the coaching staff, a contract was signed with him at the end of the season.
The club has already announced that Tkachenko will participate in the Adriatic League and the Croatian Championship, so the Ukrainian can make his debut for the new team in the local championship match against Kvarner on December 27.
Tkachenko did not sign a contract with any club at the beginning of the 2025/26 season and played in only two official matches after the start of the season – as part of the Ukrainian national team, against Georgia and Denmark in November as part of the 2027 World Cup qualifiers.
Last season Ivan played for Mitteldeutscher, where he won the German Cup. The forward, who played in 32 matches in the 2024/25 Bundesliga, averaged 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 17.3 minutes.
During his club career, Tkachenko played for Ukrainians Cherkasy Mavpy and Prometheus, as well as Finland’s Helsinki Seagals.
Zadar is in sixth place in the Adriatic League Group B with 4 wins in 10 matches, and is in second place in the Croatian Championship with a score of 10-1.
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Star player of Los Angeles Lakers Luka Doncic Against the background of the embarrassing defeat of Houston Rockets (96:119), he explained what the team had to change to improve the results:
“I don’t know exactly what needs to change, but something definitely needs to change. We need to figure it out, that’s what we need to do. Everyone should discuss it.”
I know JJ Redick said it would be disturbing. And that’s the way it should be.
As I said, we need to discuss this. It may be uncomfortable, but everyone needs to try harder, starting with me.
We just have to challenge each other. Everyone should challenge themselves and their teammates. “There’s no way to play the way we play, so we’ve got to be better than that.”
Source: Sport UA
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