Ukrainian basketball player who plays for Utah Jazz Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He repeated his personal best in starts in the NBA regular season.

This happened 128:137 in the game between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies on the night of December 23-24.

In this match, Mikhailyuk stayed on the field for 22 minutes and during this time he recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-point, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

This match was Mikhailyuk’s 27th match as a starter this season. So, at the end of December, Svyatoslav repeated his career record in terms of starts, missing only one game against Dallas.

Previously, Mikhailiuk managed to play as a starter in many matches only in the 2019/20 season as part of the Detroit Pistons.

The Jazz are in 12th place in the NBA Western Conference rankings with 10 wins in 29 games. Utah will play its next game against Detroit on Saturday, December 27 at 04:30 Kyiv time.

14 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 23-24.

“Utah” hosted “Memphis” and in the middle of the second quarter they were ahead by 15 points at 50:65, but then they made a move at 17:4 and returned to the match 67:69. In the third quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead with 71:69 and the game was leveled, but the Grizzlies added points at the end of the quarter and took the lead again with 109:101 and then calmly maintained the advantage with 137:128.

Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in Utah’s top 5 and played 22 minutes, recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

The most productive player of the match was Aldama, who scored 37 points for Memphis, while Spencer also recorded a double-double, adding 11 points and 13 assists.

In the main match of game day, San Antonio unexpectedly defeated Oklahoma.

During the three quarters, there was an even contest in which no team could gain a lead of more than 8 points, and the leader changed 16 times. The fate of the match winner was decided in the fourth quarter, and the 9:0 attack of the home team was effective in this, and then the advantage reached 12 points (98:86). San Antonio then controlled the course of the game and confidently cruised to victory, gaining an advantage of 130:110.

The top scorer of the winning team was Johnson, who scored 25 points, while Castle scored 24 points for Spurs.

NBA. Regular season, December 24

Utah – Memphis – 128:137 (31:37, 36:32, 34:40, 27:28)

Utah: Filipovski (25 + 13 rebounds), George (24), Bailey (17), Mikhailyuk (9), Love (6) – start; Hendricks (21), Clayton (10), Collier (8 + 9 assists + 5 turnovers), Sensabaugh (4), Williams (4).

Memphis: Aldama (37 + 7 assists), Jaren Jackson (21 + 7 rebounds), Jackson (18 + 9 rebounds), Wells (12), Spencer (11 + 13 assists) – start; Lendale (17+8 rebounds), Caldwell-Pope (11), Prosper (8), Koloko (2), Mashak (0), Small (0+7 assists).

San Antonio – Oklahoma – 130:110 (31:29, 27:31, 29:22, 43:28)

San Antonio: Castle (24), Barnes (20), Vassell (17), Cornet (8), Fox (6 + 9 assists) – start; K. Johnson (25), Wembanyama (12), Shempeni (4 + 10 rebounds), Harper (4 + 10 assists + 5 steals), Waters (3), Biyombo (2), McLaughlin (2), Bryan (2), Olynyk (1).

Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (33 + 8 assists), Jaylen Williams (17 + 8 assists), Dort (15), Hartenstein (8 + 12 rebounds), Holmgren (7) – start; K. Williams (10), Joe (8), Wallace (4), Wiggins (3), Youngblood (3), Caruso (2), Barnhizer (0), Carlson (0).

Philadelphia – Brooklyn – 106:114 (27:27, 30:36, 20:26, 29:25)

Philadelphia: Embiid (27), George (19), Maxey (13), McCain (10 + 9 rebounds), Walker (5) – start; Drummond (12+13 rebounds), Gordon (12), Bona (4), Edwards (4), Broome (0), Lowry (0), Sallis (0).

Brooklyn: Porter (28), Demin (20), Claxton (16 + 10 rebounds), Clowney (13), Mann (4) – start; Sharp (9+11 rebounds + 6 assists), Z. Williams (9), Martin (7), Traore (5), Wolf (3).

Charlotte – Washington – 126:109 (24:31, 38:34, 30:25, 34:19)

Charlotte: Ball (23 + 9 assists), Miller (20), Knippel (19), Diabate (12 + 18 rebounds), Bridges (10 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists) – start; James (13), Sexton (12), Hall (11), Green (3), Mann (3), McNeely (0), Connaughton (0).

washington: Middleton (16), McCollum (14), Coulibaly (14), Sarr (7 + 11 rebounds + 4 blocks), George (2 + 6 assists) – start; Bagley (15), Johnson (12), Shempeny (10 + 9 rebounds), Kispert (9), Carrington (6), Brenham (2), Riley (2), Vukcevic (0), Johnson (0), Hill (0).

Atlanta – Chicago – 123:126 (36:30, 32:25, 37:37, 18:34)

of Atlanta: Johnson (24 + 9 rebounds + 10 assists + 5 turnovers), Young (22 + 15 assists), Alexander-Walker (21), Okongwu (10 + 7 rebounds), Risache (10 + 7 rebounds) – start; Krejci (19), Newell (13+7 rebounds), Wallace (2), Kennard (2).

Chicago: White (24 + 7 losses), Vucevic (21 + 10 rebounds), Giddy (19 + 11 rebounds + 15 assists + 7 losses), Buzelis (15), Okoro (8) – starts; Collins (10 + 7 rebounds), Herter (9 + 7 rebounds), Jones (9), Dosunmu (6), Smith (5), Williams (0).

Indiana – Milwaukee – 94:111 (20:26, 24:33, 24:27, 26:25)

indiana: Siakam (15 + 9 rebounds), Nembhard (14 + 6 assists), Maturin (13), Huff (9 + 7 rebounds), Thompson (3) – start; McConnell (16+6 assists), Matthews (6), Furphy (6), Walker (4), Wiseman (3), Jones (3), Jackson (2), Bradley (0), Peter (0).

Milwaukee: Porter (24), Kuzma (15 + 7 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Portis (14 + 9 rebounds), Turner (10), Green (4) – starts; Rollins (23 + 7 rebounds), Sims (6 + 7 rebounds), Trent (5), G. Harris (5), Anthony (3), Jackson (2), Coffey (0), Nance (0).

Cleveland-New Orleans-141:118 (32:22, 37:38, 41:31, 31:27)

cleveland: Mitchell (27), Merrill (22 + 7 assists), Allen (14 + 9 rebounds), Wade (11), Garland (10 + 8 assists) – start; Tyson (18), Bryant (15 + 7 rebounds), Porter (12 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Hunter (10), Tomlin (2), Proctor (0).

New Orleans: Quinn (21 + 7 rebounds), Murphy (14), Fiers (11), Bay (11), McGowens (8 + 7 rebounds) – start; Williamson (26), Hawkins (7), Missy (7), Alvarado (6), Peavy (5), Matkovic (2).

Miami – Toronto – 91:112 (16:21, 28:30, 23:31, 24:30)

Miami: Powell (17 + 6 assists), Wiggins (14), Adebayo (9 + 12 rebounds), Ware (5 + 9 rebounds), Mitchell (3) – start; Jaques (21), Smith (10), Yakucionis (7), Fontecchio (5), Johnson (0), Gardner (0).

toronto: Barnes (27 + 8 rebounds), Quickley (18 + 7 assists), Mamukelashvili (14 + 7 assists), Ingram (12), Agbadji (5) – start; Bettle (11), Murray-Boyles (11 + 12 rebounds), Shead (8), Walter (4), Dick (2).

Dallas – Denver – 131:130 (41:27, 25:29, 37:47, 28:27)

dallas: Flagg (33 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists), Davis (31 + 9 rebounds), Marshall (15), Nembhard (11 + 7 assists), Hardy (10) – start; Williams (9), Russell (9), Caleb Martin (9), Gafford (4).

Denver: J. Murray (31 + 7 rebounds + 14 assists), Jokic (29 + 7 rebounds + 14 assists), K. Johnson (8), Jones (6), Watson (4) – start; Hardaway (23), B. Brown (13 + 7 rebounds), Strother (8), Valanciunas (8), Pickett (0), Jones (0).

Minnesota – New York – 115:104 (31:28, 27:24, 27:27, 30:25)

Minnesota: Edwards (38), Randle (25), DiVincenzo (11 + 8 assists), Gobert (11 + 16 rebounds), Conley (8) – start; Hyland (9), Reed (8 + 11 rebounds), Clark (5), Shannon (0).

New York: Towns (40 + 13 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Kolek (20 + 11 rebounds + 8 assists), Bridges (15), Hart (12 + 15 rebounds + 8 assists + 6 turnovers), Robinson (2 + 7 rebounds) – start; Clarkson (10), Diawara (3), Hookporty (2), McCullar (0), Dadier (0), Evbuomwan (0).

Phoenix-Lakers-132:108 (29:26, 38:31, 45:29, 20:22)

Phoenix: Brooks (25), Booker (21 + 11 assists), Williams (18 + 9 rebounds), Gillespie (16 + 8 assists), O’Neal (12) – start; Buey (14), Goodwin (8), Fleming (7), Ighodaro (5), Dunn (4+7 rebounds), Maluach (2), Hayes-Davis (0).

Lakers: James (23 + 6 assists), Smart (14 + 6 assists), Smith (12), Ayton (12 + 10 rebounds), Larevia (12) – start; Reeves (17), Thiero (6), Vanderbilt (5), Knecht (3), Hayes (2), Kleber (2), James Jr. (0), Magnon (0).

Portland-Orlando-106:110 (21:25, 29:38, 30:26, 26:21)

Portland: Avdija (25 + 8 assists), Sharpe (22), Murray (13), Kamara (10), Clingan (8 + 14 rebounds) – start; Love (17), Sissoko (5), Jan Hansen (4), Rooper (2), Rith (0).

Orlando’s: Bane (23), Black (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Jones (16 + 7 assists), Carter (14 + 7 rebounds), Banchero (12) – start; Isaac (9), Penda (8), Kane (4), Richardson (2), Howard (0).

Sacramento-Detroit-127:136 (24:37, 34:38, 39:40, 30:21)

sacramento: DeRozan (37 + 7 assists), Westbrook (27 + 8 rebounds), Achiuwa (15 + 11 rebounds), Reynaud (8), Murray (2) – start; Clifford (14), Schroeder (10), Monk (9), Cardwell (5+7 rebounds), Ellis (0).

of Detroit: Harris (24), Cunningham (23 + 7 rebounds + 12 assists + 6 steals + 10 turnovers), Duren (23 + 14 rebounds), Thompson (19 + 7 rebounds), D. Robinson (9) – start; Stewart (16), Green (9), Ivey (8), LeVert (5).

Clippers – Houston – 128:108 (29:35, 34:23, 35:24, 30:26)

cutting machines: Leonard (41 + 8 rebounds), Harden (29 + 6 assists), Collins (13), Dunn (11), B. Lopez (5) – start; Sanders (13), Batum (6), Miller (4), Bogdanovich (3), Niederhauser (3), Brown (0), Christie (0).

Houston: Durant (22), Thompson (19 + 9 rebounds), Shengyun (19 + 11 rebounds + 6 assists), Smith (16), Okogi (0) – start; Sheppard (8), Tate (7), Eason (7), A. Holiday (3), Green (3), Capela (2), Adams (2), Davison (0).

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Bayern announced the appointment of the team’s head coach on its official website. Svetislav Pesic.

The most successful coach in German basketball history signed a contract with Munich until the end of the season.

The Serbian specialist will replace Gordon Herbert as head coach, with whom the German champions agreed to end their cooperation early by mutual consent.

76-year-old Pesic took over as head of Bayern Munich for the second time. He first joined the Munich team in the autumn of 2012 and remained with them until 2016, winning the first Bundesliga title in the club’s history in 2014.

Svetislav’s greatest achievements include the 2002 World Cup title with Yugoslavia, the 1993 European Championship victory with the German team, and the gold medal at EuroBasket 2001 with Yugoslavia. At club level, the Serbian specialist won the treble in Spain, including winning the Euroleague with Barcelona in 2003. Alba won five championships and two German Cups with Berlin.

In 2024, Pesic won the Olympic bronze medal with the Serbian national team, which he led until last summer, by beating Germany and finishing third in the match.