Basketball
Good and bad halves. Budivelnik beat Groningen
Both teams needed to win to increase their chances of exiting the group. Recall that they played in a quartet with Brandisi and Kalev and already managed to play with them. Both current rivals lost to the Estonians, but the Italians came out too hard for the alarm clock, which Groningen could not boast of.
It looked like it was going to be a very easy win today. The home team managed to score the top ten points, while the people of Kyiv were far ahead. The whole tactic of the Dutch turned into long-range shooting, which was mostly wrong. But Goodwin scored very well from afar, the partners supported. After the 20:40 count, the second half had to turn into a formality.
However, our players came out very relaxed and the host was motivated. Three-pointers started flying at them, and when Budivelnik watched the match, a ten or more series of points came out in a row. Luckily, Plekhanov’s accusations picked up a bit, so the first half’s handicap was enough to win, but there are questions about the game itself.
Photo – Flashscore
FIBA Europe Cup. 3 turns.
“Donar Groningen” (Netherlands) – “Budivelnik” (Ukraine) – 61:74.
Donar Groningen: Holanders (0 points + 0 rebounds + 1 steal), Monz (14+8+0), Butyankovs (9+8+1), Williams (2+1+0), Zakis (10+3+2), Mast ( 0+0+0), Suydemah (3+0+1), Brindwijk (3+6+1), Collison (15+7+2), Schaftenar (0+2+2), Taylor.
“Budivelnik”: Barber, Grant (12+7+2), Gritsak (0+0+0), Berhanemeskel (27+2+3), Goodwin (13+8+2), Krutous (1+0+0), Bobrov (2 +4+3), Brown (2+7+1), Mayauskas (0+0+0), Bliznyuk (13+8+6), Tirtishnik (0+2+0), Tikhonov (4+6+0) .
Sports complex “Martini Plaza” (Groningen, Netherlands).
DONAR GRONINGEN – ALARM. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH
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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.”
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On the night of December 25-26, as part of the Christmas games of the NBA regular season, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime, 142:128.
Nuggets’ point guard Jamal Murray played with 35 points (2/3 free throws, 3/14 two-pointers, 9/18 three-pointers) and 10 assists in this game.
The Canadian player broke the record for the most accurate three-pointers in a match by making 9 three-pointers in the Minnesota hoop. Thus, he surpassed the record of 8 three-pointers each of Stephen Curry (2024), Grayson Allen (2023), Luka Doncic (2023) and Patty Mills (2021).
Murray also became the third player in NBA Christmas history to score 35+ points, 10+ assists and 5+ 3-pointers, joining Luka Doncic and Tracy McGrady.
JAMAL MURRAY brought the heat to CHRISTMAS DAY!
🔥35 POINTS
🔥10 AST
🔥 9 15:00 (most in Christmas Day matches)He joins Luka Dončić and Tracy McGrady only in the 35-PT, 10-AST, 5-3PM matches. #NBAXmas history. pic.twitter.com/LithevHmF5
— NBA (@NBA) December 26, 2025
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