Basketball
Cavaliers struggle against Celtics, extend winning streak
Seven of seven. The Milwaukee Bucks are the only undefeated team in the NBA since Wednesday. Cleveland Cavaliers Scared Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Lakers Turned to Epic -and extended- add his second win in a row.
Bucks 116 – Pistons 91
A game with no major problems. Milwaukee Bucks win seven straight games Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 32 points and 12 rebounds beat the Detroit Pistons.
Serge Ibaka adds 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block in 6 minutes For the Bucks, who are still undefeated this season.
Sadiq Bey (22 points) led the charge for the Pistons, who won on rebounds (35 to 52).
Lakers 120 – Pelicans 117
Matt Ryan’s 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, Lonnie Walker’s excellent game (28 points) and Russell Westbrook’s solid performance off the bench (13 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists) , Los Angeles scored the second. The Los Angeles Lakers started the season with five straight losses.
Zion Williamson (27 points, 7 assists), CJ McCallum (22 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists) and Hispanic Jose Alvarado (15 points) stood out as the New Orleans Pelicans kept the win away from the free-throw line. . .
Willie Hernangomez didn’t have time to play for the Pelicans.
Cavaliers 114 – Celtics 113
Extra time also decided perhaps the best game of the day: A prestigious and very exciting win for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Boston Celtics.
Jayson Tatum forced overtime for the Celtics with a stunning dunk and a block to Donovan Mitchell’s triple, but Jaylen Brown had already missed a shot in overtime and the Cavaliers’ buzzer. Thus capped off their big win over last year’s Eastern champions.
Returning from injury, Darius Garland (29 points, 12 assists) and Mitchell (25 points, 6 assists) led the Cavaliers to a sixth straight win, while Brown (30 points, 8 rebounds) and Tatum (26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists) were on Celtic’s side. It was great for Su.
Dominican Al Horford has 12 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist. 40 minutes in Boston.
Mavericks 103 – Jazz 100
After leading the Dallas Mavericks to a narrow victory over the Utah Jazz, Luka Doncic became the first player in 60 years to score 30 or more points in the first seven games of a season.
The Slovenian player is only the third player in the league, after Jack Twyman (1959-1960) and Wilt Chamberlain (twice, 1959-1960 and 1962-1963).
Doncic finished with 33 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points for the Utah Jazz, and Argentina’s Facundo Campazzo was out of the Mavericks rotation.
Blazers 106 – Grizzlies 111
The Memphis Grizzlies had to sweat it all out to beat the Portland Trail Blazers thanks to Desmond Bain (29 points, 8 rebounds) and Ja Morant (20 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists).
Spain’s Santi Aldama had another great performance in Memphis, adding 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks in 29 minutes as a starter.
Damian Lillard is still out due to injury, but the Blazers are back with a great Anfanny Simmons (31 points, 8 assists).
Sixers 111 – Wizards 121
A home loss to the Washington Wizards led by Kristaps Porzingis (30 points, 9 rebounds) and Bradley Beal (29 points), the Philadelphia 76ers continue without a good sensation.
Tyrese Maxey (32 points) and James Harden (24 points and 10 assists) stood out in a Sixers team that lost a rebounding battle (32-43) without Joel Embiid.
Rockets 101 – Clippers 109
Paul George beat the Rockets in the last second on Monday, and added 28 points against Houston on Wednesday, also making it the Clippers best-selling second straight win.
Alperen Segun (26 points, 13 rebounds) was the Rockets’ top scorer after five straight losses, while Spain’s Ousmane Galba had six points, six rebounds, one assist and two steals in 12 minutes.
Spurs 100 – Raptors 143
It hit the Toronto Raptors hard during their visit to San Antonio, where the Spurs have never lost by such a large margin in their history, and this Wednesday, the Canadians with seven players with over 15 points scored. (Pascal Siakam’s triple-double 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists).
Spaniard Juancho Hernangomez had the Raptors rebound and assist in eight minutes.
Bulls 106 – Hornets 88
Goran Dragic of Slovenia had his best game with the Chicago Bulls, scoring 16 points in a win over the Charlotte Hornets.
Kelly Oubre Jr. shines for the Hornets with 24 points and five triples, continuing to focus on the absence of LaMelo Ball.
Knicks 99 – Hawks 112
Dejounte Murray chose Madison Square Garden to bolster the Atlanta Hawks with 36 points and 9 assists on his visit to the New York Knicks, breaking his NBA career scoring record.
With 20 points, Jalen Brunson was the most productive of the very poor Knicks in the second half (34 points, 10 in the third quarter).
Heat 110 – Kings 107
After starting the season with many questions, Tyler Herro was able to claim victory against the Sacramento Kings with a triple (26 points and 12 rebounds) in the final seconds of the Miami Heat’s second straight win.
Domantas Sabonis completed a triple-double (22 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists) for Sacramento.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Head coach of “Kharkov Falcons” Valery Plekhanov He summarized the team’s 2025 results and talked about the preparations for the continuation of the season:
“Summing up the results of the calendar year, I want to congratulate all our fans on the upcoming New Year and Merry Christmas, wish our favorite team peace and good victories! “Kharkov Falcons” are the first players of this Super League season, so second place at the moment is a good result.
There are a few points we would like to emphasize separately. First of all, seven players from last season’s active squad won the Premier League together, but five of them never played in the Super League. Therefore, the experience they gained in the first half of this season is almost priceless. Secondly, Kharkiv Falcons are one of the two champion teams that did not play a single match at home. It’s very difficult when you’re not playing for your fans, you’re training in one gym, and you’re playing in a different gym every time, even on home tours. In these conditions, 4 defeats in 13 matches is a good result.
One of the most negative moments of this year was not being able to participate in the last four of the Ukrainian Cup. Unfortunately, we were a little unlucky in the draw. After an emotionally difficult and physically exhausting match with Krivbass, we did not have enough strength for the next match against Kiev-Basket in the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, our performances in the cup are over, but now we will be able to focus all our efforts on the championship.
Our main problem now is injuries. We have five injured players, three of whom have serious injuries that require a long recovery period. We’re about to get off to a very tough start to the new calendar season because the Falcons will be playing basketball six weekends in a row, which means six road trips with no rest time. If we could count on all twelve players in the squad at the beginning of the season, there will no longer be such a rotation. Therefore, all the responsibility and burden will fall on the players in the rankings. I hope they get over their injuries in the new year, recover from their injuries as soon as possible, return to work and help their beloved club properly represent Kharkiv in the Super League.
Despite the holidays, we have training scheduled almost seven days a week. “I really hope that by January 10 we will be a combat-ready team that can solve serious problems.”
Source: Sport UA
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On December 23, as part of the 1/8 final of the Romanian Cup, the Ukrainian derby was played between Bucharest and Dinamo. Vyacheslav Bobrova and “Fast” Alexandra Lipovoy.
Dinamo won the match 89:79, and the fate of the ticket to the next round was decided in overtime, as Rapid won the first match – 83:73.
The home players acted more accurately in extra time and won with a total score of 101:85 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Vyacheslav Bobrov made a double-double in 33 minutes on the field, scoring 10 points (4/7 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collecting 10 rebounds, 1 block, 5 turnovers and 2 fouls.
Alexander Lipovoy played 38 minutes, scored 16 points (1/2 two-pointers, 4/7 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collected 3 rebounds, made 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.
Romanian Cup. 1/8 final. 2nd match, 23 December
Dinamo Bucharest – Rapid Bucharest – 101:85 Overtime (17:22, 28:12, 24:19, 20:26, 12:6)
Match record:
Source: Sport UA
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Basketball
Mikhailyuk repeated his personal best from the NBA regular season in the match against Memphis
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.
Source: Sport UA
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