Basketball
Panathinaikos – Iraklis 70-58: Strong training for the cup
Panathinaikos beat fighter Iraklis 70-58 in OAKA for the postponed game of Stoiximan Basket League Game 13 and now turns its attention to the Greek Cup Final Four.
No matter how difficult it was for 30 minutes of play, Panathinaikos got the pink card against the extremely combative Iraklis, which they won 70-58 in OAKA for the postponed game of Stoiximan Basket League 13. The Greens, who played without Nedovic (for recreation reasons), now turn their attention to the Greek Cup Final Four, which will take place in Crete between 18-20/2.
In the game, Iraklis put in a tremendous effort against the hosts but in the last ten minutes the difference in capacity between the two teams and the depth of the bench Panathinaikos had had the talking. Thessaloniki came back with just nine players, losing Kostas Papadakis, who left injured. Leader for Panathinaikos was Okaro White with 19 points, while Iraklis Garrett stood out with 15 points.
* Hercules was deducted three (3) points
** The Colossus was penalized with one (1) point
*** Apollon Patras was fined one (1) point
The race
Excellent start to the match from the visitors, who came into play without any stress and pressed the greens in defense, forcing them to shoot in the last seconds of the attack. Panathinaikos gradually picked up the pace in the second ten minutes with leaders Kaselakis making a superb showing. However, Thessalonians were the ones who controlled the game in a first half, favoring Heraklion (32-35).
And the second half started well for Iraklis and mediocre for Panathinaikos. The visitors showed they could break through the green defense and cause problems for the hosts. Garrett and Henry were the biggest threats at a time when Panathinaikos fell victim to their mistakes and player misunderstanding. Macon again took the game to three points for the Greens, with Sant-Ross cutting to one point (43-44) and White putting the hosts ahead. Garrett spoke in the end and leveled the match with a goal at the end of the season (48-48).
The fourth ten minutes clearly belonged to Panathinaikos as the Greens put their foot down and eventually achieved comfortable dominance and strong training ahead of the Greek Cup in Crete.
THE REFEREES: Pitsilkas, Xenikakis, Bakalis
THE TEN MINUTES: 12-18, 32-35, 48-48, 70-58
Panathinaikos (Priftis): Meikon 7 (2/6 two points, 4 assists), Papagiannis 5 (2/6 two points), White 19 (4/6 two points, 10 rebounds), Jovic 4 (2/3 two points, 5 assists), Mantzoukas , Bohoridis 9 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Kavvadas 3, Kaselakis 8 (1), Evans 11 (3/5 two points, 10 rebounds), Sant-Ross 4 (2/6 two Points).
HERCULES (Mexas): Stamatis 10 (2), Henry 12 (3/10 two points, 6 rebounds), Garrett 15 (5/6 two points, 5 rebounds), Filios 4 (2/4 two points), Dolezai 4, Skordilis 5 (1), Charitopoulos 3 (1), Petanidis, Papadakis 5 (1, three points, 5 assists).
Team Stats – Panathinaikos: 19/40 two points, 7/20 three points, 11/17 shots, 40 rebounds (29+11), 19 assists, 10 errors, 7 steals, 3 blocks.
Group Stats – Hercules: 16/37 two points, 5/20 three points, 11/14 shots, 33 rebounds (24+9), 15 assists, 15 errors, 5 steals, 1 block
Team games: The next commitments of the two teams in the championship after the cup-related empty phase of one week apply to the 16th game. Panathinaikos will play against Ionikos (5/3) and Iraklis against PAOK (5/3) in Nice. The hours will be announced in the next period of ESAKE.
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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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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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On the evening of December 25 and the night of December 26, five Christmas games were traditionally held as part of the NBA regular season.
The most important match of the match day was played in Oklahoma, where the Thunder hosted San Antonio.
The home team started the game better and were ahead for most of the first quarter, but they missed a move 0:11 into the quarter, allowing Spurs to take the lead 41:36. Oklahoma was unable to take the lead after that, but San Antonio maintained its lead by keeping the game under control and eventually won 117-102.
The Spurs have won all three games against the Thunder this season, while Oklahoma has lost just two of the other 28 games.
The most productive player of the match was Fox, who brought 29 points to San Antonio, while Vembanyama also scored a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers played Houston at home and suffered a crushing defeat.
The fate of the match was decided in the first quarter, when the Rockets won by 12 points (25:37). Afterwards, they increased their advantage by completely controlling the course of the match and eventually won with a score of 119:96.
For Houston, Thompson scored 26 points and Shengyun had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Denver and Minnesota closed out game day.
The first half of the match ended in a draw. Neither team managed to take a lead of more than 9 points, and Denver entered the big break with a 2-point lead at 57:55. In the third quarter, the Nuggets made an attack of 6:0 at the beginning and 10:2 in the middle, reaching a 16-point lead, and at the end of the quarter they were ahead +15 – 90:78. The Timberwolves did not give up and made a 16:2 move midway through the fourth quarter, reaching a lead of 107:108. This gave fans a tense ending; Edwards hit a three-pointer 2 seconds before the siren, sending the game into overtime at 115:115. And there Jokic played a decisive role and scored 18 points in 5 minutes, allowing the Nuggets to win 142:138.
Jokic scored 56 points in the NBA on Christmas Day, falling just four shy of Bernard King’s record. Nikola also recorded a triple-double with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Murray had a double-double with 35 points and 10 assists.
NBA. Regular season. Christmas Day, 25-26 December
New York – Cleveland – 126:124 (23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28)
New York: Brunson (34), Hart (15), Bridges (12), Towns (11 + 14 rebounds), Anunoby (8) – start; Clarkson (25), Kolek (16 + 9 assists), Diawara (5), Hookporty (0), Robinson (0 + 12 rebounds).
cleveland: Mitchell (34 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Garland (20 + 10 assists), Merrill (11), Allen (7 + 9 rebounds), Wade (6) – start; Tyson (16), E. Mobley (14 + 9 rebounds), Hunter (13), Bryant (3), Ball (0).
Oklahoma – San Antonio – 102:117 (36:41, 24:28, 19:26, 23:22)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (22), Hartenstein (13 + 12 rebounds), Jaylen Williams (12 + 6 assists), Holmgren (10 + 12 rebounds), Dort (8) – start; Caruso (12), K. Williams (8), Wiggins (5), Joe (5), Wallace (5), Carlson (2), Barnhizer (0), Youngblood (0).
San Antonio: Fox (29), Castle (19 + 7 assists), Barnes (15), Cornet (6), Vassell (5) – start; Vembanyama (19 + 11 rebounds), Harper (12), K. Johnson (9 + 7 rebounds), McLaughlin (3), Sohan (0), Shempeni (0), Brian (0), Olynyk (0), Waters (0).
Golden State – Dallas – 126:116 (40:28, 31:30, 29:31, 26:27)
Golden State: Curry (23), Butler (14 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists), Moody (12), Dr. Green (7), Post (6) – start; Melton (16), Horford (14), Podziemski (13 + 8 rebounds), Jackson-Davis (10), Payton II (6), Richard (5).
dallas: Flagg (27), Marshall (14), Washington (14 + 10 rebounds), Nembhard (4), Davis (3) – starter; Williams (26), Christie (13), Thompson (7), Gafford (6), Caleb Martin (2).
Lakers-Houston-96:119 (25:37, 28:26, 21:29, 22:27)
Lakers: Doncic (25 + 7 assists + 6 turnovers), James (18), Reeves (12), Ayton (10), Hachimura (0) – start; Vanderbilt (11), Smart (6), Larevia (5), James Jr. (3), Thiero (2), Knecht (2), Kleber (2).
Houston: Thompson (26 + 7 rebounds), Durant (25 + 9 assists), Smith (16 + 7 rebounds), Shengyun (14 + 12 rebounds + 6 turnovers), Eason (13) – start; Sheppard (13), Capela (6), Adams (4 + 9 rebounds), Tate (2), A. Holiday (0), Davison (0), Green (0), Okogie (0), Finney-Smith (0).
Denver – Minnesota – 142:138 (STARTING 32:29, 25:26, 35:23, 23:37, 27:23)
Denver: Jokic (56 + 16 rebounds + 15 assists + 5 turnovers), J. Murray (35 + 10 assists), Hardaway (19), Jones (12 + 9 rebounds), Watson (9) – start; B. Brown (7), Nnaji (2), Valanciunas (2), Strother (0).
Minnesota: Edwards (44 + 6 turnovers), Randle (32 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), McDaniels (21), Gobert (9 + 12 rebounds + 6 blocks), DiVincenzo (6 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists) – start; Reed (13), Hyland (11), Clark (2), Juzeng (0), Conley (0), Shannon (0).
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