Basketball
Big loss in Atlanta for the Bucks from Antetokounmpo, who bowed for the first time of the season
Bad night, bad performance, heavy loss for the Milwaukee Bucks, who were beaten by the Hawks (117-98) in Atlanta and fell to 9-1. Trae Young didn’t play, Giannis Antetokounmpo quit at 25.
All good things come to an end. The same goes for the Bucks’ unbeaten run, who were beaten 117-98 by the Hawks early on Tuesday (November 8) in Atlanta, who were playing without their big star Trae Young.
At 9-1 in Milwaukee (7-0 home and 2-1 a), with Giannis Antetokounmpo having a strange night and ruining his team’s excellent start. The Bucks hit 8 of 11 3-pointers in the first period and 3 of 20 in the next two, with Jrue Holiday (8 turnovers) twisting his ankle early in the fourth and Mike Budenholzer settling for the result. The Bucks are awaiting the return of the injured and most notably Pat Connaughton – Khris Middleton as the Cleveland Cavaliers (8-1) chase them to the East’s lead.
Atalanta climbed to 7-3 (4-1 home and 3-2 away) defeated a few days ago at the Fiserv Forum. Dejude Marie led the way, rookie AJ Griffin did things and wonders coming off the bench, Justin Holiday – Onyeka Okongu followed and the Hawks showed again why they are considered one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. 50-40 bat points, 13-3 surprise points, 59-33 spare points, 5-22 opponent foul points, 19-7 second chance points (offensive rebounding).
Next game for the Bucks in the early hours of Thursday (03:00) against the Thunder, this time in Oklahoma City.
John’s account
He went into the match with a nice reverse finish, followed up with two misses from mid-range and caught his knee, committed two quick offensive fouls and was sent to the bench early. He was very important in the second half, he was a roadblock in some stages of the third where he scored nine points, but overall the game didn’t go the way he wanted, even when he filled his stats. Sure the two quick fouls slowed him down, sure he was made tough enough by Okongu’s enthusiasm and toughness, sure he’ll soon forget this match.
- 25 points
- 18 points on the racquet
- not to surprise anyone
- 9/19 two points
- 7/8 shots
- 7 setbacks
- 2 assists
- 2 steals
- 1 block
- 5 errors
- 6 earned fouls
- 3 fouls
- -22 to +/-
- 42.2% USG%
- at 26:47
By period:
1st: 4 points (2/4 2-points), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls in 3:28
2nd: 10 points (3/5 2-pointers, 4/5 shots), 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 foul in 10:04
3rd: 9 points (3/7 2-pointers, 3/3 shots), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 error, 1 foul in 3:30
4th: 2 points (1/3 2-pointers), 1 steal, 1 block, 1 foul in 4:45
The race
With Allen and Lopez making the first shots from the perimeter, the Bucks opened the game well but saw Giannis “pat” his left knee after two shots from middle range. Antetokounmpo scored four points in the 8:12 shoot-out, but conceded two quick offensive fouls and had to be on the bench after just under four minutes.
Allen and Lopez continued their execution, going 5-of-5 to 3 points for 8-21 in the fifth minute, with McMillan claiming his first timeout and his team responding with an 8-2 run to cut it to seven (16-). 23). Dejude Marie did a lot of damage with his swims and layups, Portis did more with his long shots for 22-33, Holliday hit the Bucks’ eighth 3-pointer for 22-36, and the first period belonged entirely to Milwaukee.
Giannis returned to start the second quarter with a goal not to commit the third foul that would have had him fired for the rest of the first half. He made a foul shot to make it 31-39, but a 12-4 Hawks run three minutes helped them close the gap to three (37-40).
Holiday and Lopez each had a 3-pointer to make it 43-49 mid-period, Giannis looked more at creation to avoid wearing down in situations… layups, but Milwaukee wasn’t as effective of that Periphery, resulting in the home side turning the game into a derby around half-time. However, without maintaining control, despite finding 23 points from their substitutes and scoring twice as many at bat (32-16) as the Bucks.
Eventually, the home side and control came together and led well (74-67) midway through the third period, with Collins and Griffin becoming the supports Marie needed. The Bucks completed a poor 12 minutes (37-22) without a shot from the touchline (0/8) and put themselves in a difficult situation. Not because they lost at nine (89:80), but because they lost what they had built up early, including their composure and focus.
An unlikely follow-up dunk by Okongo early in the fourth (91-80) set the court on fire as the Bucks played poor basketball and Holiday saw his right ankle roll off with 10:45 left. Five points followed from another Holiday, Justin, to make it 100-85 in the 39th minute, he wrote the 106-86 that decided the match. Realizing the match was lost, Budenholzer drew Giannis to the bench, timed out at 42′ with the difference of 22 and let the players end the evening.
THE DODECALPTA: 25-36, 52-58, 89-80, 117-98
Atlantic hawks (Nate McMillan): Hunter 10 (3/8 2-pointers, 4/5 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 turnovers), Collins 14 (1), Capella 5 (2/7 2-pointers, 1/1 shot, 12 rebounds ). ), Murray 25 (8/15 2-pointers, 3/9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, 3 turnovers), Aaron Holiday 4 (5 assists), Griffin 24 (8/9 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Justin Holliday 14 (4), Okongo 12 (6/10 2-pointers, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Johnson 5, Kaminski, Forrest, Culver 1, Martin, Krejci 3 (1)
MILWAUKEE BUCKS (Mike Budenholzer): Allen 11 (3/7 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 3 assists, 3 turnovers), Giannis Antetokounmpo 25 (9/19 2-pointers, 7/8 shots, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 Steals, 1 block, 5 turnovers), Lopez 11 (3/7 3-pointers, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks), Carter 2 (3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks), Holiday 16 (5/8 2- Pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 8 turnovers), Portis 11 (2 threes, 10 rebounds, 2 assists), Noora 4 (1/6 shooting), Hill 2, Ibaka 4 (4 rebounds) , Matthews 6 (2), Botchamp 4 (1), Mamoukelashvili 2, Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Atlanta Hawks team stats: 35/70 2-pointers, 11/29 3-pointers, 14/17 shots, 57 rebounds, 23 assists, 11 steals, 3 blocks, 12 turnovers, 18 fouls
Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 23/47 2-pointers, 13/40 3-pointers, 13/16 shots, 53 rebounds, 21 assists, 5 steals, 9 blocks, 18 turnovers, 18 fouls
Source: sport 24
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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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