Basketball
NBA, the results of the evening: The Nuggets are idle with leader Jokic
The Nuggets did what was necessary against the magic and with Jokic doing his own, they easily prevailed 121-111. Easy Jazz, wins for Pelicans, Thunder and Wizards.
Nikola Jokic had one of his classic nights, the Nuggets had five players with double-digit points, and the rest was history for Denver, who went 121-111, easier than the Magic shows’ closing score.
Jokic had no rivals and finished the game with 26 points and 15 rebounds, with Jeff Green and Will Burton adding 17 points each, on a night when Denver even hit +22.
For the Magic, Franz Wagner had 26 points and Wendell Carter had 25 points and 12 rebounds.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-14, 53-40, 85-70, 121-111
ΝΑΓΚΕΤΣ: Jeff Green 17 (2/7 3-pointers), Gordon 10 (2 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Burton 17 (7 rebounds), Jokic 26 (10/26 shots, 3/9 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 errors), Highland 14 (3 3s, 5 rebounds). Τζα. Green 7 (1 three points, 7 rebounds), Cousins 9 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Cabaso 5 (1 three points, 5 assists), Rivers, Forbes 16 (3)
ΜΑΤΖΙΚ: F. Wagner 26 (3 threes, 8 rebounds), Carter 25 (1 threes, 12 rebounds), Baba 2, Anthony 9 (3/9 shots, 1/5 threes), Sangs 16 (5/15 shots, 6 rebounds). ) ), Okeke 9 (3/8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Scofield 5 (1), Lopez 3, Ross 1, Harris 15 (2 3-pointers, 6 assists)
Jazz – Rockets 135-101
Rudy Gomber came back and with that came a sense of…normality for the Jazz, who easily prevailed with the Rockets 135-101 and achieved the 6 straight wins.
Donovan Mitchell was the top winner with 30 points, Bojan Bogdanovic went up 22 points while Gomber scored 14 points before being sent off with a second technical penalty in the fourth period.
For the Rockets, Kenyon Martin had 16 points and Jason Tate and Eric Gordon had 14 points each.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 36-24, 78-53, 100-78, 135-101
JAZZ: O’Neill 7 (1 three-pointers, 7 rebounds), Bogdanovic 22 (4 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Gomber 14 (7 rebounds), Conley 2 (0/6 three-pointers, 10 assists), Mitchell 30 (5 three-pointers, 6 rebounds ), 7 assists), Pascal 12 (2), Hernangometh 3 (1), House 8 (2), Whiteside 11 (14 rebounds), Azubuike 10, Clarkson 16 (3), Forrest, Alexander Walker, Butler
MISSILES: Tate 14, Wood 12 (2 trebles, 9 rebounds), Gordon 14 (3), Porter 8 (2/9 shots, 2 trebles, 8 assists), Green 13 (3), Fernando, Martin 16 (2), Nuaba 4, Sengun 9, Schröder 4, Matthew 7, Christopher
Knicks-Thunder 123-127
The Thunder showed character in New York, the Knicks remain an unknown team and Oklahoma City took the win 123-127 in overtime. The New Yorkers had the opportunity to send the game into a second overtime, but Immanuel Quickley’s three-pointer at the score of 123:126 found no target.
Josh Giddy was the winners’ leader with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, with Tre Man adding 30 points and Darius Beasley adding 23 points. Alexei Pokushevsky played 20 minutes but was left with 2 points on 1/6 shots.
For the Knicks, Julius Randle had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists (but also 7 errors) and Evan Fournier had 29 points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 31-29, 62-61, 94-91, 112-112, 123-127
ΝΙΚΣ: Randle 30 (11/26 shots, 1 treble, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 errors), Robinson 14 (17 rebounds), Walker 9 (2 3s, 5 assists), Fournier 29 (6 3s). , 5 assists), Grimes 19 (5/14 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Topin 7, Redis 2, Gibson 2, Berks 11 (3/11 shots, 1/5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Quickley (0 /7 shots, 5 assists)
THANTER: Robbie 6 (6 rebounds), Beasley 23 (2 threes, 8 rebounds), Man 30 (4), Wiggins 2 (1/5 shot), Ginri 28 (3 threes, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 7 errors), Williams 13 (1), Favers 10, Pokushevsky 2 (1/6 shots), Malendon, Jerome 13 (3), Krietzi
Pelicans – Birds of Prey 120-90
The Pelicans were in good spirits, the Raptors were a shadow of themselves. The result was a comfortable win for New Orleans, who defeated Toronto 120-90 for their highest odds of the year at 58.4%.
CJ McCollum was the winner’s top scorer with 23 points, while Jonas Valentsiounas gained 18 points.
In the Raptors, Fred VanVlit had 20 points (but with 6/15 shots) and Pascal Shiakam had 18 points (but with 7/19 shots).
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-17, 60-44, 94-69, 120-90
ΠΕΛΙΚΑΝΣ: Ingram 10 (11 rebounds, 8 assists), Jones 11 (1 threes, 5 assists), Valenciunas 18 (9 rebounds), Graham 3 (1/5 threes), McCollum 23 (5 threes, 5 assists), Clark 6 ( 2 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Temple 11 (3), Snell 8 (2), Marshall 8 (2), Hernangomet 2, Hayes 14, Alvarado 6, Murphy
RAPTORS: Shiakam 18 (7/19 shots, 5 rebounds), Anunobi 3 (1) Barnes 5 (2/10 shots), VanBlit 20 (6/15 shots, 4 3s, 5 rebounds), Trent 6 (2/15 shots, 2/8 three points), Yang 4, Bushe 15 (6 rebounds), Atsua 6 (1), Watanabe 3, Champani, Berts 6 (6 rebounds), Flynn, Badton 4, Michaliuk
Wizard – Pistons 103-94
Twelve minutes of good basketball proved enough for the Wizards against the Pistons, with Washington earning a relatively comfortable 103-94 win thanks to an excellent third period.
Kyle Kuzma was the winner’s top scorer with 23 points, while Kentavius Caldwell-Pope gained 16 points.
With the Pistons, Sadiq Bay had 24 points and Jeremy Grant had 14 points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 24-22, 50-50, 87-78, 103-94
WIZARD: Kuzma 23 (1 three-pointer, 7 rebounds), Kispert 10 (2), Bryant 11, Neto 11, Caldwell-Pope 16 (4), Gill 6 (6 rebounds), Hatsimura 6 (1), Avdiya 12 (1 three- Pointers, 15 rebounds), Smith 8
PISTONS: Grant 14 (2), Bay 24 (4/10 3-points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Stewart 11 (9 rebounds), Joseph 9 (2), Cunningham 12 (5/16 shots, 0/5 3- Pointers), Olinik, Bagley 10 (4/10 shots, 8 rebounds), Hayes (0/5 shots), Diallo 10 (6 rebounds), McGrouder 4
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
Basketball
PLEKHANOV: “There are also a few points I would like to point out”
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
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
Basketball
Bobrov made a double-double in the Ukrainian derby in the Romanian Cup
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
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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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
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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