Basketball
The voluntary blood donation and all the parallel actions on the sidelines of the Final Eight of the Greek Cup OPAP
The EEC shows its social face and organizes a number of parallel actions, such as a voluntary blood donation and a visit to the Special Primary School of Heraklion, on the margins of the Final Eight of the OPAP Hellenic Cup.
EEC took the opportunity to combine the OPAP Hellenic Cup Final Eight with a series of actions and events that benefit society as a whole and the central motto #einaigiorti in #eingiortigiaolous.
Voluntary blood donation
On Saturday, 02/18, from 09:30 to 14:00, a voluntary blood donation will be held at the Loggia point in the center of Heraklion in collaboration with the Pancretic Association of Voluntary Blood Donors “AimatoKretis” under the auspices of the National Blood Donor Center.
Attended the 1st Special Primary School of Heraklion
The visit will take place on February 17th. at 10.00 am by the staff of UNICEF Greece and the staff of the EEC in the presence of the Secretary General of the Hellenic Basketball Federation, Nikos Nikolopoulos, and Sophocles Schortsanitis.
Event on Human and Children’s Rights at the Hellenic Mediterranean University
A special event will be held on February 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the “Wooden Amphitheater” of the Hellenic Mediterranean University Social Medicine. The theme of the conference, in collaboration with the LaHeRS Laboratory, will be “The Protection of Children’s Rights in the Modern Era: Challenges, Institutional Frameworks, Social Partner Partnerships”., the Department of Social Work of the Hellenic Mediterranean University and the support of UNICEF GREECE.
Actions to raise public awareness of motor and sensory disabilities
In the outdoor area of the New CG Heraklion in Dyo Aorakia, on February 19 at 16:00 of the Hellenic Basketball Federation in collaboration with the 1st Special Primary School of Heraklion, the Department of Social Work, the Laboratory of Health and Traffic Safety of The Hellenic Mediterranean University and a team of experienced volunteers will create a variety of awareness-raising activities for people with motor and sensory disabilities in the central entrance atrium, outer doors 2 and 3.
- There will be booths and constructions where people can simulate various disabilities with their help and guidance, such as:
- A special blackout booth will be set up, in which there will be a projector showing videos with daily stories about difficulties faced by people with disabilities, as well as achievements of disabled athletes.
- There will be face painting for kids and fans and spread the #EinaiGiortiGiaOlous message
- People with various disabilities will be present to interact with the world.
In addition, three tactile representations of a basketball court were built, allowing three blind people to follow the game with the help of their escorts and specialized Braille interpreters.
Source: sport 24
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True, his team was left without a victory.
Over the past year, fans have become accustomed to news about records coming from overseas. Until recently, their main supplier was hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. But in the 2025/26 season, successes in the NBA were added to the achievements of our athletes in the NHL. This became possible thanks to the play of Yegor Demin, who again played a great match the day before with the Brooklyn Nets.
If the Russian does not slow down, then in the future, like Ovechkin, he has every chance to go down in the history of North American sports.
On the way to a dream
Russian representation in the NBA has always been more modest than in the NHL. And even with certain achievements, and Timofey Mozgov and Alexander Kaun, by the way, became league champions, the thought does not arise to compare the successes of Russian hockey players and basketball players overseas. How many American basketball fans now remember Sergei Monya, Yaroslav Korolev, Pavel Podkolzin?
Only Andrei Kirilenko stands out from the general background – the Russian forward played in the NBA for quite a long time. I even once went to an all-star game, where I played side by side with people like Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Allen Iverson. But how many star matches did our hockey players have overseas?
With all due respect to the AK-47 game, he still does not reach the level of a North American basketball legend. Time will tell whether Yegor Demin, who powerfully broke into the NBA at the age of 19, will be able to write his name into history. But for now, the Brooklyn Nets basketball player is doing everything possible to make his dream come true.
Prolific newcomer
Kirilenko was selected by the Utah Jazz in the first round of the NBA draft as the 24th pick, and Brooklyn took Demin eighth. But these were still advances, which have so far been fully justified. The newcomer regularly appears on the court, and with the exception of the first couple of weeks of the season, in the starting lineup. At the same time, Egor is not just serving his number: in the last six matches he scored at least 14 points, in two cases he reached the 20 point mark.
In the next regular season game, the first basketball player in the league with the letter “e” on his uniform scored 23 points in the match against Golden State. Demin managed not only to repeat his best result, but also set a Brooklyn record for three-pointers among newcomers – seven accurate hits from behind the arc. True, the Russian team still lost with a score of 107:120, but in the context of the personal success of our basketball player overseas, this is a secondary issue.
Of course, to achieve sporting greatness, Egor needs to spend more than one season at this level, but at least a dozen and a half. Demin, with 275 points in the NBA, did not even reach the results of Sergei Karasev (287), although he can do this in the next game. And then new landmarks will appear: Viktor Khryapa (643), Alexey Shved (1349), Timofey Mozgov (3072) and, of course, Andrey Kirilenko (9431). When the Russian surpasses the results of the AK-47, then we can talk about an established star in the NBA. In the meantime, we can only wish our basketball player not to lower his demands on himself and avoid serious injuries.
Source: Sportbox
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Basketball
Vembanyama’s double-double did not help San Antonio avoid defeat from Cleveland in the NBA match
San Antonio lost to Cleveland in a home game of the NBA regular season.
The meeting ended with a score of 113:101 (25:26, 24:29, 27:23, 37:23) in favor of the guests. The most productive player of the match was Cleveland basketball player Jarrett Allen, who scored 27 points. For San Antonio, Victor Vembanyama scored a double-double with 26 points and 14 rebounds.
Cleveland (18 wins/16 losses) is in eighth position in the Eastern Conference standings. San Antonio (23/9) is second in the West.
Results of other matches of the game day:
“Washington” — “Phoenix” — 101:115
“Charlotte” — “Milwaukee” — 113:123
“Toronto” – “Orlando” – 107:106
“Miami” — “Denver” — 147:123
“Chicago” – “Minnesota” – 101:136
“Houston” — “Indiana” — 126:119
“New Orleans” — “New York” — 125:130
“Oklahoma City” — “Atlanta” — 140:129
Portland – Dallas – 125:122
Source: Sportbox
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Russian basketball player Egor Demin set a Brooklyn record among newcomers for the number of three-pointers made in one match, the club’s press service reports.
In the NBA regular season match, Brooklyn lost to Golden State with a score of 107:120. Demin made 7 three-point shots, which is a club record among newcomers.
In total, Demin scored 23 points in the match, the Russian repeated his personal record for scoring in the NBA – he had previously scored 23 points in the November match with Philadelphia (103:115).
Brooklyn has 10 wins and 20 losses in 30 matches. Demin’s team is 12th in the Eastern Conference standings.
Source: Sportbox
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