Basketball
119-109: Underrated Celtics beat Grizzlies with 21 3-pointers
Several celtics Decimated by injuries rampant this Sunday boston (119-109) to memphis grizzlies In a very close game where a triple was decisive: 21 for the locals vs. 12 for the visitors.
The Celtics (41-16) beat the Grizzlies (34-22) to extend their fourth straight win.
At home, Derrick White had a 23-point, 3-rebound, 10-assist double-double, while Robert Williams III had a 10-point, 16-rebound, 3-assist, 1-steal double-double.
Celtics: Sam Hauser (20 points), Al Horford (16 points, 9 rebounds), Jayson Tatum (16 points), Peyton Pritchard (12 points), Grant Williams (10 points), Mike・Six of Mascara (10 points) scored 10 points or more.
Ja Morant had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists for the visitors. Desmond Bain scored 18 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 15 points, Brandon Clarke scored 14 points and Dillon Brooks scored 11 points.
Spain’s Santi Aldama had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 27:30.
Boston didn’t count as some of their regular starters were injured, including Jaylen Brown, Malcolm Brogdon, Marcus Smart and Italy’s Danilo Gallinari.
Memphis has withdrawn Jake Larrabia, New Zealand’s Steven Adams, Kenneth Lofton Jr., Ziaire Williams and David Roddy.
This year, the Celtics are celebrating their legend, Boston’s 11-time NBA champion Bill Russell, who passed away last July, who would have turned 89 today.
The visitors took the lead early in the game, but two dunks from Tatum, who scored the first triple, and eight points from Hauser in five minutes gave the hosts a brief lead on the scoreboard. bottom.
Power forward Mike Mascara, who debuted for the Celtics on Friday after being traded from Oklahoma City, dove onto the field and missed two straight 3-pointers.
Struggling to punch holes on offense and a messy defense left the Eastern Conference leaders still out of the game and trailing by nine points.
Then Muscara scored the first triple and the great little Pritchard, also coming off the bench, hit two clean shots in half an hour from outside the ring to even the scores at the end of the first quarter. (26-28).
Pritchard led the Celtics with his third three-shooter early in the second quarter.
After Clarke’s powerful two-handed dunk, they started widening the gap again.
A second 3-pointer from Mascara, a free throw from Tatum and another 3-pointer from Hauser tied the game at 39 as Aldama missed everything he tried except a hunting rebound.
White hit a triple and free throw while Tatum made an unstoppable raid to give the Celtics a 10-point lead.
A Horford 3-pointer, Williams III’s magical array whoop, Tatum’s four free throws and White’s another 3-pointer made it 61-48 at halftime.
The Celtics scored 12 of 24 tries while the Grizzlies hit only 4 of 19.
The rest were better suited to the visitors, and though they tied at 63 before reaching the middle of the third segment, nothing happened to the Celtics, missing eight consecutive shots.
A further triple from Hauser gave the Celtics momentum and fell into the abyss and never held their own, but Morant was one of his electric moments and a tackle from Clark They put the Grizzlies in the lead (74-75) and finished with 2.40 remaining. Third quarter.
The Celtics were able to recover from a hard-fought battle to take a slight lead on the scoreboard at the end of the penultimate quarter (82-81).
The final segment, as if it were the final minutes of the finals, began a ferocious debate by both teams, with fans at TD Garden screaming to cheer their teams on.
Hauser’s sixth triple, Grant Williams’ dunk and White’s fourth-of-three triple gave them an eight-point lead over the Celtics with a quarter to go (99-91).
Spain’s Aldama made 3-of-3 free throws and a triple in seconds and Morant continued his magic, but the Celtics couldn’t fault Bill Russell’s anniversary and it was clear in the final minutes. won a certain but controversial victory (119-109).
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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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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