Basketball

EuroBasket 2025. Ukraine national team failed to qualify

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2 years ago

November 9, 2023

Ralph

EuroBasket 2025. Ukraine national team failed to qualify

The Ukrainian women’s team played the first qualifying match of EuroBasket 2025 on Thursday, November 9. Our team in Belgrade suffered a crushing defeat against the Serbian team. Evgeny Murzin’s team scored more than 10 points in just one quarter.

From the first minutes of the meeting, Serbian women showed who was boss. They won the first quarter 26:8. In fact, the outcome of the match was predetermined. The home team maintained its superiority in the second and third quarters and gained a significant advantage. Only in the last ten minutes did the Serbian team allow the Ukrainians to score more than ten points. The last part of the match ended with the Balkan team leading by two points.

The Ukrainian team suffered too many losses. In addition, Evgeny Murzin’s team often tried to attack from behind the three-point line, but did so extremely unsuccessfully. Of course, the absence of team leader Alina Yagupova, who missed the match due to injury, also had an impact. But this is no excuse for the frankly disastrous performance of the national team. Ukrainians lost to the Serbs in all components.

The blue-yellow team will play a home match against the Portuguese national team in Riga on November 12 at 18.00.

Ukrainian basketball players will play the remaining qualifying matches in the autumn of 2024 and winter of 2025, especially against the team from North Macedonia, the third opponent in Group G.

Qualification for the final tournament of the continental championship will be awarded to the winners of each of the eight qualifying groups, as well as the four best second-placed teams in their quartet.

European Basketball Championship. Qualification. Group G

Serbia – Ukraine – 82:40 (26:8, 23:10, 17:8, 16:14)

Serbia: Anderson (14), Cudjo (8), Dordevic, Dugalic (7), Jankovic (6), Jovanovic, Katanic (4), Knezevic (2), Kraisnik (22), Nogic (15), Raca, Stankovic (4) ) ).

Ukraine: Dubnyuk (5), Mitina, Balaban (10), Filevich (2), Boyko (2), Uro-Nille (7), Yurkevicius (2), Lyubinets (2), Putra (4), Maznichenko (6), Voloshin.

Arena: Ranko Zeravica Sports Hall (Belgrade, Serbia).

SERBIA – UKRAINE. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH

Source: Sport UA

Ralph

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

Jokic may lose his chance to compete for NBA MVP award

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1 hour ago

December 30, 2025

Ralph

Jokic may lose his chance to compete for NBA MVP award

Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to left knee hyperextension.

The Serb is expected to miss all 18 matches in January and his maximum appearances this season could be limited to 64 matches. So Jokic will lose the opportunity to compete for the NBA’s main prizes – MVP and inclusion in the All-NBA, as this requires playing at least 65 games in the regular season.

Theoretically, he could return for the January 31 game against the Brooklyn Nets, which would give Nikola the opportunity to play 65 games before the end of the season, but that scenario is unlikely.

Jokic was injured in the last seconds of the first half of the match against Miami Heat (123:147) and did not return to the field after a long break. Before his injury, he managed to score 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes.

Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.

Source: Sport UA

Ralph

NBA

Denver announces Jokic’s recovery from knee injury

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1 hour ago

December 30, 2025

Paula

Denver announces Jokic’s recovery from knee injury

Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.

Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.

Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.

Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.

Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.

Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.

Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81

— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) December 30, 2025

Source: Sport UA

Paula

I am a sports journalist who has written for various websites and magazines. I currently work as an author at Sportish, a news website that covers sports news. My main focus is writing about soccer, rugby and other sports in the world.

Basketball

How serious is the situation? The first details about Jokic’s injury have been revealed

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4 hours ago

December 30, 2025

Ralph

How serious is the situation? The first details about Jokic’s injury have been revealed

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic He escaped serious injury, Serbian publication Meridian Sport reported.

Jokic appears to be in good condition, and preliminary data suggests the knee was hyperextended without serious damage.

At the same time, there is no official update from the club at the moment. It was previously reported that Jokic would need to undergo a full examination of his left knee on Tuesday, December 30.

Nikola injured his left knee in the final seconds of the first half of the game against Miami (123:147). He was seen limping on his way to the dressing room and did not return to the field after a long break.