Basketball
At the European Championships, the Russian anthem was desecrated. The spectators wept with grief
A terrible mistake by the organizers against the backdrop of a national tragedy.
The Russian anthem has been confused more than once at international competitions. Sometimes they included “The Indestructible Union…”, sometimes even Glinka’s “Patriotic Song”, which was a symbol of the country for only a short time on a historical scale. However, an incident that happened once at the European Basketball Championship stands out.
The organizers of the competition not only showed complete ignorance and unprofessionalism, but also insulted the Russians against the backdrop of a terrible tragedy that shook our country.
DJ with Russian nickname
The 2011 European Basketball Championship was held in Lithuania, whose team was traditionally considered one of the main contenders for the title. The same could be said about the Russian team, which regularly competes for medals at the European championship.
And indeed: our team easily passed the preliminary round, taking first place in the group and never losing. At the second group stage, everything went no less smoothly for our team, although the opponents were already more serious – for example, Greece. But here, too, Russia won all the matches. However, one of them was remembered not only for the excellent play of our team, but also for a very annoying pre-game episode.
Before the Russia-Finland match, players from both teams traditionally lined up on the court to hear the anthems of their countries. However, instead of the Russian anthem, a completely random melody suddenly began to play. The DJ, although going by the Russian nickname Mamanya, seemed to have no idea what he should include. On his second try, he also failed to guess the melody. Only for the third time did the correct Russian anthem play.
Surprisingly, DJ Mamanya missed the mark with the Finnish anthem at first. However, this time it only took him one try to correct himself. It’s unlikely that he would ever work in such important matches after that.
Insult on the day of tragedy
Everything would be fine, but the would-be DJ chose the worst day to show his ignorance. The desecration of the Russian anthem, which this guy allowed himself, happened when the whole country was mourning the tragedy with the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv – a plane carrying a hockey team crashed, almost everyone died.
Our basketball players came to the match with mourning ribbons. Some of them, for example, Andrei Vorontsevich, could not hold back their tears. While Mamanya continued to bring the situation to the point of black absurdity, the fans in the stands also cried, holding Russian flags in their hands. Some of them actively whistled at the incompetence.
Fortunately, this terrible attitude of the organizers did not affect the mood of our basketball players. The Russian team beat the Finns, and subsequently the rest of the group, and reached the playoffs. There our team reached the semi-finals, where they lost to the French. In the match for third place, David Blatt’s team defeated the Macedonians and took bronze. And, of course, the Spaniards became champions.
Source: Sportbox
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Greek “Panathinaikos” The team faced serious personnel problems due to the flu epidemic.
Eight players and three members of the coaching staff were immediately diagnosed with influenza A with severe symptoms.
Panathinaikos has shown good form in recent matches, but flu A has spread to Greece and has affected the team, which will most likely lead to the postponement of the Greek championship match against Maroussi, scheduled for December 27.
The problem is not only related to the championship match, but also to the derby against Olympiacos in the Euroleague, which is scheduled for January 2, as the epidemic prevents the team’s normal preparations.
Since many players have severe symptoms, no one can say for sure how the disease will progress and when everyone will be healthy.
The names of the sick people have not been disclosed at this 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.
Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 27
Utah-Detroit-131:129 (33:36, 34:32, 44:35, 20:26)
Utah: George (31 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Markkanen (30), Nurkic (16 + 11 rebounds), Mikhailyuk (9), Bailey (0) – start; Sensabaugh (20), Love (14), Collier (9 + 9 assists + 5 turnovers), Filipovski (2), Hendricks (0), Clayton (0).
Detroit: Cunningham (29 + 17 assists), Harris (16 + 7 rebounds), D. Robinson (14), Düren (11), Thompson (8) – start; Ivey (11), LeVert (11), Holland (11), Green (8), Jenkins (6), Stewart (4), Reed (0).
Atlanta-Miami-111:126 (32:32, 19:31, 33:27, 27:36)
of Atlanta: Young (30 + 6 assists), Johnson (24 + 9 rebounds + 10 assists), Okongwu (12 + 7 rebounds), Daniels (8), Risache (5) – start; Alexander-Walker (15), Krejci (11), Gueye (4), Newell (2), Wallace (0).
Miami: Powell (25 + 7 rebounds), Larsson (21), Wiggins (18 + 8 rebounds), Ware (16 + 13 rebounds), Mitchell (6 + 7 assists) – start; Jaques (16), Jovic (10 + 7 rebounds), Yakucionis (8), Smith (6).
Washington – Toronto – 138:117 (35:32, 38:30, 29:38, 36:17)
washington: George (23), McCollum (21), Coulibaly (21 + 8 rebounds), Sarr (15), Middleton (6) – start; Carrington (15), Johnson (12), Shempeny (8+7 rebounds), Riley (8), Bagley (6), Brenham (3), Watkins (0), Vukcevic (0), Johnson (0).
toronto: Ingram (29), Quickley (25), Barnes (14 + 7 assists), Mamukelashvili (13 + 11 rebounds), Agbadji (8) – start; Walter (15), Shed (6), Dick (5), Lawson (2), Temple (0), Bettle (0), Mobo (0).
Indiana-Boston-122:140 (39:28, 22:47, 30:36, 31:29)
indiana: Nembhard (18 + 8 assists + 5 losses), Maturin (13), Siakam (11), Huff (9), Jackson (6) – starts; McConnell (13), Walker (12), Thompson (11 + 6 assists), Furphy (9), Potter (9), Jones (4), Bradley (4), Peter (3).
Boston: Brown (30), Pritchard (29 + 9 rebounds), White (21 + 6 assists), Keta (8 + 7 rebounds), Walsh (3) – start; Houser (23), Garza (15), Simons (8), Scheierman (3), Gonzalez (0).
Orlando-Charlotte-105:120 (28:38, 20:19, 29:39, 28:24)
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
Chicago: White (13 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Giddy (12 + 11 assists + 5 turnovers), Buzelis (10 + 8 rebounds), Okoro (8), Vucevic (7 + 7 rebounds) – start; Collins (15), Jones (15), Smith (12 + 8 rebounds), Herter (9), Dosunmu (8).
Philadelphia: Embiid (31), Maxey (27 + 8 assists), George (15 + 12 rebounds), Edgecombe (10 + 7 rebounds), Barlow (7) – start; McCain (6), Drummond (2), Grimes (2), Bona (1), Walker (1), Edwards (0).
Memphis – Milwaukee – 125:104 (25:35, 35:15, 32:33, 33:21)
Memphis: Jaren Jackson (24 + 9 rebounds + 5 blocks), Morant (17 + 10 assists), Coward (15), Wells (14), Aldama (12 + 7 rebounds) – starter; Spencer (19), Caldwell-Pope (13), Jackson (7), Koloko (4), Small (0).
Milwaukee: Green (20), Porter (16 + 8 rebounds + 7 turnovers), Portis (15 + 12 rebounds), Kuzma (15 + 8 rebounds), Turner (8) – starts; Rollins (15), G. Harris (8), Jackson (3), Coffey (2), Sims (2), Anthony (0), Nance (0), T. Antetokounmpo (0).
New Orleans – Phoenix – 108:115 (23:26, 25:27, 32:28, 28:34)
new orleans: Murphy (19), Fiers (9), Bay (9), Quinn (7 + 7 rebounds), McGowens (4) – start; Williamson (20 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Poole (19 + 6 assists), Alvarado (11), Missy (7), Matkovic (3), Peavy (0).
Phoenix: Booker (30 + 9 rebounds), Williams (24 + 13 rebounds), Gillespie (16 + 9 assists), Brooks (14), O’Neal (3) – start; Dunn (9 + 8 rebounds), Ighodaro (6), Fleming (6), Goodwin (4), Buey (3).
Portland – Clippers – 103:119 (35:25, 27:31, 16:29, 25:34)
Portland: Avdija (29 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists + 6 turnovers), Kamara (20), Sharpe (16), Clingan (10 + 8 rebounds), Murray (4 + 7 rebounds) – start; Love (14), Ruper (5), R. Williams (4 + 12 rebounds), Sissoko (1), Rith (0).
cutting machines: Harden (34 + 6 assists), B. Lopez (31), Lenard (28 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Collins (8), Dunn (7) – start; Sanders (5), Miller (3), Batum (3), Bogdanovich (0), Christie (0), Niederhäuser (0).
tournament tables
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
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Boston defeated Indiana in an away match of the NBA regular season.
The meeting in Indianapolis ended with a score of 140:122 (28:39, 47:22, 36:30, 29:31) in favor of the guests. The most productive player of the match was Boston basketball player Jaylen Brown, who scored 30 points. Indiana had 19 points from Andrew Nembhard.
Boston (19 wins, 11 losses) is in third position in the Eastern Conference standings. Indiana (6 wins, 25 losses) is 15th.
Results of other matches of the game day:
“Washington” — “Toronto” — 138:117,
“Atlanta” – “Miami” – 111:126,
“Orlando” – “Charlotte” – 105:120,
“Chicago” – “Philadelphia” – 109:102,
“Memphis” — “Milwaukee” — 125:104,
“New Orleans” — “Phoenix” — 108:115,
“Utah” — “Detroit” — 131:129,
Portland – Clippers – 103:119.
Source: Sportbox
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