Basketball
Aces achieve historic victory and become WNBA champions
Aja Wilson as the undisputed leader. This Friday, the Las Vegas Aces finished the final series 4-0 and won the WNBA title. They won 97-86 at Phoenix Mercury Field.
This will be his third ring in the past four seasons. For coach Becky Hammon’s team.
Aja Wilson4-win MVP of the regular season and MVP of this Finals, He contributed 31 points, nine rebounds, and four assists to the Aces’ victory over Phoenix.
Wilson took center stage in Game 3 of the series with the decisive goal 0.3 seconds into the game.
Starring Becky Hammon and Aja Wilson
coach Becky Hammon signs her Ace ring again after winning titles in 2022 and 2023And he did it in a year where the team managed to overcome a rocky start to the season.
It was scary at first, but wonderful in the end. From August 3rd last year, The Aces won 25 of 28 games and returned to the top of the WNBA.
Wilson, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, was supported by Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young with 18 points.
Despite Carlea Copper scoring 30 points, the Mercury gave up in the fourth game. Alyssa Thomas had a triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Ace’s declaration at home
The Aces took to the court determined to take advantage of their first “match point” and not waiting for the fifth game, which would finally be played in front of their home crowd.
Becky Hammon’s players already held a nine-point lead at the end of the first period, but a strong start to the second quarter extended their lead to 19 points.
A’ja Wilson continued to torment the Mercury defense and already had 14 points at halftime, helped by Chelsea Gray’s 10 points.
Mercury once again fought against everything, as he had already done in the third game of the series, only to be met by relentless aces.
Copper led the Mercury response with 13 points in the third period. The teams narrowed the lead to nine points at 60-69, but Las Vegas came back to take a 14-point lead going into the fourth quarter up 76-62.
Phoenix’s last try came in the fourth quarter, when an 8-0 run brought the home team within six points with 2.40 left. Copper reached 30 individual points, but was ejected for a foul with just under a minute and a half remaining.
The aces didn’t miss this chance. They regained control of the duel and completed their way to a victory that would prove their dynasty in the WNBA.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Seven games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 14-15.
Chicago hosted Utah and earned a hard-fought victory.
The match turned out to be equal: The teams changed the lead 27 times and the fate of the match was decided in the last seconds. Sensabaugh tied the score with an accurate two-point shot 29 seconds before the siren, but the final attack fell to Chicago. The Bulls used the available time and, thanks to Vucevic’s efforts, the center made the two-point basket 4 seconds before the siren. As a result, the home team won with a score of 128:126.
Vucevic was the most productive name for Chicago, scoring 35 points.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He did not take the field in this game like several other starters.
Indiana lost to Toronto at home after three straight wins.
The winner of the game was decided in the first quarter, which the Raptors won with a score of 39:18. Then the guests calmly controlled the course of the meeting and led it to a confident victory – 115:101.
Three players recorded double-doubles for Toronto: Barnes (26 points + 13 assists), Dick (21 points + 11 rebounds) and Murray-Boyles (10 points + 10 rebounds).
Denver was able to beat Dallas on the road with limited rotation.
Nuggets won the first half of the match by 17 points, deciding the fate of the winner of the match. Afterwards, the Mavericks managed to narrow the gap, but they could not fully return to the game. As a result, Denver, which played with a 9-player rotation due to numerous injuries, won with a score of 118:109.
Murray scored 33 points for the winners.
NBA. Regular season, December 15
Chicago – Utah – 128:126 (36:39, 35:23, 23:32, 34:32)
Chicago: Vucevic (35 + 7 rebounds), Okoro (12), Jones (7 + 8 assists), Buzelis (7), White (6 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists + 5 turnovers) – start; Dosunmu (15 + 6 assists), Williams (13), Smith (12 + 10 rebounds), Terry (11), Herter (10).
Utah: George (25 + 7 assists), Filipovski (19 + 7 rebounds), Bailey (10), Collier (8), Williams (6 + 7 rebounds) – start; Sensabaugh (43), Anderson (7), Clayton (5), Hendricks (3).
Indiana – Toronto – 101:115 (18:39, 30:28, 30:27, 23:21)
indiana: Siakam (26 + 10 rebounds), Nembhard (14 + 6 assists), Furphy (10 + 10 rebounds), Huff (7), Nesmith (6) – start; Jackson (14), Walker (11), McConnell (8 + 6 assists), Sheppard (3), Bradley (2), Thompson (0), Jones (0), Potter (0).
toronto: Ingram (30 + 7 rebounds), Barnes (26 + 7 rebounds + 13 assists), Murray-Boyles (10 + 10 rebounds), Shead (7 + 6 assists), Bettle (5) – starter; Dick (21 + 11 rebounds), Agbaji (10), Lawson (5), Martin (1), Mobo (0).
Dallas – Denver – 109:118 (23:29, 23:34, 32:25, 31:30)
dallas: Marshall (24), Washington (12), Hardy (8), Gafford (6 + 10 rebounds), Flegg (6) – start; Williams (20 + 7 rebounds), Caleb Martin (15), Thompson (8), Powell (5), Nembhard (5), Kelly (0).
Denver: J. Murray (33), Gordon (22), Watson (18), Jones (10), Pickett (9) – starter; Hardaway (12), B. Brown (7), Nnaji (4), Holmes (3).
Philadelphia – Cleveland – 107:133 (18:33, 29:27, 28:33, 32:40)
Philadelphia: Embiid (20 + 6 losses), George (17), Maxey (14), Edgecombe (9), Barlow (2) – starts; Grimes (8), Drummond (7 + 9 rebounds), Oubre (7), Bona (6), McCain (6), Edwards (6), Watford (3), Walker (2).
cleveland: Mitchell (35 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), Garland (20 + 7 assists), E. Mobley (17 + 13 rebounds + 6 assists + 4 blocks), Tyson (12), Allen (10) – start; Hunter (17), Ball (9), Bryant (4), Nance (3), Merrill (3), Proctor (2), Porter (1), Tomlin (0).
New Orleans – Brooklyn – 116:113 (27:31, 27:24, 33:32, 29:26)
New Orleans: Murphy (34 + 9 rebounds), Williamson (25), Bay (12), Fiers (7 + 7 rebounds), Quinn (4) – start; Missy (12 + 12 rebounds), Matkovic (8), Poole (7), McGowens (5), Hawkins (2).
Brooklyn: Porter (20 + 7 rebounds), Djomin (17), Powell (16), Claxton (10), Clowney (6 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists) – start; Thomas (16), Sharpe (15 + 9 rebounds), Wolf (5), Traore (5), Mann (3).
Sacramento – New York – 112:101 (32:17, 24:25, 40:34, 16:25)
sacramento: DeRozan (27), Lavigne (25), Achiuwa (20 + 14 rebounds), Westbrook (19 + 11 assists), Reynaud (10) – start; Monk (9), Cardwell (2), Ellis (0), Clifford (0).
New York: Bridges (19), Anunoby (15), Towns (13 + 5 steals), Hart (10), Brunson (4) – start; Clarkson (11), McBride (10 + 6 assists), Robinson (8 + 11 rebounds), Kolek (7), Hookporti (2), Yabusele (2), Diawara (0), Dadier (0).
Clippers – Washington – 119:105 (37:22, 33:29, 26:38, 23:16)
cutting machines: Leonard (33), Harden (22 + 8 assists), Senders (11), B. Lopez (11), Dunn (4) – start; Niederhäuser (16), Miller (11 + 10 rebounds), Batum (9 + 8 rebounds), Christie (2).
washington: George (23), Middleton (17), Johnson (10), Sarr (4), Coulibaly (3) – starts; Bagley (15 + 11 rebounds), Riley (12), Vukcevic (10), Shempeny (7 + 8 rebounds), Carrington (4 + 7 assists), Brenham (0), Johnson (0), Hill (0).
Source: Sport UA
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The 22nd round of the Euroleague started on Wednesday, December 15, with the match between Partizan and Olympiacos.
The Greeks won all quarters of the match and six players from their team scored in double figures. The result was an overwhelming victory by 38 points, 104:66.
The best player of the match was Vezenkov, who played with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.
This is Partizan’s seventh consecutive defeat in the Euroleague, almost all with devastating scores, so the Serbs fell to last place in the standings.
Europa League. Regular season. 22nd round, January 14
Partizan – Olympiacos – 66:104 (17:20, 13:32, 13:27, 23:25)
PartisanWashington (28 points + 3 assists), Fernando (11 + 5 rebounds + 1 assist), Bonga (7+4+2), Marinkovic (7+1+1), Payne (5+3+3), Jekiri (4+10 rebounds), Lakic (2+2 rebounds), Osetkovski (2+1 rebounds), Calathes (2 rebounds + 3 assists).
Olympiacos: Vezenkov (25+7+1), Walkup (12+1+7), Dorsey (12+5+2), Milutinov (12+7+1), Peters (12+5+1), Hall (12+7+1), Ntilikina (6+2+2), Ward (5+1+3), Papanikolaou (3+5+2), Fournier (3+2+4), Larentzakis (2+4 transfer).
Source: Sport UA
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Paris Nizhny Novgorod beat Zenit St. Petersburg in an away match of the VTB United League regular season.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 99:89 (18:13 27:21, 27:28, 27:27) in favor of the guests. The most productive player of the meeting was the basketball player of the Nizhny Novgorod team Isaiah Washington – 28 points. Zenit has 18 points from Levi Randolph. Andrey Martyuk also scored a double-double for the St. Petersburg team (12 points and 12 rebounds).
The Nizhny Novgorod team defeated Zenit in St. Petersburg for the first time since October 2019, the league press service reports.
Paris Nizhny Novgorod is in ninth place in the standings, Zenit is fourth.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the TV channels of the Match group, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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