Basketball

79-72: Panczar and Jaworski lead to victory, boosting Bilbao’s cup ambitions

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1 month ago

December 7, 2025

Robert

79-72: Panczar and Jaworski lead to victory, boosting Bilbao’s cup ambitions

This Sunday in Milivilla, outsiders Melwyn Panzal and Justin Jaworski led Surne Bilbao to a 79-72 victory over Dreamland Gran Canaria, igniting Biscaia’s ambitions for another Copa del Rey appearance.

With this win, the Men in Black maintain their unbeaten league record at the Bilbao Arena this season, and with a balance of four wins and five losses, they are provisionally on the verge of qualifying for the cup at the end of the first round.

It was an undisputed victory, but it was also a very tough battle for Jaume Ponsant-Sarnau’s team. They found Panczal (15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals, 5 fouls received, 31 PIR) and Jaworski (25 points, 4/4 T3) when they needed them most.

The Frenchman Louis Labailley (10) gave them a four-point lead (57-61), the biggest yellow advantage of the entire match, which was already repeated several times in the final quarter.

If Sweden’s base work lasted 40 minutes, the American guard came on in the final stretch and flipped the result with nearly consecutive 3-point plays. Two of his 3-pointers were almost unbelievable because of the distance he threw them.

Previously largely drawn from coach Xaka Rakovic’s squad, the team is left in a precarious balance with three wins and six losses, jeopardizing the Slovenian coach and Argentine Nico Brussino’s desired offensive plans for the top eight (17 points, six rebounds).

Tobey’s basket a minute and a half into the game started a very difficult first quarter, with a lot of fast breaks and mistakes, leaving us with an astonishing 2-4 score after 6 minutes of play.

Both teams started to lose their nerve, reaching a 14-16 lead in less than four minutes, and Wong’s two triples gave the visiting team eight points, giving the local team more points in a difficult contest.

Granca also started the second quarter with a basket from Samar (14-19), but Surun was the first to try to break free, gaining an 11-2 and 5-point advantage (25-20) with Fry’s 5 points and Javorski’s 3+1.

technical sheet

Surne Bilbao – Dreamland Gran Canaria, 79-72

79 – Surne Bilbao Basket (14+20+21+24): Frei (5), Normantas (6), Hilliard (6), Petrasek, Hlinasson (5) (starting 5). Panczar (15), Javorsky (25), Lazarevic (3), Krampli (10), Bagayoko (4), Sila, Font.

72 – Dreamland Gran Canaria (16+18+21+17): Albichy (5), Angola (5), Brussino (17), LaBaley (10), Toby (6) – starting five. Samar (7), Wong (10), Salvo (2), Perros (7), Quas, Maniema, Vila (3).

Partial: 14-16, 34-34 (rest). 55-55, 79-72 (final).

Referees: Jordi Arriaga, Juan de Dios Hoyon, Ariadna Chueca. There are no exclusions.

Incident: The ninth day of the Endesa League match, played in front of a crowd of 8,283 at the Bilbao Arena in Milivilla. Official data.

The Canary Islanders recovered and were beginning to reduce the advantage of the locals, who were leading on the scoreboard in the second quarter (25-25, 28-28, 29-29, 34-34), until Albisy’s triple, which almost hit the horn, tied the first half.

After the break, in the drive of great effort and hard work, the trend of the second quarter was maintained until the game was tied (55-55) at the end of the third quarter, with Javorskiy already warming his wrist, and Frenchman Pierre Perros leading the visiting team.

Then, in the final quarter, the first threat of a yellow came, 57-61, making it 57-63, a huge advantage for the visiting team, and Panczal and Jaworski giving them a 77-72 victory.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

Robert

I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.

Basketball

Ukrainian Championship bronze medalist may fire coach

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46 minutes ago

January 14, 2026

Ralph

Ukrainian Championship bronze medalist may fire coach

BC Cherkasy Mavpy is failing in the current part of the Basketball Super League season. Dmitry Nagorny’s team lost eight matches in a row, which caused the management to think about personnel changes.

As it is known Spor.uaCoach of the Cherkasy team Dmitry Nagorny may resign from his post. To rectify the situation with results, the specialist was given three matches.

Nagorny’s fate will depend on the results of the matches against Kharkiv Falcons (January 18), Dnepr (January 31) and Zaporozhye (February 1).

This season, Cherkasy Mavpy is in the 8th place in the Super League rankings and could only get 4 wins in 15 matches in the season. In the last campaign, Cherkasy Mavpy became the bronze medalist of the Super League.

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

REDICK: ‘It’s crazy how people talk about LeBron’

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3 hours ago

January 14, 2026

Ralph

REDICK: ‘It’s crazy how people talk about LeBron’

Los Angeles Lakers head coach J. J. Reddick he said this LeBron James He could have missed the game against Atlanta (141:116) and invited his critics to practice:

“We didn’t expect him to be able to play. It’s crazy how people talk about LeBron when he brings so much to the game and continues to play at this level at this age.

Its competitive endurance is beyond imagination. It’s really sad that this man puts so much into it, cares so much, and some people talk about him. This is crazy. Come and see him every day; how much he cares. That’s incredible.”

It was previously known how long Anthony Davis would be away from the field after his hand injury.

A figure close to a triple-double @KingJames tonight!

👑 31 points (high match)
👑 9 REB
👑 10 AST
👑 LAL W

Lakers improved to 24-14 on the season! pic.twitter.com/UC427fDCHH

— NBA (@NBA) January 14, 2026

Source: Sport UA

Ralph

Basketball

Oklahoma defeated San Antonio, giving Minnesota and the Lakers productive victories.

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4 hours ago

January 14, 2026

Ralph

Oklahoma defeated San Antonio, giving Minnesota and the Lakers productive victories.

Seven games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 13-14.

Oklahoma still beat San Antonio in its fourth try this season.

While the first half of the match witnessed a balanced match, neither team could win by more than 6 points. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Thunder made a move at 11:0, then at 12:0 to take a 16-point lead at 86:69. Then Oklahoma calmly controlled the course of the match and won a landslide victory – 119:98.

The best player of the match was Gilgeous-Alexander with 34 points, while Jaylin Williams achieved a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Minnesota left no chance to Milwaukee on the road.

Even in the first quarter, the Timberwolves had a comfortable lead and won with 38:20 to play. Minnesota then increased its advantage and reached +40 – 123:83 at the top. As a result, the visiting team won with 129:106 points.

Randle scored 29 points and Hyland scored 23 points for Minnesota.

The Lakers defeated Atlanta after three straight losses.

The fate of the match was decided in the first half, when the Lakers won by 21 points (81:60). The home team then calmly controlled the course of events on the field and won the match 141:116.

The most productive player of the match was LeBron, who had a double-double with 31 points, 10 assists and was one rebound away from a triple-double. Doncic (27 points + 12 assists) and Ayton (17 points + 18 rebounds) also recorded double-doubles.

NBA. Regular season, January 14

Oklahoma – San Antonio – 119:98 (32:26, 23:26, 40:24, 24:22)

Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (34 + 4 blocks), Jaylen Williams (20), Holmgren (8 + 10 rebounds), Wallace (6), Wiggins (5) – start; Caruso (13), Jaylin Williams (11+10 rebounds), Mitchell (11), Joe (8), K. Williams (3).

San Antonio: Castle (20 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists + 5 losses), Vembanyama (17 + 7 rebounds), Fox (14), Shempeni (13), Barnes (2) – starts; Harper (12), K. Johnson (9), Cornet (8 + 8 rebounds), Waters (3), Sohan (0), McLaughlin (0), Brian (0).

Milwaukee-Minnesota-106:139 (20:38, 25:38, 33:30, 28:33)

Milwaukee: Y. Antetokounmpo (25 + 8 rebounds + 7 losses), Portis (14 + 7 rebounds), Porter (13 + 8 assists), Rollins (11 + 7 rebounds), Green (9) – start; Coffey (10), Trent (6), Nance (5), Anthony (4), G. Harris (3), Jackson (2), Kuzma (2), T. Antetokounmpo (2), Sims (0).

Minnesota: Randle (29 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Reed (19), McDaniels (17), DiVincenzo (11 + 7 assists), Conley (9) – start; Hyland (23), Beranger (13), Miller (7), Dillingham (5), Clark (4), Juzeng (2), Ingles (0).

Lakers-Atlanta-141:116 (37:30, 44:30, 21:26, 39:30)

Lakers: James (31 + 9 rebounds + 10 assists), Dončić (27 + 12 assists + 7 turnovers), Larevia (17), Ayton (17 + 18 rebounds), Smart (16) – start; Vincent (10), Hachimura (7), Smith (6), Vanderbilt (3), Bufkin (3), Knecht (2), Timmy (2), James Jr. (0).

of Atlanta: Alexander-Walker (26), Johnson (13 + 6 assists), Krejci (11), Daniels (8 + 8 rebounds), Okongwu (7 + 8 rebounds) – start; McCollum (25), Kispert (19), Gueye (5+5 steals), Wallace (2), Newell (0).

Miami – Phoenix – 127:121 (36:28, 35:26, 21:38, 35:29)

Miami: Adebayo (29 + 9 rebounds), Powell (27), Hirro (23), Mitchell (9 + 6 assists), Wiggins (8) – start; Jaques (16+8 assists), Ware (10), Smith (2), Larsson (2), Jovic (1).

Phoenix: Brooks (25), Booker (24 + 9 rebounds + 9 assists), Williams (18 + 14 rebounds), Gillespie (13), O’Neal (8) – start; Allen (25), Ighodaro (3), Dunn (3), Goodwin (2).

New Orleans-Denver-116:122 (31:32, 34:28, 27:29, 24:33)

New Orleans: Murphy (31), Bey (17), Williamson (12 + 7 rebounds), Fiers (10), Queen (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Poole (16), Missy (8 + 7 rebounds), Hawkins (6), Matkovic (4), Peavy (2).

Denver: J. Murray (35 + 9 assists), Watson (31 + 7 rebounds), Pickett (16), Gordon (16 + 7 rebounds), Jones (2) – start; Hardaway (18), B. Brown (4), Nnaji (0), Tyson (0).

Houston – Chicago – 119:113 (29:24, 28:36, 33:28, 29:25)

Houston: Durant (28 + 10 rebounds), Thompson (23), Shengyun (23 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Smith (18 + 7 rebounds), Okogie (4) – start; Davison (9+7 rebounds), Sheppard (8), Adams (4+7 rebounds), Capela (2), Tate (0).

Chicago: Jones (34 + 7 assists), Buzelis (19), Smith (14 + 9 rebounds), Vucevic (14 + 7 rebounds), Okoro (9) – start; Herter (11), Dosunmu (7), Terry (5), Williams (0).

Golden State – Portland – 119:97 (38:24, 29:17, 28:30, 24:26)

Golden State: Butler (16), Moody (14), Dr. Green (10 + 7 rebounds + 6 turnovers), Curry (7 + 10 assists), Post (3) – start; Melton (23), Podziemski (15), Payton II (8), Richard (8), Santos (6+6 assists), Horford (6), Hield (3), Spencer (0), Jackson-Davis (0).

Portland: Sharpe (19), Love (17 + 7 assists), Clingan (7 + 9 rebounds), Kamara (6), Sissoko (3) – start; Rooper (13), Holiday (12 + 8 rebounds), R. Williams (11), Cook (3), Rith (3), Jan Hansen (3).