Basketball
Super League: Confident victory of Zaporozhye, defeats of Dnepr and Kyiv-Basket
The last three matches of the eighth round of the Super League, which closed the Ukrainian Championship program in 2025, took place on December 21.
Tournament leader Dnepr won a comfortable victory over Krivbass in Nikolaev.
From the beginning of the match, Dnepr gained a comfortable advantage with accurate three-point shots (only 11 of 28 from long range) and then calmly kept the game under control. The approximately one-hour break given at the beginning of the third quarter due to an air raid did not change the course of the game.
For the Dnipro team, Vladimir Konev scored 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Maxim Zakurdaev scored a double-double with 16 points. Martin Hill and Alexander Peacock scored 12 points each for Krivbass.
The match played between BC Rivne and Kiev-Basket in Rivne ended with a crushing victory for the guests.
Already in the first quarter, “Kyiv-Basket” broke the intentions of the home team and defeated them with a score of 25:9. It all started with Bublik’s three-pointer, but it was blocked and Mikhail made all three shots from the free throw line. In general, in the first quarter, the teams did not particularly please the audience with accurate long-distance shots: for Rivne, only Alexander Ponosov achieved this, but for the Kiev team, Artem Romanitsa twice made an accurate attack from the same position from the corner of the field.
The Rivne team was more active in the second ten minutes, but could not keep Klevzunik and Karpyuk under their own ring. In the end, Traylor and Dupree started scoring, Korovyakov made an accurate three-point shot, but all this was not enough to save this game. The opponents entered the long break with a score of 25:42.
In the third quarter, the home team gained hope that they could bring back the excitement in the match. After Sushkin hit the Rivne ring from mid-range, the score of the match was decided in favor of the Kiev team at 49:30. Denis Spiridonov called a timeout and Rivne got back into the game with a spectacular three-pointer from the team’s starter, Vitaly Bykov. He made two free throws and then added another three-pointer to narrow the gap to 13 points. Kiev-Basket stopped the Rivne team with 47:58 left in the last quarter and managed to stabilize the game until the end of the third quarter.
Despite the significant advantage in the score in the last ten minutes, “Kyiv-Basket” went on the attack. Bublik, Sushkin, Klevzunik and Karpyuk either completed the attacks with accurate shots or got themselves fouled and converted free throws. When the advantage of the Kiev team reached 27 points with two and a half minutes left in the regular time, it became clear that they would not miss the victory. As a result, “Rivne” was able to regain only 8 points – 63:82.
The best of the capital team was Yaroslav Karpyuk with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
BC “Zaporozhye” defeated local “Niko-Basket” in Nikolaev.
While Nikolaevites were ahead until the middle of the second quarter, the guest team seized the initiative and took the lead after two quarters. Then BC “Zaporozhye” no longer gave the opponent a scoring advantage, but gained a double-digit lead at the beginning of the second half and won the match.
The best of this match for Zaporozhye was American forward Tarig Eisa with 28 points and 8 rebounds (PE 27).
Super League. Regular season. 8th round, 21 December
Krivbass – Dnepr – 58:77 (17:23, 12:18, 16:23, 13:13)
Krivbas: Hill 12 + 9 rebounds + 5 assists, Dalcourt 7, Skira 2, Peacock 12 + 8 rebounds, Vodolazsky 11 + 5 rebounds – start; Trikolenko 7 + 5 rebounds, Melnik 3, Brechka 2, Bibikov 2, Nagorny 0, Pasholok 0
Dnieper: Sipalo 5, Timofeenko 10+6 rebounds, Konev 18+11 rebounds, Zakurdaev 16+5 assists, Gorobchenko 3+6 assists – start; Zagreb 12 + 5 rebounds, Bondarchuk 9, Sorochan 4, Koldomasov 0, Popov 0
Rivne – Kyiv-Basket – 63:82 (9:25, 16:17, 22:16, 16:24)
Straight: Hines 1, Tymoshchuk 3 + 3 rebounds, Traylor 10 + 8 rebounds, Korovyakov 11 + 4 rebounds, Dupree 10 + 7 rebounds – start; Ponosov 10, Bykov 8, Sheptytsky 5, Shepelev 5, Ryaboy 0, Kravchenko 0.
Kyiv-Basket: Sushkin 17, Klevzunik 14 + 7 rebounds + 5 assists, Bublik 14 + 3 rebounds, Romanitsa 9, Karpyuk 15 + 13 rebounds – start; Sandul 4 + 4 rebounds, Kolavole 3, Malich 3 + 3 rebounds, Smityukh 2, Manuilik 1, Ryzhkov 0, Bur 0.
Niko-Basket – Zaporozhye – 67:78 (15:12, 14:26, 19:20, 19:20)
Niko-Basket: Zaitsev 7+8 rebounds, Lukyan 9+5 rebounds, Likhoy 2+5 rebounds, Garbar 11+8 rebounds, Safonov 19+7 assists+5 rebounds – 10 losses – starts, Grischuk 9+7 rebounds, Volodin 6+8 rebounds, Sturov 2, Kabanov 2
Zaporozhye: Eisa 28 + 9 rebounds + 4 tackles – 5 tackles for loss, Lishchina 14 + 7 rebounds, Kiktev 10 + 7 rebounds, Lovings 8 + 7 assists, Matthews 1 – start, Petrenko 13, Velichko 4, Klimanov 0
tournament table
Source: Sport UA
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Basketball
NBA. Boston’s crazy comeback, Mikhailyuk’s failure with Utah
7 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 22-23. Golden State beat Orlando, Boston beat Orlando with a comeback, Detroit beat Portland and other games.
NBO. Regular season. Matches are on December 23.
Cleveland – Charlotte – 139:132 (33:36, 37:27, 34:32, 35:37)
Cleveland: Mitchell (30), Garland (27+10 assists), Wade (14+7 rebounds), Allen (12), Tyson (0) – start; Hunter (27), Bryant (10), Lonzo Ball (6+7 assists), Tomlin (5), Merrill (4), Porter (2), Proctor (2).
Charlotte: LaMelo Ball (23+9 assists), Knippel (20), Miller (20), Bridges (17), Plumlee (5) – start; Mann (13), Green (10), McNealy (7), James (7), Diabate (5+14 rebounds + 6 steals), Connaughton (3), Hall (2).
Boston – Indiana – 103:95 (26:35, 17:26, 31:21, 29:13)
Boston: Brown (31+9 rebounds), White (19), Pritchard (11), Queta (8+8 rebounds), Mynott (2) – starter; Simons (11), Garza (6+9 rebounds), Gauser (6), Gonzalez (6+11 rebounds), Scheierman (3).
Indiana: Siakam (25), Nembhard (20+7 assists), Maturin (16+9 rebounds), Thompson (13), Huff (3) – start; Jackson (9), Furphy (3), Matthews (2), Walker (2), Jones (2), Jackson (0), Wiseman (0), Peter (0).
New Orleans – Dallas – 119:113 (36:34, 21:29, 22:24, 40:26)
New Orleans: Bay (19+7 rebounds), Queen (19+11 rebounds + 6 assists), Fiers (12), Murphy (11), Jones (9) – start; Williamson (24+9 rebounds), Poole (14), Alvarado (6), Matkovic (5), Peavy (0).
Dallas: Davis (35+17 rebounds), Flegg (16+6 assists), Marshall (15+6 assists), Washington (8+8 rebounds), Nembhard (4+8 assists+5 losses) – starter; Thompson (20), Williams (4), Hardy (4), Caleb Martin (4), Gafford (3).
Denver -Utah – 135:112 (40:15, 29:31, 34:38, 32:28)
Denver: J. Murray (27), K. Johnson (20), Watson (20), Jokic (14 + 13 rebounds + 13 assists), Jones (3) – start; Hardaway (21), B. Brown (15), Valanciunas (12+11 rebounds), Pickett (3), Strother (0), Nagy (0), Tyson (0).
Utah: Markkanen (27+8 rebounds), George (20+8 rebounds + 7 assists), Nurkic (17+14 rebounds + 6 assists), Bailey (10), Mikhailyuk (6) – start; Sensabaugh (14), Clayton (6), Filippovski (5), Hendricks (5), Collier (2+9 assists), Williams (0).
Oklahoma -Memphis – 119:103 (31:28, 36:26, 17:19, 35:30)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (31+10 rebounds + 8 assists + 5 turnovers), Jaylen Williams (24), Dort (13), Carlson (11), Wallace (8) – starter; Mitchell (16+9 rebounds), K. Williams (11), Joe (5), Barnhizer (0), Youngblood (0).
Memphis: Coward (16+8 rebounds + 6 assists), Spencer (14+8 assists), Wells (12+5 losses), Jaren Jackson (11), Landale (11+10 rebounds) – start; Caldwell-Pope (16), Aldama (9+7 rebounds), Prosper (8), Jackson (6), Koloko (0).
Golden State – Orlando – 120:97 (26:30, 32:27, 31:26, 31:14)
Golden State: Curry (26+6 assists), Butler (21), Moody (20), Dr. Green (9+7 rebounds), Post (8+12 rebounds) – start; Podzemskie (16), Payton (7), Melton (4), Jackson-Davis (4), Hield (3), Spencer (2), Santos (0), Richard (0).
Orlando’s: Banchero (21 + 12 rebounds + 7 assists), Bane (20), Black (19), Carter (9), Jones (7) – start; Richardson (11), Penda (5), Bitadze (2), Howard (2), Isaac (1), Kane (0).
Portland – of Detroit – 102:110 (26:30, 25:31, 27:34, 24:15)
Portland: Sharpe (25+5 tackles + 8 tackles for loss), Avdija (18+8 rebounds + 9 assists), Clingan (17+10 rebounds), Kamara (8), Murray (5) – start; Sissoko (16), R. Williams (8), Love (5), Rith (0), Rooper (0).
of Detroit: Durent (26+10 rebounds), Thompson (18+12 rebounds), D. Robinson (15), Cunningham (14+9 assists + 5 losses), Harris (12) – start; Ivey (11), Green (6), Jenkins (5), Stewart (3), LeVert (0), Rod (0).
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.
NBA
Forbes named the most valuable sports team of 2025
Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
- 1. Dallas Cowboys (American football) – $13 billion
- 2. Golden State Warriors (basketball) – $11 billion
- 3. Los Angeles Rams (American football) – $10.5 billion
- 4. New York Giants (American football) – $10.1 billion
- 5. Los Angeles Lakers (basketball) – $10 billion
- 6. New York Knicks (basketball) – $9.75 billion
- 7. New England Patriots (American football) – $9 billion
- 8. San Francisco 49ers (American football) – $8.6 billion
- 9. Philadelphia Eagles (American football) – $8.3 billion
- 10. Chicago Bears (American football) – $8.2 billion
- 11. New York Yankees (baseball) – $8.2 billion
- 12. New York Jets (American football) – $8.1 billion
- 13. Las Vegas Raiders (American football) – $7.7 billion
- 14. Washington Commanders (American football) – $7.6 billion
- 15. Los Angeles Clippers (basketball) – $7.5 billion
- 16. Miami Dolphins (American football) – $7.5 billion
- 17. Houston Texans (American football) – $7.4 billion
- 18. Denver Broncos (American football) – $6.8 billion
- 19. Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball) – $6.8 billion
- 20. Real Madrid (soccer) – $6.75 billion
Source: Sport UA
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
The coach of the Super League club threatened the team with a squad change
On December 20-21, Niko-Basket lost two home matches to Dnepr and Zaporozhye in the eighth round of the Super League and therefore finished the calendar year in 9th place in the standings with 4 wins in 14 matches.
Head coach of the team after the defeat of Zaporozhye (67:78) Valentin Berestnev He listed the reasons for the team’s unsuccessful results as follows:
“Counting the first, third and fourth quarters, we won by one point each. We lost the entire game in the second quarter. We had a 7-point lead in the second quarter, but we finished with minus 9. We lost the fight, lost the rebounds, made childish mistakes. This caused the opponent to get over the shock of being behind 12:19 and the game turned in another direction.
We could not find a leader who could do what Lovings and Lishchina did. Eisa scored almost 30 points per game, surpassing our fourth point.
I would like to thank our fans who supported us until the end. They said warm and kind words to us after the match. This is our first year playing in the Super League. Most of the players have no experience of playing in the Super League: Max (Grischuk), Vitaly (Volodin), Bodya (Likhoy). Zaitsev, Safonov and Garbar have experience. Kabanov has little experience. This is a difficult season for them, which will show who will advance to the Super League level and who will not.
Therefore, I would like to thank our fans once again. There were two alarms today. Yesterday we finished the match three hours later than planned. Despite this, people stayed and supported us. We are very grateful for this support.
We train six times a week, twice a day to improve our game. I believe that we will overcome this situation and have a team that will compete for Super League awards, become a strong middle team and beat everyone at home, just like 10-15 years ago.
Most of the guys have no experience, so mistakes are made. Not technical, tactical. There is a lack of a leader who will take responsibility in difficult times. Now we are looking for such a player in the team. If we can’t find it, we will face three foreign players like most other teams. If our audience likes it.”
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.
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