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Euroleague: Len played 6 minutes and Real won, Panathinaikos beat Hapoel

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4 weeks ago

December 19, 2025

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Euroleague: Len played 6 minutes and Real won, Panathinaikos beat Hapoel

On December 18, four matches of the 17th round were played within the scope of the Euroleague regular championship.

Real Madrid hosted Paris and won a productive match.

The first half of the match witnessed a balanced match, the teams changed the lead 13 times and none of them managed to get a lead of more than 7 points. Thus, the away team had a 1-point advantage before the big break – 50:49. They improved this in the third quarter, keeping their opponent behind by 4-6 points, and took a +7 (77:70) lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter. “Real” responded with a move of 10:1 and took the lead with 86:81, after which they did not give up the game and remained within two shots of their opponent. As a result, the score was 95:90 in favor of Madrid.

Real Madrid’s Ukrainian headquarters Alexey Len He spent 6 minutes on the court and during this time he scored 2 points (1/1 two-point field goal) and 1 blocked shot.

The best player of the match was Maledon, who scored 21 points, which made a significant contribution to Madrid’s victory.

In the central match of the day, Panathinaikos hosted Hapoel Tel Aviv and achieved an important victory.

Both teams started the match calmly, exchanging accurate shots, and in the middle of the first quarter, PAO made a 13:0 attack and took the lead with a score of 20:8. Hapoel responded with a 9:0 attack (20:17) and tied the game again. Then the teams no longer allowed each other to make such breakthroughs and played a fairly even match. This situation continued until the end of the third quarter and the score was 62:62. After this, at the beginning of the last ten minutes, the Greeks made a move at 13:0 and calmly carried the match to a victory of 93:82.

The most productive player of the match was Nunn, who brought 19 points to PAO, while Farid, who grabbed 11 rebounds, was two points behind the double-double.

Europa League. Regular season. 17th round, 18 December

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Valencia – 85:82 (19:21, 28:20, 23:20, 15:21)

maccabi: Lundberg (12 points + 3 rebounds + 7 assists), Walker (14), Clark (11 + 3 assists), Leaf (11 + 5 rebounds), Santos (10), Gord (9 + 7 + 1), Ryman (5 + 1 rebounds), Sorkin (5 + 4 + 1), Brissett (5 + 4 + 1), DiBartolomeo (3 + 2 rebounds).

Valencia: Taylor (15 + 8 rebounds), Badio (14 + 1 rebounds), Costello (13 + 6 + 1), Montero (11 + 3 + 5), Moore (7 + 4 + 2), Ruvers (7 + 5 rebounds), Pradilla (5 + 2 + 2), Key (4 + 6 + 1), Thompson (4 + 4 + 5), Puerto (2 + 4 rebounds), De Larrea (4 transfers).

Panathinaikos – Hapoel Tel Aviv – 93:82 (22:17, 23:29, 20:16, 28:20)

Panathinaikos: Nunn (19+2+2), Osman (17+3+1), Yurtseven (11+4 rebounds), Grant (9+1+6), Sloukas (8+4 rebounds), Farid (8+11 rebounds), Hernangomez (7+3 rebounds), Shorts (6+1+2), Kalaitsakes (3+2+2), Mitoglou (3), Rogkavopoulos (2 + 1 rebounds).

Hapoel: Ennis (16+3+1), Blakeney (15+2+1), Bryant (14+7+2), Malcolm (14+3+1), Jones (10+5+6), Oturu (6+11+2), Micic (4+2+4), Motley (3+3 rebounds).

Milan – Fenerbahce – 87:72 (11:19, 21:21, 23:16, 17:31)

Milan: Brooks (18 + 2 rebounds), Guduric (13 + 3 + 4), Ellis (13 + 2 + 5), Booker (10 + 3 rebounds), Shields (10 + 6 + 1), Liday (4 + 5 rebounds), Brown (2 + 1 assist), Nibo (2 + 5 rebounds), Ricci (3 rebounds).

Fenerbahce: Horton-Tucker (23+5+2), Colson (20+2+1), Biberovich (14+3+2), Baldwin (13+5+6), Hall (4+2 assists), Melli (2+7+2), Bacot (1 rebound + 2 assists), Birsen (2 rebounds), Birch (2 rebounds).

Real Madrid – Paris – 95:90 (24:21, 25:29, 21:24, 25:16)

Real: Maledon (21 + 5 + 2), Tavares (16 + 6 rebounds), Lyles (14 + 6 + 6), Okeke (9 + 8 + 1), Dec (8 + 4 rebounds), Campazzo (7 + 1 + 4), Garuba (6 + 2 rebounds), Hezonja (6 + 3 + 4), Abalde (4 + 3 assists), Len (2), Yul (2 + 3 gears).

Paris: Rodin (19 + 4 + 4), Ouattara (14 + 1 + 3), Herrera (12 + 3 + 2), Stevens (11 + 7 rebounds), Heaphy (11 + 2 + 5), M’Bae (10 + 2 + 3), Faye (4 + 5 rebounds), Dokossi (3 + 9 rebounds), Cavalier (3), Morgan (3 + 2 + 1).

Tournament table:

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

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

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Basketball

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

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3 hours ago

January 14, 2026

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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

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

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4 hours ago

January 14, 2026

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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).