Basketball
Euroleague: Len played 10 minutes, Panathinaikos and Hapoel won important victories
Six matches were played as part of the Euroleague regular championship on December 16.
Milan hosted Real Madrid and won a crushing victory.
Italians won the first half by 11 points (50:39), and increased their advantage to 16 points (57:41) at the beginning of the third quarter, which decided the fate of the match. Later, the Madrid team tried to catch up with its opponent, but could not get within 4 points. Milan once again showed excellent three-point shooting, making 14 three-pointers for a percentage of 48 and winning in 89:82.
Milan’s best player was Guduric, who scored 22 points.
Real Madrid’s Ukrainian headquarters Alexey Len In the 10 minutes he spent on the field, he recorded 2 points (1/6 two-pointers), 4 rebounds and 3 blocks with 2 fouls.
Panathinaikos took revenge for its defeat against Fenerbahce in the semi-finals last season.
The Greeks, who took the initiative from the middle of the first quarter, gradually increased their advantage to 10 points with long pauses, but at the end of the second quarter they allowed the home team to reduce the difference to 4 points (41:37). Displaying an excellent defense in the third quarter, F.Bahçe limited its opponent to 9 points, while also scoring 20 points and gaining a 7-point lead with 57:50 left in the last quarter. However, Jasikevicius’ team could not continue to defend with the same quality and allowed their opponent to take the lead with a 13:2 attack (66:62), before PAO took the victory with 81:77.
Nunn became the most productive player of the match, scoring 25 points for Panathinaikos.
Hapoel returned home, playing in Israel for the first time in the Euroleague, and defeated Red Star.
The teams played an equal match in which the leader changed 16 times, and the maximum advantage of one of them did not exceed 7 points. The deciding factor of the match was Blakney’s two strikes in the 37th minute of the match; He scored 5 points in a row with a score of 73:73, putting his team ahead 78:73, then Hapoel did not lose this match – 84:78.
The most productive player of the match was Bryant, who scored 28 points and was one step away from a double-double with 9 rebounds.
Europa League. Regular season. Round of 16, December 16
Dubai – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 95:97 (30:23, 22:28, 14:28, 29:18)
Dubai: Wright (26+7+10), Anderson (18+6+4), Petrushev (18+6+4), Kabangel (12+1 rebounds), Bertans (11+4+3), Kondych (7+1+1), Abass (3+1+1), Avramovich (2+2 assists), Kamenyash (1+2 rebounds).
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Gord (21+6 rebounds), Sorkin (17+3+1), Walker (14+3+2), Lundberg (13+1+4), Clark (9+2+7), Leaf (8+2+1), Blatt (6+2+5), Santos (4+1 rebounds), Ryman (3+2 rebounds), Brissett (2+5+1).
Fenerbahce – Panathinaikos – 77:81 (16:17, 21:24, 20:9, 20:31)
Fenerbahce: Horton-Tucker (22+6 rebounds), Biberovich (15+2 rebounds), Baldwin (11+5+7), Colson (10+3+1), Hall (8+1+3), Melli (6+6+1), Bacot (3+1 assists), Birch (3+4 rebounds), Birsen (5 rebounds).
Panathinaikos: Nunn (25+4 assists), Osman (11+2 rebounds), Hernangomez (9+5+2), Mitoglou (7+6+1), Sloukas (7+3+7), Yurtseven (7+4+1), Grant (6+2+1), Shorts (5), Farid (4+7 rebounds).
Hapoel Tel Aviv – Red Star – 84:78 (21:21, 19:16, 21:22, 23:19)
Hapoel Tel Aviv: Bryant (28+9+5), Oturu (18+7+2), Jones (15+1+2), Motley (7+2+3), Blakney (5+1+2), Wainwright (5), Mitich (4+3+4), Ginat (2+1+2), Malcolm (11 rebounds + 1 assist).
Red Star: Butler (27+4+8), Miller-McIntyre (13+3+2), Nwora (11+5 rebounds), Ojeele (10+4 rebounds), Izundu (9+6 rebounds), Kalinic (4+2 rebounds), Montejunas (4+2+1), Graham (2 rebounds), Davidovac (5 rebounds).
Olympiacos – Valencia – 92:99 (27:25, 20:24, 29:18, 16:32)
Olympiacos: Vezenkov (24+8+3), Walkup (13+1+8), Milutinov (13+8 rebounds), Dorsey (11+2+1), Fournier (9+1+2), Peters (8), Papanikolaou (6+2+4), Ntilikina (5+1+2), Hall (3+2 rebounds), Lee (2 assists).
Valencia: Ruvers (21+2 rebounds), Costello (14+2 rebounds), Montero (13+3+8), Puerto (13+2+1), Thompson (12+1+6), Pradilla (10+3+1), Taylor (7+4+5), Moore (4+5+5), Key (3+5+1), Sakho (2), Badio (3 rebounds + 2 assists).
Milan – Real Madrid – 89:82 (23:21, 27:18, 16:21, 23:22)
Milan: Guduric (22+5+3), Liday (14+4+2), Brooks (13+2 rebounds), Ellis (10+2+2), Shields (10+4+3), Brown (8+2 assists), Nibo (7+4+1), Ricci (3+3 rebounds), Booker (2+2+1).
Real: Campazzo (25+2 assists), Lyles (14+7+3), Hezonja (11+4 rebounds), Maledon (8+1+2), Abalde (7+4+2), Okeke (7+7 rebounds), Dec (3+2+2), Feliz (3+2+1), Len (2+4 rebounds), Tavares (2+5 rebounds).
Paris – Barcelona – 69:85 (13:30, 16:22, 23:16, 17:17)
Paris: Heaphy (16+4 rebounds), Rodin (15+2 rebounds), Dokossi (14+9+2), Stevens (12+5+1), M’Bae (4+2 rebounds), Robinson (3+5 assists), Gommes (2+2+2), Herrera (2+2+2), Faye (1+5 rebounds).
barcelona: Panther (21+1+4), Clyburn (19+12+1), Brizuela (18+3 assists), Hernangomez (13+6+2), Parra (11+7+2), Satoryanski (2+4+5), Cale (1+2 rebounds), Fall (3 rebounds).
tournament table
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Head coach of “Kharkov Falcons” Valery Plekhanov He summarized the team’s 2025 results and talked about the preparations for the continuation of the season:
“Summing up the results of the calendar year, I want to congratulate all our fans on the upcoming New Year and Merry Christmas, wish our favorite team peace and good victories! “Kharkov Falcons” are the first players of this Super League season, so second place at the moment is a good result.
There are a few points we would like to emphasize separately. First of all, seven players from last season’s active squad won the Premier League together, but five of them never played in the Super League. Therefore, the experience they gained in the first half of this season is almost priceless. Secondly, Kharkiv Falcons are one of the two champion teams that did not play a single match at home. It’s very difficult when you’re not playing for your fans, you’re training in one gym, and you’re playing in a different gym every time, even on home tours. In these conditions, 4 defeats in 13 matches is a good result.
One of the most negative moments of this year was not being able to participate in the last four of the Ukrainian Cup. Unfortunately, we were a little unlucky in the draw. After an emotionally difficult and physically exhausting match with Krivbass, we did not have enough strength for the next match against Kiev-Basket in the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, our performances in the cup are over, but now we will be able to focus all our efforts on the championship.
Our main problem now is injuries. We have five injured players, three of whom have serious injuries that require a long recovery period. We’re about to get off to a very tough start to the new calendar season because the Falcons will be playing basketball six weekends in a row, which means six road trips with no rest time. If we could count on all twelve players in the squad at the beginning of the season, there will no longer be such a rotation. Therefore, all the responsibility and burden will fall on the players in the rankings. I hope they get over their injuries in the new year, recover from their injuries as soon as possible, return to work and help their beloved club properly represent Kharkiv in the Super League.
Despite the holidays, we have training scheduled almost seven days a week. “I really hope that by January 10 we will be a combat-ready team that can solve serious problems.”
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On December 23, as part of the 1/8 final of the Romanian Cup, the Ukrainian derby was played between Bucharest and Dinamo. Vyacheslav Bobrova and “Fast” Alexandra Lipovoy.
Dinamo won the match 89:79, and the fate of the ticket to the next round was decided in overtime, as Rapid won the first match – 83:73.
The home players acted more accurately in extra time and won with a total score of 101:85 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Vyacheslav Bobrov made a double-double in 33 minutes on the field, scoring 10 points (4/7 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collecting 10 rebounds, 1 block, 5 turnovers and 2 fouls.
Alexander Lipovoy played 38 minutes, scored 16 points (1/2 two-pointers, 4/7 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collected 3 rebounds, made 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.
Romanian Cup. 1/8 final. 2nd match, 23 December
Dinamo Bucharest – Rapid Bucharest – 101:85 Overtime (17:22, 28:12, 24:19, 20:26, 12:6)
Match record:
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Basketball
Mikhailyuk repeated his personal best from the NBA regular season in the match against Memphis
Ukrainian basketball player who plays for Utah Jazz Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He repeated his personal best in starts in the NBA regular season.
This happened 128:137 in the game between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies on the night of December 23-24.
In this match, Mikhailyuk stayed on the field for 22 minutes and during this time he recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-point, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
This match was Mikhailyuk’s 27th match as a starter this season. So, at the end of December, Svyatoslav repeated his career record in terms of starts, missing only one game against Dallas.
Previously, Mikhailiuk managed to play as a starter in many matches only in the 2019/20 season as part of the Detroit Pistons.
The Jazz are in 12th place in the NBA Western Conference rankings with 10 wins in 29 games. Utah will play its next game against Detroit on Saturday, December 27 at 04:30 Kyiv time.
Source: Sport UA
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