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).
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Source: Sport UA
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