Basketball

Injury epidemic undermines Euroleague

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3 weeks ago

December 25, 2025

Robert

“It’s not possible to play five games in nine days and this has happened at least four times during the season.” Sarnas Jasikevicius At the end of last Tuesday’s away game, he seemed very worried. balsa Due to a series of injuries affecting the team, FenerbahceAs a result, he lost several members of his main force (Wilbekin, Jantunen, Onuralp…).

He is not alone in criticizing calendar density as an exacerbating factor in trends that affect everyone. And with around 50 players sidelined each week with more or less serious injuries, this number is slightly higher than last year, when the increase was already noticeable.

For the premiere screening of Joan Penaroya (This Friday’s match against Maccabi) On the bench, partisan There were up to eight players between confirmed casualties and suspected physical problems. he red star Upon visiting the court, Efes arrived with six players unavailable, and Efes played with five fewer players. Asbel Villeurbanne.

he balsaFor example, he recovered Nico last week La Provitla And Jean Vesely But Juan is still out. Nuñezintention cliburn Toko shengelia. The team’s average age already hints at possible physical stress issues, a problem exacerbated by the ever-more grueling schedule.

In the 2023-24 season, euro league Play-ins, a qualifying phase added between the end of the regular phase and the playoffs, have been introduced. This season, the number of teams has increased to 20. This means four more games for the entire team, requiring a more grueling road trip ( middle east). Finally, due to slight expansion, FIBApossibilities have opened up for players. euro league You can go to the counter. FIBA Something happened during the national team in November with dozens of people, including Barça player Shengelia.

“On the one hand, it is understood that we are currently doing something like this with 20 teams, but on the other hand we are crushing the players. So obviously something needs to be done,” Jasikevicius lamented. “Sometimes players are completely burnt out mentally and physically,” he added.

scariolo, Spanoulis and messina They were some of the coaches who reinforced this criticism of the density of the calendar. “The players are reaching 80 or 90 games, and in the summer they accompany the national team. Everyone (in the Euroleague, FIBA) wants their own space, and in the end the one who doesn’t have the space is the player,” Messina said at one point last season.

Madrid’s manager Sergio Scarioloalso acknowledged the need for change. “The number of games has increased and I think it was a mistake. Everyone is rethinking the format.”

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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23 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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2 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).