Basketball
Scagliolo hopes Spain will move closer to the favorites
Spanish basketball coach, Sergio Scariolosaid this Monday gran canariaon the eve of the first friendly of the week lithuaniatheir desire to close the distance that prevents the national team from being contenders for the next medal euro basketball 2022.
“Everyone says we are far from medal contention. We have to try to get closer and see where the competition puts us,” assured the Spanish coach.
Scariolo He added that “arrogance or bravado” is not a good “ally” when facing competition, “especially if it pushes us away from reality.”
In his opinion Spain “Compete as usual, show your face, show a cohesive team image, fight, play basketball well, be proud, tough, fierce, focused”, definition of “favorite” should be ignored by both coaches and coaches, as players “have different motives and when their gaze and concentration are on other focal points”.
Scariolo He explained that they continue to “progress” in the national team’s “reform and growth efforts”, with many players having to adapt “from complementing more lead roles to different roles”. I had to.
The Spanish coach appreciates the ‘demanding’ rivals in this preparatory period. Greece2 games already played – lost Athens and win Madrid-, or from this Tuesday lithuania‘another team everyone considers a medal favorite’, which will also be measured next Thursday Vilniusthe capital of Lithuania.
Scariolo I am aware that lithuania He is a “physically much stronger” rival who will try to be “as inconspicuous as possible”, which requires “a step forward, a harder impact and keeping the big ones away.” Paint as much as possible and compete with fewer mistakes.
The Italian coach admits that his rivals have “a very high physical athletic rhythm”, play “excellent basketball” and have very good players “at all positions”.
Asked about the physical condition of power forwards Usman Galba, Scariolo Now that he’s behind his teammates, he believes he still has a ‘stretch’ available “not because of his ankle recovery, but because of his shape after being out of work for so long.” He is a player who needs to be “physically fit to perform and contribute”.
and with respect to John Nunes and signing for his German team Ratiopharm UlmAfter termination of the contract with real madrid, the Spanish coach had known his fate “for a long time”. We are a competitive team and demanding.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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A match will be played in the Basketball Super League as part of the regular season on Monday, November 16.
10 teams will compete in the Super League in the 2025/26 season.
Basketball. Ukrainian Super League
January 19
Cherkasy. PS Budivelnik
- 16:00. Kharkov Falcons – Cherkasy Mavpy (Kyivstar TV)
tournament table
16:00. Kharkov Falcons – Cherkasy Mavpy
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Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant rose to sixth place in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in points scored in the regular season, the league’s official website reports.
The 37-year-old basketball player scored 18 points in a victorious game against the New Orleans Pelicans (119:110). Durant now has 31,562 points. He beat out former Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki, who played for the Texas club from 1999 to 2019. The German has 31,560 career points.
In fifth place on the list of top scorers is Michael Jordan, who scored 32,292 points in the NBA regular season.
In October, the Houston basketball player became the highest paid player in NBA history in terms of salary for his entire career, including future payments – 598.2 million. By this indicator, he was ahead of LeBron James (583.9).
Durant is a two-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in the 2013-14 season, and twice won the Finals Playoff MVP award. The American also played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Oklahoma City Thunder and Brooklyn Nets.
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Six games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of January 18-19.
In the second European match played in London, Memphis took revenge on Orlando for its defeat in Berlin.
The key point of the game was the first quarter, which the Grizzlies won with a score of 40:23. The game then stabilized and the next three quarters were an even contest, but in this scenario Magic had no chance of a comeback. The result is 126:109 in favor of Memphis.
The best player of the match was Morant, who had a double-double with 24 points and 13 assists.
“Denver” suffered a crushing defeat against “Charlotte” in its home match.
Hornets had a successful first quarter and won the game 33:18. In the second 12 minutes, they increased their advantage even more and entered the long period with +26 – 60:34. In the second half, Charlotte controlled the game, kept its opponent behind by 25-30 points and won the match 110:87.
The most productive name in terms of winners was Miller, who scored 23 points, while Salon had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. regular season
Memphis-Orlando-126:109 (40:23, 32:30, 28:28, 26:28)
memphis: Morant (24 + 13 assists), Jaren Jackson (17 + 4 blocks), Coward (13), Wells (10), Aldama (9) – start; Lendale (21 + 8 rebounds), Spencer (10), Jackson (7), Caldwell-Pope (7), V. Williams (5), Konchar (3 + 5 steals).
orlando: Black (19 + 6 assists), Carter (18 + 8 rebounds), Banchero (16 + 8 rebounds + 9 assists), F. Wagner (14), Bain (11) – start; Richardson (11), Bitadze (9), Penda (5), da Silva (4), Kane (2), Isaac (0), Jones (0).
Houston-New Orleans-119:110 (32:30, 32:24, 23:26, 32:30)
Houston: Smith (32 + 8 rebounds), Shengyun (21 + 8 rebounds + 5 steals), Thompson (20 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Durant (18 + 8 assists), Adams (5 + 10 rebounds) – start; Sheppard (11), Finney-Smith (8), Okogie (4), Davison (0), Tate (0).
new orleans: Murphy (21), Williamson (20), Quinn (15), Bay (11), Fiers (2) – starter; Poole (13), Missy (10), Peavey (7), Hawkins (6), Matkovic (5).
Chicago – Brooklyn – 124:102 (39:22, 31:29, 25:20, 29:31)
Chicago: White (24), Vucevic (17 + 11 rebounds + 6 assists), Buzelis (17), Smith (12 + 10 rebounds), Okoro (9) – start; Dosunmu (19), Herter (11 + 6 assists), Jones (10 + 10 assists), Terry (3), Carter (2), Phillips (0), Olbrich (0).
Brooklyn: Wolfe (14), Claxton (12), Demin (11), Mann (9 + 6 assists), Clowney (7 + 8 rebounds) – start; Traore (16), Wilson (14), Martin (11), Sharpe (5), Thomas (3 + 10 assists).
Denver-Charlotte-87:110 (18:33, 16:27, 23:27, 30:23)
Denver: J. Murray (16), Pickett (12 + 7 assists), Watson (11), Holmes (7), Jones (2) – start; Strother (15), B. Brown (9), Nnaji (8), Hardaway (6), Tyson (1).
Charlotte: Miller (23), Knippel (14), Ball (10 + 6 assists), Bridges (7), Diabate (4 + 9 rebounds) – start; Kolkbrenner (17), Sexton (14), Hall (13 + 11 rebounds), Green (3), Connaughton (3), Mann (2), James (0).
Sacramento-Portland-110:117 (32:32, 21:32, 29:29, 28:24)
sacramento: Westbrook (23 + 7 assists), Lavigne (18), DeRozan (14 + 7 assists), Reynaud (6 + 9 rebounds), Achiuwa (4) – start; Monk (23), Cardwell (12 + 10 rebounds), Sabonis (8 + 8 rebounds + 6 turnovers), Schroeder (2), Clifford (0).
Portland: Avdija (30 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Sharpe (27 + 7 rebounds + 5 losses), Clingan (21 + 17 rebounds), Kamara (17), Sissoko (8) – start; Love (6), Ruper (4), Cook (2), Yang Hansen (2), Rit (0).
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Lakers – Toronto – 110:93 (23:30, 32:24, 32:26, 23:13)
Lakers: Doncic (25 + 7 assists), Ayton (25 + 13 rebounds), James (24 + 7 assists), Smart (8 + 5 turnovers), Larevia (2) – start; Hachimura (10), Vincent (5), Hayes (3), Timmy (3), Smith (3), Vanderbilt (2 + 9 rebounds), James Jr. (0), Knecht (0), Bufkin (0).
toronto: Barnes (22 + 9 rebounds), Ingram (19 + 7 assists), Murray-Boyles (11 + 7 rebounds), Quickley (9 + 7 assists), Agbaji (0) – start; Mamukelashvili (20), Lawson (5), Mobo (4), Shed (3), Temple (0), Dick (0), Bettle (0), Martin (0).
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