Basketball
Without Giannis Antetokounmpo against Turkey because of back problems
The national team will play Turkey without Giannis Antetokounmpo. Last minute problem as the Greek striker felt back problems.
With a last-minute problem, the national team meets Turkey on the third and final day of the Acropolis tournament.
Giannis Antetokounmpo felt discomfort in his lower back during the warm-up in OAKA’s support team before the friendly, preferring to protect himself with the crucial game against Serbia for World Cup qualifiers coming up in a week and then – in two weeks – the Start of EuroBasket 2022.
We remind you that on Thursday evening, August 18, he didn’t even play in the game against Georgia.
Source: sport 24
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Basketball
Bad weather makes adjustments. NBA postpones 2 games and allows two more to start
The NBA postponed games in Memphis and Milwaukee due to the powerful winter storm that created hazardous travel conditions across much of the United States.
The Dallas Mavericks attempted to fly to Milwaukee twice for Sunday night’s game against the Bucks, but weather conditions prevented the flight from taking place.
The postponement decision was announced a few hours before the match started.
Previously, the game between the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies was also postponed approximately three hours before tipoff.
The dates of the rescheduled matches have not been announced at this time.
The league also changed the start times for two games on Monday, January 26: the Charlotte Hornets-Philadelphia 76ers game will start at 22:00 ET instead of 2:00 a.m., and the Atlanta Hawks-Indiana Pacers game will start at 20:30 instead of 2:30 a.m. ET.
The Memphis area is experiencing severe weather with a combination of snow, freezing rain and ice starting early Saturday morning and continuing through Sunday morning.
South and east of Memphis, freezing rain piled up on power lines and trees, causing widespread power outages and road closures. Authorities advised people not to go out as winter weather and extreme cold could cause icing again.
Source: Sport UA
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Basketball
Stephen Curry is among the top 20 players in NBA history for points.
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry entered the top 20 players in NBA regular season scoring history.
The American scored 26 points in a 111-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, bringing his league total to 26,397. Thus, Curry surpassed former Boston basketball player John Havlicek (26,395) and shares 19th place with another ex-Celtics player, Paul Pierce. In order to pass former San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan, who is in 18th place, Curry needs to score 100 points.
The first place on the list is taken by Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, who currently has 42,786 points, followed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in second place (38,387 points), and Karl Malone in third (36,928 points).
Curry is 37 years old. The point guard was selected seventh overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Warriors. He won the NBA four times (2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022, where he became the MVP of the finals), was recognized as the most valuable player of the NBA regular season twice in a row (2015, 2016), won the 2024 Olympics in Paris as a member of the US team, and the basketball player also holds the record for three-pointers scored in NBA history; the point guard currently has 4,225 made. three-point shots.
Source: Sportbox
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NBA
NBA. Toronto’s victory in Oklahoma, sensation in San Antonio, Minnesota’s defeat
6 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 25-26.
Oklahoma lost at home to Toronto.
In the even and competitive match, the teams took the lead 18 times and the score was tied 9 times. The maximum advantage of one of the teams did not exceed 7 points, and this happened several times. As a result, after Quickley’s two three-pointers sealed the winner, the score was 101:97 in favor of the Raptors and they did not lose this advantage (103:101).
In the winning team, Quickley had a double-double with 23 points + 11 rebounds and Barnes had 10 points + 11 rebounds.
“San Antonio” unexpectedly lost at home to “New Orleans”.
The Pelicans won the second quarter with a score of 31:19 and took a 9-point lead with 56:47 before the big break. After the visiting team reached the maximum +20 – 78:58 in the third quarter, Spurs started to close the gap. “San Antonio” made a 29:5 move to take the lead with 92:87. However, the home team could not develop or at least maintain their advantage. Pelicans won the last four and a half minutes of the match 15:3 and achieved a victory of 104:95.
Three Pelicans players recorded double-doubles: Bay (24 points + 10 rebounds), Williamson (24 points + 10 rebounds) and Missy (10 points + 14 rebounds).
Minnesota lost to Golden State in the rescheduled match, suffering its fifth straight defeat.
The Warriors quickly took control of the game, opening the game with a 14-2 attack, and the Timberwolves’ only lead in the game remained a 2-0 lead. Golden State gradually increased its advantage and achieved a crushing victory: 111:85.
Curry scored 26 points for the Warriors and became the most productive player of the winning team.
NBA. Regular season, January 26
Detroit-Sacramento-139:116 (35:35, 43:30, 35:28, 26:23)
of Detroit: Cunningham (29 + 11 assists + 5 losses), Düren (18), Harris (16), D. Robinson (13), Thompson (5 + 6 assists) – start; Green (11), Ivey (11), Jenkins (11 + 6 assists), Holland (11), Stewart (8 + 8 rebounds), Sasser (2), Reed (2), Lanier (2), Clintman (0).
sacramento: DeRozan (16), Clifford (15), Westbrook (13), Sabonis (12 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Achiuwa (4) – start; Monk (19), Schroeder (15 + 7 assists + 7 turnovers), Ellis (14), Cardwell (4 + 9 rebounds), Carter (2), Reynaud (2).
Minnesota – Golden State – 85:111 (19:24, 27:23, 17:38, 22:26)
Minnesota: Edwards (32 + 11 rebounds + 8 turnovers), DiVincenzo (22 + 7 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Randle (11 + 6 assists), Gobert (4), McDaniels (3) – start; Hyland (5), Ingles (3), Dillingham (3), Conley (2), Clark (0), Beranger (0), Miller (0), Reed (0 + 10 rebounds).
Golden State: Curry (26 + 7 assists), Moody (19 + 8 rebounds), Podziemski (12 + 6 assists), Horford (10), Dr. Green (2) – start; Melton (12), Richard (10), Santos (7), Post (5), Hield (4), Cryer (3), Jackson-Davis (1), Payton II (0), Spencer (0).
Oklahoma – Toronto – 101:103 (30:25, 20:29, 31:25, 20:24)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (24 + 6 assists), Dort (19 + 8 rebounds), Holmgren (11 + 10 rebounds), Jaylin Williams (5), Wallace (3) – starter; K. Williams (15), Wiggins (11), Joe (10), Jeng (3), Barnhizer (0).
toronto: Quickley (23 + 11 rebounds), Barrett (14), Ingram (13), Barnes (10 + 11 rebounds + 8 assists), Mamukelashvili (10) – start; Dick (10), Walter (9), Shed (9), Agbaji (5).
San Antonio – New Orleans – 95:104 (28:25, 19:31, 21:26, 27:22)
San Antonio: Vembanyama (16 + 16 rebounds + 4 blocks), Shempeni (13), Fox (12 + 7 assists), Castle (5), Barnes (5) – start; K. Johnson (15), Vassell (13), Bryan (6), Harper (5), Cornet (5 + 8 rebounds).
New Orleans: Bay (24 + 10 rebounds), Williamson (24 + 10 rebounds), Murphy (17 + 9 assists), Jones (9), Quinn (4) – start; Missy (10 + 14 rebounds), Fiers (8), Alvarado (6), Matkovic (2), Peavy (0).
Phoenix – Miami – 102:111 (21:32, 27:26, 29:24, 25:29)
Phoenix: Brooks (26), Allen (18), Gillespie (11), Williams (11 + 8 rebounds), O’Neal (8) – start; Livers (9), Ighodaro (6 + 7 rebounds), Buey (5), Dunn (4), Goodwin (2), Maluach (2), Hayes-Davis (0), Fleming (0).
Miami: Adebayo (22 + 7 rebounds), Powell (16 + 10 rebounds), Wiggins (10 + 10 rebounds), Larsson (10 + 7 rebounds), Yakucionis (7) – start; Jaques (20 + 6 assists), Jovic (12), Smith (11), Gardner (2), Fontecchio (1).
Clippers – Brooklyn – 126:89 (38:14, 30:23, 28:29, 30:23)
cutting machines: Leonard (28), Harden (19 + 8 assists + 5 turnovers), Collins (18), Zubac (11 + 10 rebounds), Dunn (2) – start; Miller (16 + 7 rebounds), Senders (9), Baldwin (8), Niederhäuser (4), B. Lopez (3), Christie (3), Batum (3), Brown (2).
Brooklyn: Diomin (12), Porter (9), Mann (8), Claxton (6), Powell (5) – start; Wolf (14 + 7 rebounds), Wilson (9), Sharp (8), Z. Williams (7), Saraf (6), Liddell (3), Martin (2).
Memphis – Denver – rescheduled
Milwaukee – Dallas – rescheduled
tournament tables
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Source: Sport UA
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