The individual success of a franchise player is not synonymous with success for his NBA team. And of course his examples Trae Young and Joel Embiid with Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers respectively.
The two, current emblems of their franchises and the main focus of their teams’ offensive play, They carry historic statistical streaks in the matches of the last weeks. However, The Hawks are suffering through a disappointing campaign in the Eastern Conference while The Sixers are closing in on the leaderBoston Celtics.
Embiid signed his thirteenth straight game with at least 30 points and 10 reboundsstaying on the field despite discomfort from a sprained left ankle to hit Philadelphia’s 121-111 win over Toronto Raptors.
Young simultaneously achieved his sixth straight game with at least 30 points and 10 assistsbut that didn’t stop Atlanta falls to visiting Miami 122-113 despite Jimmy Butler’s absence from the local team.
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The Embiid thing is the Second longest 30-point, 10-rebound streak by a player in the NBA since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971-1972, with 16 such encounters. This from Kareem led to an 11-5 record for the Milwaukee Bucks, who would later be a conference finalist that season. Philadelphia is 11-2 on this brilliant stretch by Embiid which is starting to make him an MVP candidate again.
Embiid averages 37.6 points and 12.3 rebounds since Nov. 19, with three shutouts in between (Philadelphia lost those three games by six points or more). The only negative is that studies should be done on the condition of his ankle, yes see if he’s fit to play against the Miami Heat on Christmas Day.
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For Young’s part, his work has even greater historical resonance in isolation: it was just one game away from longest streak in game history with 30 points and 10 assistsrecord he has Oscar Robertson since the 1964-1965 campaign and which even Michael Jordan came close to in 1989 (five games), but fell short of even Young’s current six.
Trae can tie the streak this Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies, but what he needs most is to get Atlanta to win because His Hawks aren’t even in the Play-In right nowwith a tally of 12 wins and 16 losses which leaves them eleventh in the East.
In the midst of this streak Young started on December 13, Atlanta won three games (Toronto, Houston and Cleveland) and lost three more (Miami, Cleveland and Toronto) and the franchise’s month is completely negative, with three wins and seven losses.
Young averages 33.1 points and 13.3 assists during his streak, with 50% fielding efficiency. Atlanta can’t expect more from him on offense, but The Hawks have an urgency to develop on defense: in the last six games they have allowed between 122 and 135 points on five occasions and They are the third most points per game team in the NBA. The Milwaukee Bucks play at the same pace of possession, but allow three fewer points per game – and the Wisconsin team is far from brilliant on defense.
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On the evening of December 25 and the night of December 26, five Christmas games were traditionally held as part of the NBA regular season.
The most important match of the match day was played in Oklahoma, where the Thunder hosted San Antonio.
The home team started the game better and were ahead for most of the first quarter, but they missed a move 0:11 into the quarter, allowing Spurs to take the lead 41:36. Oklahoma was unable to take the lead after that, but San Antonio maintained its lead by keeping the game under control and eventually won 117-102.
The Spurs have won all three games against the Thunder this season, while Oklahoma has lost just two of the other 28 games.
The most productive player of the match was Fox, who brought 29 points to San Antonio, while Vembanyama also scored a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers played Houston at home and suffered a crushing defeat.
The fate of the match was decided in the first quarter, when the Rockets won by 12 points (25:37). Afterwards, they increased their advantage by completely controlling the course of the match and eventually won with a score of 119:96.
For Houston, Thompson scored 26 points and Shengyun had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Denver and Minnesota closed out game day.
The first half of the match ended in a draw. Neither team managed to take a lead of more than 9 points, and Denver entered the big break with a 2-point lead at 57:55. In the third quarter, the Nuggets made an attack of 6:0 at the beginning and 10:2 in the middle, reaching a 16-point lead, and at the end of the quarter they were ahead +15 – 90:78. The Timberwolves did not give up and made a 16:2 move midway through the fourth quarter, reaching a lead of 107:108. This gave fans a tense ending; Edwards hit a three-pointer 2 seconds before the siren, sending the game into overtime at 115:115. And there Jokic played a decisive role and scored 18 points in 5 minutes, allowing the Nuggets to win 142:138.
Jokic scored 56 points in the NBA on Christmas Day, falling just four shy of Bernard King’s record. Nikola also recorded a triple-double with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Murray had a double-double with 35 points and 10 assists.
NBA. Regular season. Christmas Day, 25-26 December
New York – Cleveland – 126:124 (23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28)
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14 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 23-24.
“Utah” hosted “Memphis” and in the middle of the second quarter they were ahead by 15 points at 50:65, but then they made a move at 17:4 and returned to the match 67:69. In the third quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead with 71:69 and the game was leveled, but the Grizzlies added points at the end of the quarter and took the lead again with 109:101 and then calmly maintained the advantage with 137:128.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in Utah’s top 5 and played 22 minutes, recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Aldama, who scored 37 points for Memphis, while Spencer also recorded a double-double, adding 11 points and 13 assists.
In the main match of game day, San Antonio unexpectedly defeated Oklahoma.
During the three quarters, there was an even contest in which no team could gain a lead of more than 8 points, and the leader changed 16 times. The fate of the match winner was decided in the fourth quarter, and the 9:0 attack of the home team was effective in this, and then the advantage reached 12 points (98:86). San Antonio then controlled the course of the game and confidently cruised to victory, gaining an advantage of 130:110.
The top scorer of the winning team was Johnson, who scored 25 points, while Castle scored 24 points for Spurs.
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Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
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