Just four days before its start Barcelona Olympics 1992The Dream team of Chuck Daly completed his training in Monte Carlo. And it was that July 22, when a final training session took place that would end up going down in history.
“It was the best game I have ever played“, he would say years later Michael Jordanin relation to what happened that Wednesday in the Principality of Monaco.
What exactly happened? To complete the details for the Games, Daly intended to have a hard training session, in which he competed with the same intensity of an official meeting. For this he organized a 5 vs 5 duel, with a detail that would ensure competitiveness: Michael Jordan on one side, Magic Johnson on the other. The two campus leaders, facing each other.
And it’s clear that even with Magic already retired from the NBA after announcing he was HIV-positive just months earlier, the former Lakers point guard was still a dazzling figure. Ahead, a Jordan who was not only clearly the best player in the league, but also came off the back of winning his first two titles with Chicago.
The practice could have had 11 future Hall of Famers, but injuries John Stockton Y Clyde Drexler They were prevented from being part of the game. Instead, that number dropped to 9, with the university Christian Laettner being the only one who would not be a member of that select group immortalized in Springfield.
For him White team from Jordan logically his skier joined Scotty Pippenone Larry Bird who by then had already played his last game in the NBA and two super explosive trainees like Karl Malone Y Patrick Ewing.
For him Blue team by Magic an outstanding scorer also appeared as Chris Mullin, Christian Laettener and an inner twin full of power: Charles Barclay Y David Robinson.
The meeting was even more competitive than Daly expected, not only from the game, but from what was said about it. Magic, in particular, was unwilling to relinquish his position as the leader of this roster, even when facing a clearly superior player in MJ.
The Blue team took a quick lead, but in the long run, It was White who eventually won 40-36.
As it says in the book”Dream teamby Jack McCallum Jordan was the game’s leading scorer with 17 points., joined on his team by Malone (9) and Pippen (8). Blue’s best was Barkley (11), followed by Laettner (10).
Hours later, already in Barcelona, the American team would begin to change the history of international basketball forever, on their way to the gold medal. Nonetheless, for his team, the most demanding game was already behind in Monte Carlo.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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