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😜 Hello everyone, but above all to …
Luka Dončić and the Los Angeles Lakers
You can’t convince me Luka Donic I did not want this one, and not only the W. before the man who sent him from Dallas earlier this month, the Los Angeles Lakers“Heir Apparent took his first triple -double as a member of purple and gold last night – and during the first meeting against his former club. With Maladder GM Nico Harrison Present, Dončić produced a Stat Line written by a single other laker:: Dogem Abdul-Jabbar.
Talk Hold my beer.
In truth, Dončić did not shoot well, but he was enough of everything else when he made 19 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, three interceptions and two blocks. There were also at least nine other players on the field at any time. LeBron James (27 points, 12 boards) and Austin Reaves (20 points, five assists) helped feed the Lakers with their 107-99 victory, a victory that increases their record to 35-21 and, perhaps more important, 7-2 since the successful agreement of the February 2 for Anthony Davis It still doesn’t seem real.
After driving the Harrison coffee with its Lakers counterpart Rob PelinkaDallas Director General may never need to buy another Java Cup in Los An fans Video tribute for Daviswho did not play. For his part, the former teammate of Dončić, the top scorer Kyrie Irving With 35 points, summarizes the meeting with three words: “AS Sanse like S —.”
It was at this time that we usually cut it to one of our stellar of NBA scribes to drop some knowledge, but that day, I don’t think anyone can say better than Dončić (which, it should be noted, also treats all this) So he will get us out: “The closure will take some time, I think. You know, it’s not ideal. But as I said, I’m glad this game is finished. You know, there has a lot of emotions.
👍 Honorable mentions
🏀 And not so good morning for …
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The no. 3 Gators from Florida
Can you feel it? As the walking is getting closer and the issues increase, you can feel this desire to win that often permeates the world of university basketball during this time of the year. I’m not saying that not classified Georgia‘s Superb 88-83 Takedown of N ° 3 Florida Put them in the “enter” conversation – far from it, says Matt Norlander – but a loss would certainly have torpedoed their luck without directing the table in the dry conference championship.
The Gators were not favored in all the phases of the shooting service, and the closer they approached the edge, the more the hoop had to appear. They were 11 out of 32 (34.3%) beyond the arc, 18 out of 29 (62.1%) of the line and a horrible 15 out of 27 (55.5%) on the shots of the diffusion of statistics considered to be layups. Even with all this, Georgia ended almost like the (tiny) goat because the bulldogs had a 26-point lead in the first half, but found themselves by a point with 88 seconds to travel. Georgia can thank its hot outdoor shot (10 out of 19, 52.6%) for having escaped with victory.
In another notable game, N ° 2 DUKE continued to do Duke’s things like the Blue Devils dropped the hammer on Miami Hurricanes97-60. More intriguing than the result is whether Jon Scheyer will lose his best assistant, Jai Lucas, at the canes once Jim Larrañaga leaves after the season.
In addition, we have Issac trotted with its The 10 trotting trendsthat this week covers OregonThe depth and the defensive player of the year of Big East fight like two of his featured articles, with Jerry Palm Bubble watch.
👎 Not so honorable mentions
👋 Diana Taurasi retires
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Retirement Diana TaurasiThe top scorer of all WNBA and a champion at all levels, should not have been a surprise. She had alluded it. The Mercury had a sending on the field after their last home game last season. Her children hugged her in his arms. She put the microphone on the logo after addressing the crowd of Phoenix. However, it will be difficult to imagine a league without it.
Consider this: Taurasi, 42, played 20 WnBa seasons, Everything for Mercury, and it appeared in more than 60% of the Games La Franchise – one of the eight originals of the WNBA – on the history of the organization. All figures are amazing. She is the only player to score more than 10,000 points in the WNBA, has six Olympic gold medals, is a triple champion of the WNBA, a two -time MVP and the MVP of the League in 2009. She has been written in 2004, at the present time update stars of the WNBA Caitlin Clark And Angel Reese were literally toddlers.
Tributes came from afarAs you can imagine. Taurasi, who grew up a Lakers and Kobe Bryant Fan, was nicknamed “The White Mamba” by his idol. Following? A well -deserved retirement and a trip to Springfield and any other temple of fame that would have the chance to have it. Meanwhile, Jack Maloney takes a look at players who could be able to catch your score record.
🏈 NFL Combine the prospects’ rankings, daring predictions, training tracking and the fastest 1940s of all time
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We have one day before (some) players take the ground at NFL scouting combines In Indianapolis, but it simply means that we have one more day to share a multitude of our prior ideas, in particular:
We gave you a mountain of content yesterday, so I want to make the links back to the place where you can find the key prospects to look at, notable snobs and landing points for key actors:
⚽ USWNT, Big Premier League Showdown Predictions
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It may not be a week from the UEFA Champions League – which returns next week, and you can look at everything Paramount + – But this middle of the week always turns into an eventful time. After a Time of 4-4 crazy between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid yesterdayToday brings us a national women’s action and a bunch of Premier League games. The United States will be faced with a familiar enemy Japan on Wednesday evening for the title of the Shebelieves Cup, which Pardeep Cattry breaks down for us. Americans must win to win the title because a draw will be sufficient for visitors. In England, Manchester City and Tottenham play in a battle of rich clubs that Chuck Booth explains that they are far from the place where they want to be at this stage of the season. Here is an overview of today’s major action:
- Cattry: “”USWNT 1, Japan 1 – The United States national women’s team finished the Shebelieves Cup on Wednesday, faced with an essential match against Japan if they want to win the competition for the sixth consecutive time. He is preparing for a fascinating test for this particular version of the USWNT – the head coach Emma Hayes works with a fairly inexperienced group while she begins the long process to prepare for the 2027 women’s world cup, with 13 members of the current team with 20 traffic jams or less. They will face a team from Japan which has undoubtedly been the best part of the Sheblieves Cup, upgrading the opposition eight to one match in two so far. It is a difficult result to predict due to the era of the USWNT experimentation, but expect a fiercely disputed game despite everything. “”
- Stand: “”Tottenham 3, Manchester City 1 — On the surface, this can look like a club battle without a direction while Tottenham and Manchester City meet in the Premier League, but with the spurs of a postocoglu angel which become healthier day and the side of the city of Pep Guardiola S ‘Hanging to life dear in the first five in the first five in the first five in the first five in the first five, the issues will be raised. No team had Guardiola’s number like Tottenham during his Premier League stay and they will still design another upheaval in their home stadium by winning Brennan Johnson. “”
📺 What we look at Wednesday
⚽ Manchester City in Tottenham2:30 p.m. on Peacock
⚽ Drolved to Juventus3 pm on Paramount +
⚽ Real Madrid in Real Sociedad3.30 p.m. on ESPN +
🏀 N ° 8 Michigan State at No. 16 Maryland (M)6.30 p.m. on the Big Ten network
🏀 Georgetown at Connecticut (M)6.30 p.m. on FS1
🏀 Ole Miss at N ° 1 Auburn (M)7 p.m. on ESPN2
🏀 Notre Dame at n ° 13 Clemson (m)7 p.m. on the ACC network
🏀 NC state in Syracuse (M)7 p.m. on espnu
🏀 76ers at Knicks7 p.m. on espn
🏀 Houston at n ° 10 TCU (W)7:30 p.m. on ESPN2
🏀 N ° 2 UCLA AT WISCONSIN (W)8 p.m. on Peacock
🏀 N ° 7 St. John’s to Butler (M)9 p.m. on CBSSN
🏀 Roquette Spurs9:30 p.m. on ESPN
🏒 Kings canucks10 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
⚽ Shebelieves cup: Japan in the United States10:30 p.m. on TBS
