After two extra times, Germany beat Lithuania at Eurobasket

A free throw forgotten by the referees With Germany leading 63-60, the refereeing trio whistled a foul by Maodo Lo on Jonas Valanciunas. Furious, the German coach Gordon Herbert insulted the officials and received a technical foul. But Lithuania were only entitled to two free throws: those obtained (and missed) by Valanciunas. The third, following … Read more

Devin Booker (Phoenix) is expected to miss games 3 and 4 against New Orleans

After Devin Booker’s injury exit Tuesday night in Game 2 between Phoenix and New Orleans (114-125), Suns fans know a little more about the unavailability of their All-Star rear. According to ESPN, “Book” will miss Game 3 on Friday night and Game 4 on Sunday in Louisiana. But he would not yet have been declared … Read more

Still injured in the foot, Zion Williamson moves away from a return with New Orleans

In question ? His right foot, fractured and then operated on last summer, which made him miss the whole start of the season. According to the Pelicans, radios have ” showed regression in bone repair in his fifth metatarsal “, forcing the team to halt its progress towards a return to play. Williamson is sorely … Read more

Summer League: Juhann Begarin very prominent with Boston

Atlanta lined up two Frenchmen in its summer squad: the leader Joel Ayayi (ex-Washington) and the pivot Alpha KabaMVP of the Turkish Championship with Gaziantep. Yves Pons was used very little in Brooklyn (seven minutes on average) while in Milwaukee, where Asvel coach TJ Parker was also located, Sylvain Francisco played two matches. Always at … Read more

Worn by Chris Paul, Phoenix dominates New Orleans in the play-offs

Two weeks from blowing out his 37 candles, Chris Paul is attacking the NBA play-offs with Phoenix as one of the big favorites for the title, which has eluded him since the start of his career. The Arizona players enforced their status Sunday night with a win over New Orleans (110-99) for Game 1 of … Read more

Jacques Monclar: “More offensive potential in Minnesota” for Rudy Gobert

“Seeing Rudy Gobert exchanged by the Jazz, is it a surprise?We understood in the words of each other that there was like a bug after the elimination in the play-offs (2-4 against Dallas). When we felt that Donovan Mitchell would not move, we could imagine that the change would concern Rudy. “I’m not far from … Read more