Jaycee Carroll leads to Madrid to win the coveted Euroleague

The escolt Madrid, Jaycee Carroll, relaunched his team based triple against Olympiacos (16 points) and led the whites to the Euroleague title (78-59). Madrid has needed 20 years to reach the European crown after two consecutive failed attempts.
20 years had to wait for Real Madrid to end his drought in Europe. Back to Olympiacos, whites won their ninth Euroleague, beating a poor Greek side by 78-59. Patience, common enemy in the world of sport, especially in the White House, was rewarded this time, and Pablo Laso, the man who has returned to the meringues to the European elite despite being eternally debated since coming to the bench, got made after his third consecutive final, with the coveted trophy.
And that the beginning was not easy for whites. Despite initial success (6-1), the Laso were soon choked the defense of Olympiacos. The Greeks also found an inspiring Matt Lojeski in attack with 10 points leading the advantage of their own at the end of the first quarter (15-21). Stuck with Real Madrid, Laso dusted his gun to unbalance matches: Sergio Rodriguez. But, despite the entry of the Canary, the white followed them costing horrors static scoring, and only defensive aggressiveness of Nocioni, required in this type of games, kept the shock equally. Until it appeared unlikely hero: Jonas Maciulis. Lithuanian, with 9 points, woke to white, which gave turn the game at halftime (35-28), with Olympiacos too forgiving from the free throw (6/14).
Real Madrid, aware of the innate ability of the Greeks to survive encounters, left the locker room with the intention of breaking the match but Olympiacos, who know the meaning of surrender, returned to the clash with a partial 0-12 (40-41 Min.27). Nevertheless, the targets not collapsed, and woke up another side: Jaycee Carroll, who became one of his habitual trances (11 consecutive points), to stretch the lead to 53-46 with which it came to end of the third quarter.
10 minutes Olympiakos's remaining to return to work another miracle, passing mainly by the appearance of a misguided Spanoulis. Greek, a shadow of its best, trying to find himself with launches in desperation, that unlike the match against CSKA found no fortune. His team, died with him. Nocioni, MVP of the Final Four, finished off those Safiropoulos, that unworthy from the free throw percentage (46%) and three times (21%) ended up burying their options. Whites controlled the advantage, and the rest is history. As disappointments 20 years ending with the title in Madrid. 

 

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The Warriors back to the NBA Finals

The Warriors back to the NBA Finals, forty years later. A generational event in San Francisco Bay colliding with the final fifth straight and sixth in nine years for LeBron James. Those four decades pose the greatest distance ever merged two NBA finals for Cleveland team and leads since 1964 without being champion in any of the major professional sports (we know: God hates Cleveland ...). So whoever wins will be a great story. Go yes: King LeBron was born in Akron, like Prince Stephen Curry. David Blatt and Steve Kerr will share status rookie coaches in the NBA, something that had only happened once before in the history of the Finals. The winner will be the first rookie coach to be champion since Pat Riley (1982 Lakers). No player has played the Warriors NBA Finals while the Cavaliers have six champions: LeBron, Marion Jones, Miller, Perkins and Haywood. Both teams enter a playoff balance set 24-5, the best two finalists from 22-4 totaling Bulls and Lakers before the end of 1991, one in which Magic handed the baton to Jordan. LeBron comes after almost being the first averaging 30 + 10 + 10 in a tie (30.2 points, 11 rebounds and 9.2 assists in the sweep of the Hawks) and Curry makes it as MVP with 31.2 points average in the series against the Rockets with 73 triples and fifteen more than that until this year was record in playoffs, Reggie Miller. And with the option of becoming the first player Ideal Quintet defeating his four companions alignment en route to the title: Anthony Davis first, then Marc Gasol, now James Harden and ahead , LeBron James .

Begins next Thursday, June 4, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. And it is simply extraordinary.
Strength In Numbers: the strength of numbers. That is the motto, the brand that the Warriors have chosen this place by the playoffs. And it is not accidental: this is no longer a friendly and fun team to watch, as it was so many years of Nellie Ball Run TMC Don Nelson and Baron Davis. No: this is a great team, who played one of the best Regular Season history and that has not shaken the pulse in playoffs: 12-3 overall, 7-1 since they were 1-2 and the factor ground lost to the Grizzlies. Poise and resources, maturity and strength that gives great play but almost always find a thousand ways to win. From the depth and from the lethal combination of almost, almost NBA best attack (a hundredth of the rating of the Clippers) with the best defense. Steve Kerr took the brilliant work in defense but in attack plane Mark Jackson and introduced a modern, collective and mobile system, with a clear call to his mentors: a touch of Phil Jackson, few of Gregg Popovich. A wonderful attack in ultra deep and well-defined roles template. In all, the Warriors are 79-18 on the season. 79 wins, a figure that has guaranteed the title to all equipment (only eleven before) who have reached the finals with her passport. Early estimates give them something more than 70% chance of being champions in analytical equations and tables that can only warp LeBron James (and can). But the Warriors are very favorites: have home court in a boiler where they are 46-3 on the season. They are 49-2 in games where the opponent does not reach one hundred points, for example, they have won 54 games in which they have reached at some point an advantage of at least 15 points. Almost unbeatable at home, virtually unbeatable if marching ahead on the scoreboard: an extraordinary team.

Hawks' Korver has ankle surgery; guard Mack is next

Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver is facing a recovery period of three months after having surgery to repair ligament damage in his right ankle.

The Hawks say Wednesday's surgery was performed in New York City by Dr. Martin O'Malley.

The NBA's best 3-point shooter in the regular season, Korver was injured in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals when he was scrambling for a loose ball and his ankle was rolled on by Cleveland's Matthew Dellavedova.

Meanwhile, Hawks guard Shelvin Mack will have surgery next week to repair his right shoulder. He was injured in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's loss at Cleveland which ended Atlanta's season. An examination Wednesday confirmed the diagnosis of a separated shoulder.

Mack's recovery period will be determined following the surgery.



Korver´s ankle injury

Stephen Curry gives victory to the Warriors in the first game of the Western Conference finals

The Warriors are ahead in the Western Conference Final after trailing 16 -point lead in the second quarter . Stephen Curry again decisive with 34 points and won the game that was his main rival in the race for the MVP : James Harden.

The illness was served in this Final of the Conference West. Both chosen ones in the career for the MVP were measuring up in the face-to-face one offering two different styles but simultaneously very attractive. Stephen Curry and James Harden had very clearly from the beginning that they had to be the principal reason of the victory of his respective equipments, and from very soon, they put on hands to the work. The Oracle Arena was a witness of the first meeting of the series between Golden State and Houston, and in spite of the already classic noise of his public, the equipment visitor did not climb down and in the first instants it gave a step much bigger than the rival. In spite of the fact that Dwight Howard had to go away to the wardrobe for a shock with his companion Josh Smith, the Texans, across the success of Trevor Ariza, of the power in The rebound and of the strong defense on a few Warriors in which alone Curry, with 11 points in the first 12 minutes, was facing the consequences, they went forward putting 24-31 in the scoreboard. The things would not change in the beginning of the second quarter. McHale continued asking theirs for intensity and already with Howard in track they returned to extract a positive revenue that was putting 16 points above. Steve Kerr had to react and her everything was played a letter: only bajitos. The formula him worked and after the partial one of 25-6, with Shaun Livingston like unexpected guest with 14 points in this quarter, the Californian ones they approached, giving the return finalemnte to the luminous one with Stephen Curry's 'buzzer-beater' to come to the rest with 58-55.

Steph gonna Steph

Klay with the layup

Record Harden 45 points and keeps alive the Rockets

The escort realize paragraph Putting Performance A sensational 3-1 in the tie and Avoid ' sweep ' Golden State . Curry and Thompson , 23 and 24 points.

El 12-0 de parcial en el inicio del partido auguró cierto conformismo en los de Oakland y ganas de seguir vivos por parte de los Rockets. Josh Smith encontró varios tiros sencillos y anotó 13 puntos en los primeros siete minutos del duelo (27-13). Entonces apareció James Harden. El escolta, que aún no había anotado, cogió el testigo de su compañero y con 10 tantos finiquitó el mejor cuarto de Houston este año, el peor de los Warriors: 45 puntos (45-22).

En el segundo llegó la acción desafortunada de la noche. Con 55-36 en el marcador y a 5:52 del descanso, Stephen Curry saltó para intentar taponar a Trevor Ariza, pero este amagó y el base de los Warriors acabó pasando por encima del alero, cayendo con hombro y cabeza al suelo. Se lo llevaron al vestuario y volvió al encuentro cuando iban seis minutos del tercer cuarto. "Estuve mucho tiempo en el aire, he visto una vez la caida y ya es suficiente", explicó el MVP, que no sufrió una conmoción, porque sino no podría haber regresado a pista. "No hubiese jugado. No arriesgamos con esas cosas", confirmaba Bob Myers, el General Manager de la franquicia.

El susto de Curry pareció despertar a los Warriors, que de la mano de Klay Thompson (12 puntos en ese tramo) se metieron en el partido antes del intermedio (69-59). Sobre la bocina del descanso, James Harden dejó una de las no-canastas del año: cogió un rebote y, con el tiempo ya acabado, lanzó de aro a aro y anotó un tiro estratosférico.

El '13' de los Rockets, que llevaba sólo 12 tantos en la primera mitad, se soltó en la segunda y realizó una actuación colosal. Con una variedad tremenda de movimientos superó la defensa de Klay Thompson y anotó 16 tantos en el tercer periodo: bandejas, suspensiones tras paso atrás, mates, triples... Houston mantuvo la renta sobre los diez puntos (99-84 al inicio del 4º cuarto) y entre Harden, Josh Smith y Howard se encargaron de cerrar el duelo pese a los intentos de Curry (23 al final) y Klay Thompson (24). Harden acabó el choque con 45 puntos (33 en la segunda mitad), cinco asistencias y nueve rebotes, mientras que Smith se fue hasta los 20 y Howard sumó un doble-doble de 14 tantos y 12 rebotes. Buena actuación de Draymond Green, el más regular de su equipo, que terminó con 21 puntos (dos triples), 15 rebotes, cuatro asistencias y cinco tapones.

Tendremos, mínimo, un Warriors-Rockets más, un Curry vs. Harden que nos está maravillando a pesar del resultado tan favorable a Golden State. Steph lleva 130 puntos (45-80 en tiros) en estos cuatro partidos. ¿Cuántos lleva Harden? 128... con 40 de 79. La serie va 3-1, pero este duelo está más igualado que nunca.

Harden celebrating a three pointer

Golden State Warriors are the West Conference Champions!

After 40 years , the Warriors were able to emulate Rick Barry and technical Alvin Attles to return to lift the title in the Western Conference . Now with Curry and Kerr as boat captains , Golden State wants a new ring. LeBron James and the Cavaliers expect...   

  

After yesterday's victory Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Final, now the Warriors did the same with the West, winning the fifth game of the series about Houston Rockets fought not as what was expected of them. Therefore, the grand final that everyone wanted is already on the table and the next Friday will kick off. 

 It was necessary to wait 40 years for Golden State could again raise the title of Conference, and the hands of Alvin Attles coach those Warriors champions in 1975, Stephen Curry, author of 26 points in the decisive match, lifted the trophy at his Oakland public. 

And that's the beginning of the crash was not the dream for locals, with a poor 23.1% shooting from the field Texans took advantage to take its first income from the hands of Dwight Howard, who owned the area became eight points and five rebounds and James Harden, very safe from the line staff to 7/7, added nine points more to put 17-22. 

The Rockets star party disappear and Klay Thompson took the opportunity to launch a great series, to add to its particular statistic 13 points in the second quarter and turn the light, in order to go into halftime advantage and with the tranquility of not having to pick up (52-46).



Curry and Barnes celebrating Warrior´s win

 

LeBron James is the law in the East

No one had done since Bill Russell Celtics ( 1962-66 ) : LeBron play his fifth final followed the Hawks after averaging 30.2 points, 11 rebounds and 9.2 assists.

"In northeast Ohio nothing comes given . It must be earned. Work to achieve what you want. I am ready to accept the challenge. I return home ". Thus ended the letter issued LeBron James Lee Jenkins in Sports Illustrated to announce his return to Cleveland Cavaliers. It was on July 11 and then I sensed that the order of the NBA would return to reorganize around moving the best player in the world , whose decisions cause Copernican revolution , terraformaciones that redefine the rules of the league. A game, of course. But barely. The Hawks came almost lifeless to the series, remained in the ICU after the 0-2 Atlanta and lost all hope, and without Kyle Korver, with ultra painful defeat in overtime of Game, their last foothold in the season which they reached 60 victories, the Eastern Conference finals and now seems far away, the best month in the history of the Regular Season: 17-0 January, when his quintet was elected full Player of the Month. Hence to injury and decay for lack of depth of a team that played a heavenly basketball too far in the calendar of the final dates, just as that Cavaliers 19-20. At the end of holiday after defeat for 30 points, the second highest in the history of a last game of the conference finals after +31 with which aired the Lakers to the Sonics in 1987. For the Hawks them left his fluid style and pure easy as difficult: from 38% in triples during the season (second in the NBA) to 23% in this round, one striking the 26/111 49/123 Cavs: 40%. That marked the first three games, the fourth was choreographed farewell with happy LeBron on the bench in the fourth quarter and the supporters singing "NBA fi-nals". In three minutes the score was 12-4 on September 24 to 14 and 18, 53-33, in a second quarter in which LeBron scored 10 points (5/8 shooting) and 3 assists: direct influence on 17 of the 27 points of his team. So things are and this is the law of the East. Atlanta Hawks signed a huge season to be remembered as this ugly perspective remains closed. But the ticket for the final is for Cleveland Cavaliers for many reasons but finally a so simple that it's sometimes hard to say much that is a fact. A certainty after the redemption and homecoming: Cleveland will play the NBA Finals because it has LeBron James. Point.

Lebron against Paul Millsap