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NBA: the rant of LeBron James, upset by the votes for the MVP title

Second in the NBA MVP vote, awarded to Giannis Antetokounmpo on Friday, LeBron James said he was "upset" by the result. The Lakers star castigates the criteria taken into account by the league. Lakers superstar LeBron James may have already been four times best player of the season...

NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo still elected MVP

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been voted MVP of the 2019-2020 NBA regular season. The Greek Milwaukee Bucks had already won this award last year. It's a double for the "Greek Freak". For the second year in a row, Giannis Antetokounmpo (25) has been voted NBA regular season MVP....

NBA: Davis and the Lakers punish the Nuggets for entry

Led by a great night Anthony Davis, the Lakers beat Denver 126-114 on the night of Friday to Saturday. LeBron James' partners clinch Game 1 of the Western Conference final. Anthony Davis, untenable and impregnable inside with 37 points, was the great architect of the victory (126-114) of...

Coronavirus: the Bourges-ASVEL final canceled by the players, “a shock” for Siutat

Bourges and ASVEL have decided not to play the final of the French Women's Basketball Cup, initially scheduled for Friday in Bercy, due to the four positive cases of Covid-19 detected in these two teams. A decision bitterly regretted by the President of the French Basketball Federation, Jean-Pierre Siutat. ...

Coronavirus: threat of boycott in women’s basketball, Maracineanu to the rescue

The players from Bourges and ASVEL have decided to boycott the final of the Coupe de France, scheduled for Friday (8:30 p.m.), to denounce the sanitary conditions. Roxana Maracineanu, Minister for Sports, entered the discussions. Anger roars in women's basketball. The players from Bourges and ASVEL...

NBA: Miami remakes the blow of the “Comeback Kids” and leads 2-0 against Boston

Led by 17 points, Miami still managed to reverse the fate of the game against Boston (106-101) to lead 2-0 in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Miami, carried by Goran Dragic's 25 points, was again imperial defensively in the second half to overthrow Boston, which nevertheless had a...

Basketball star Maya Moore married man she freed after 23 years in prison

American basketball player Maya Moore interrupted her career last year to work for the release of Jonathan Irons, a man wrongly sentenced to a long prison term. And the 31-year-old star, two-time Olympic champion and four-time WNBA winner, achieved it this summer. Before marrying him in the wake. ...

NBA: the monumental counter of Bam Adebayo, pivot of Miami, to the buzzer

Miami won the first game of the Eastern Conference final against Boston (117-114), thanks to an extraordinary counter from its pivot Bam Adebayo on a dunk by Jayson Tatum at the buzzer. Jayson Tatum thought he had another extension at the end of his hand on Tuesday in the...

NBA: Denver feat that overthrows the Clippers and offers a final against the Lakers

Denver qualified for the Western Conference final by winning Game 7 against the Los Angeles Clippers (104-89), who led 3-1 in the series. The Nuggets will find the other LA crossing, the Lakers. The two Los Angeles franchises will not meet in the Western Conference Finals. A...

Pau Gasol pays tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant with the first name of his daughter

Very touched by the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in January, Pau Gasol paid tribute to them. Having become a father for the first time Thursday, September 10, the Spanish basketball player and his wife Catherine McDonnell called their daughter Elisabet Gianna. An attention that touched Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the Black Mamba. ...