Author: Soccerhuz
Game 5 will be judgment day in a way for the Los Angeles Lakers. They trail the Minnesota Timberwolves three games to one in their first-round playoff series, and they blew two golden opportunities to, at the very least, make this series competitive by falling apart in the final minutes of Game 3 and Game 4. That means their season could come to an abrupt and stunning end in Game 5 on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. Few likely imagined that type of outcome as recently as a couple of weeks ago when many felt the Lakers were legitimate championship contenders.…
The Los Angeles Lakers’ season will be on the line on Wednesday when they return home to host Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. They blew Game 3 and Game 4 in crunch time and lost both contests in Minneapolis, and as a result, they trail the series three games to one. While both of those games were very winnable for them, they haven’t given any real reason for any rational observer to expect them to truly get back in this series. One of the Lakers’ many problems in this series has been their lack…
The Milwaukee Bucks’ 2024-25 NBA season came to a screeching halt on Tuesday. Giannis Antetokounmpo and his team suffered a heartbreaking 119-118 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5, resulting in a 4-1 series defeat. This marks Milwaukee’s third straight first-round exit from the NBA Playoffs. Following the Bucks’ elimination, Lakers fans seized the moment to take a jab at former head coach Darvin Ham, who now serves as an assistant coach in Milwaukee. Despite the Lakers facing their own playoff struggles, many of their fans took pleasure in Ham’s early postseason exit.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic is shaping up to have the type of career that future players may want to model their game after. The way he manipulates defenses and tempo is almost unbelievable at times, and it makes him one of the best offensive weapons in the sport of basketball. There are huge sections of NBA fans whose favorite player is Doncic. So, on the flip side, to be one of Luka’s favorite players is certainly an accomplishment on its own. That is the case for Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark. Entering her second year in the WNBA,…
As the crowd roared, the entire Los Angeles Lakers team gathered in a huddle. This was a vastly different team than the one that started the season, and primarily because of their newest team member: former Dallas Maverick and Slovenian superstar Luka Doncic. LeBron James, at 40 years old, the “elder statesman” and unofficial team leader, spoke up. “Just hoop and be yourself,” James told Doncic in front of his teammates. “Don’t fit in, fit out,” James said—minus a couple of words for emphasis. In other words, James was encouraging Doncic not to worry about adapting to the team, and…
AC Milan could makes changes out on the flanks this summer, and one name they like is Armand Laurienté of Sassuolo. While waiting for the arrival of a new sporting director and subsequently news regarding the head coach, it already feels easy to predict that there will be some significant changes to the playing squad after a sub-par season. The Rossoneri could think about sales to raise money, and Samuel Chukwueze is among the names considered. The Nigerian winger was close to Fulham in the winter mercato and could become a hot topic again in a few According to SportMediaset…
Rayan Cherki is expected to leave Lyon during the summer transfer window and AC Milan have been named among his potential suitors. According to a report from CaughtOffside, a number of top European clubs are exploring the idea of trying to sign Cherki, the highly-rated playmaker at Olympique Lyonnais. Above all, Manchester United and Tottenham are ‘leading the race’ to land him. However, Bayern Munich are keen on him also, but Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Newcastle United and Aston Villa are ‘all keeping a close eye’ on the 21-year-old after another impressive season from a personal standpoint. Cherki – who…
Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti continues to be linked with the Brazil job, but AC Milan and AS Roma are not giving up hope just yet. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), the reports on social media have been making it out that Ancelotti to Brazil is a done deal, but this is not entirely the case. The Brazilian football federation are trying, but they are getting increasingly desperate to receive an answer soon. Ancelotti likes the idea of leading Brazil, but ‘Don Carlo’ has built his immense career on a precise basis: loyalty. He has never…
There are two issues that AC Milan’s leadership must resolve in the coming weeks: the new sporting director and, subsequently, the head coach. As Tuttosport (via MilanNews) report this morning, these two things are obviously linked to each other because until there is a new director there will be no news regarding who will be in the dugout in 2025-26. However, there is no shortage of rumours, including regarding Sergio Conceicao. If until recently the Portuguese’s farewell at the end of this season seemed certain, now he has a chance of being retained. Those chances would be further boosted if…
One of the murals of the late Kobe and Gigi Bryant in Downtown Los Angeles has been vandalized. An unknown individual tagged over the “Mambas Forever” mural on Main and 14th Street by Los Angeles-based artist Sloe Motions, whose real name is Louie Palsino, according a post on Monday, April 28 shared by the Instagram account KobeMural. In the post, the account showed before-and-after images of the mural, which originally depicted Kobe in his iconic Lakers uniform holding and kissing his daughter who is holding a basketball. The words “Mambas Forever” were written next to them. The mural is now…