Author: Soccerhuz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 42 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 136-120 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA on Tuesday. The Thunder (65-14) snapped a two-game losing streak — their first of the season — and set a franchise record for victories in a season. The previous record was set in 1995-96 when the franchise was in Seattle. Lakers star Luka Doncic was ejected just more than four minutes into the fourth quarter when he picked up his second technical foul of the game. Doncic appeared to say something to a courtside fan before…
Davide Frattesi’s late winner secured Inter Milan an enthralling 2-1 victory at Bayern Munich to take command of their Champions League quarter-final. Bayern stormed out of the blocks in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, with Michael Olise and Harry Kane both going close for the hosts at Allianz Arena on Tuesday night. The ex-Crystal Palace man stung the hands of Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer, and Raphael Guerreiro brought a good reaction save out of the Swiss as Vincent Kompany’s men pinned the visitors back. The best chance of the game then fell to Kane after Olise danced…
Inter Milan’s treble chances are still very much on after it won 2-1 at Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals Tuesday to inflict the German team’s first home defeat in the competition in almost exactly four years. (Highlights | Football News) Lautaro Martínez scored in the first half, shortly after Harry Kane had hit the woodwork for Bayern in an uncharacteristic miss that had the England forward clutching his face in disbelief. Substitute Thomas Müller, who announced on Saturday that he was leaving the German club at the end of the season, appeared to have…
Mikel Arteta had asked the Arsenal fans to arrive early to create an impressive atmosphere inside the stadium, and the team responded by starting the game quickly with a number of dangerous crosses into the Madrid penalty area. It took until the 20th minute for Madrid to have their first real chance, when Vinicius Jr curled an effort wide. But Rice took control of the tie for Arsenal in the second half. The Gunners were the better side all evening and took the lead in the 58th minute, when Rice curled the first of two excellent free-kicks round the Real…
According to what is being reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Milan are hoping to cash in on some players like Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez in order to bring in north of €100m to boost the summer transfer budget. What could add further funds is the sale of players that are on loan with an option to buy, but it is difficult to predict what the other teams will do at present. Juventus seem set to buy Pierre Kalulu and Ismael Bennacer should join Marseille permanently, which would bring in €26m. The other situations are more fluid, though in…
Carlo Ancelotti couldn’t even face Eduardo Camavinga after the Real Madrid star’s meltdown saw him sent off vs Arsenal. The Gunners had already wrapped up the first leg in emphatic fashion, leading 3-0 in the dying moments of the game. But things went from bad to worse for the European champions when Camavinga got himself dismissed for petulantly kicking the ball away in the final seconds. The France international had already picked up a yellow and so was given his marching orders before the final whistle was blown. Camavinga was already set to miss the second tie thanks to an…
AC Milan defender Kyle Walker underwent surgery on Tuesday after suffering a fracture to his right elbow, the Serie A club said. The timeline for Walker’s recovery was not disclosed, but the club said that the operation was a success and he will begin rehabilitation immediately. AC Milan can confirm that Kyle Walker sustained a fracture in his right elbow today,” the Italian team said in a statement. “To ensure better healing and optimize recovery time, the player underwent surgery in Milan to repair the olecranon through osteosynthesis. “The operation went perfectly to plan. Kyle will begin rehabilitation immediately.” The…
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Dallas Mavericks for one of the biggest games of the NBA regular season at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. The headline is Luka Doncic’s return to Dallas for the first time since he was unexpectedly traded to Los Angeles in February. There is also a major subplot involving the other All-Star involved in the trade, Mavericks forward-center Anthony Davis. The 2020 NBA champion with the Lakers missed the first game between the teams after the trade, a 107-99 Lakers win in Los Angeles. Ahead of his hardwood reunion across the floor from…
While most of the attention goes toward the star players on a team, it is often the role players that make the difference in a team’s success. The Los Angeles Lakers obviously have great star power with Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves, but when they get support from the likes of Dorian Finney-Smith and Gabe Vincent, they become an entirely different team. That was the case on Sunday as both Finney-Smith and Vincent knocked down four 3-pointers in the Lakers’ 27-point win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers as a whole were on fire from deep, but…
Perhaps no athlete has been under a microscope more throughout the course of his or her career than Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. Despite not getting in any trouble off the court in his 22-year career, James is often scrutinized for every move he makes. One example of that is at the end of games when LeBron is often seen leaving the court and heading back to the locker room before the game clock hits zero. This is when games are decided and James is off the court, of course. Many people have criticized him for doing that, calling…