Author: Soccerhuz
Only about 24 hours after losing a big game to the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers took the court again on Friday evening for a matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans came in with the second-worst record in the Western Conference and a very depleted roster, but early on, it looked like they were on their way to handing L.A. yet another inexcusable loss to an inferior squad. They led 10-3 in the opening minutes and ended the first quarter on top, 30-25, as L.A.’s focus and intensity were choppy, and it allowed Jose Alvarado to…
Only one place separates the two teams, but with the Viola holding a four-point lead over Milan, the home team can’t afford to lose. AC Milan will start Matchday 31 ninth in the table with 47 points from 30 matches. The Rossoneri have won 13, drawn eight and lost nine. Milan took a break from their Serie A woes on Wednesday when they faced city rivals Inter in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final. The match finished 1-0 with Tammy Abraham scoring for the Red and Blacks and Hakan Calhanoglu finding the net for the blue half of…
Doncic put on a game-high 35 points with team-mate Austin Reaves adding 30, while James scored 27 points with eight assists in a 124-108 win. The Lakers bounced back from defeat against the Golden State Warriors to further boost their hopes of a top-four finish in the Western Conference. It is the sixth successive win for the Lakers over the Pelicans, including three victories this season. Elsewhere, Western Conference leaders the Oklahoma City Thunder, who host the Lakers in back-to-back games on Sunday and Tuesday, saw an 11-game winning streak ended against the Houston Rockets. Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun…
AC Milan, this morning, have made the decision to look away from Fabio Paratici, and a report has looked into the reasons why this may have been the case. It seemed like a move for Paratici was completed, with Milan in the final stages of making the appointment, but this morning, things came to a halt, with the sporting director’s suspension being the massive stalling block. As Gazzetta dello Sport writes, multiple restrictions would be in place with Paratici until the end of July, with the importance varying. Article 9.2 states that the Italian would be unable to represent the…
The New Orleans Pelicans wound up being more trouble than expected, but it was a good night for the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoff standings. With a 124-108 win over a New Orleans team still missing every major contributor, the Lakers moved back into third place in the Western Conference with a 47-30 record. They leapfrogged the 47-31 Denver Nuggets, who were blown out by the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers shouldn’t have had much trouble with the 21-55 Pelicans with pretty much everyone but Rui Hachimura playing, but it took a while for them to pull away for…
Bronny James is in the middle of his rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is currently averaging 2.3 points per contest while shooting 32.7% from the field and 25.0% from the three-point range in 23 games. The 20-year-old was the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft after one season at USC. Over the offseason, the Lakers signed Bronny to four-year contract (with three seasons guaranteed). According to Spotrac, Bronny will be paid just under $1.2 million by the Lakers this season. He will then be paid $1.96 million in 2026 and $2.3 million in 2027. The Lakers…
Former Premier League striker Darren Bent has identified the first Arsenal player that new sporting director Andrea Berta will sell. The Gunners are having another good season in the Premier League with two wins in their last two matches seeing them stay second in the table. Arsenal are currently 12 points behind leaders Liverpool, who have lost one match all season, and it would take a huge collapse from Arne Slot’s men to allow the Gunners back into the title race. Mikel Arteta’s side do have another chance of silverware this season in the Champions League with Arsenal drawing Real…
David Moyes has joked that Arsenal fans still owe him £50 million, insisting that Declan Rice was worth more than the £100 million the Gunners paid for him when he was West Ham manager. Moyes and Rice will be reunited on Saturday when Arsenal travel to Goodison Park to face Moyes’ Everton. The Scotsman, who made Rice West Ham’s captain before his high-profile move to the Emirates, believes the midfielder has fully justified his £105 million price tag—and could have been valued even higher. Rice spent six seasons at West Ham, where he succeeded Mark Noble as club captain, making…
While LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continue their bid to make the 2024-25 playoffs, the NBA star’s wife, Savannah James, is also making moves for the L.A. community. On Friday, Savannah James and her friend, April McDaniel, took to their Instagram Stories to reveal the new initiative that their venture, Let It Break, is launching alongside marketing agency Crown + Conquer. The initiative, called “United in Action,” aims to provide fire relief to those impacted by the California wildfires that raged throughout the area for weeks earlier in the year. According to the post, the program’s “priority is…
Roma attacker Tammy Abraham – currently on loan at Milan – discussed his future options as his time with the Rossoneri winds to an end. Currently on loan at Milan as part of the deal that brought Alexis Saelemaekers to Roma, the English striker will return to Trigoria at the end of the season, pending any developments. Abraham addressed the issue during the press conference following the draw in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter, a match in which he scored the goal for the temporary 1-0. “I don’t know my future now. Milan is a…