It wasn’t all rosy at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday night, but the Mavericks banked on solid defending to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 101-90 and take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoffs first-round matchup. Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic were a combined 15 of 45 from the field, but the Mavericks somehow dug deep in an immaculate defensive performance in...
Tyrese Haliburton had less than seven seconds on the clock in overtime at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday night, but the 24-year-old was unperturbed as his three-point play sealed a 121-118 win for the Indiana Pacers over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of their series. The Pacers guard endured tough games 1 and 2 as he finished with a combined 21 points, and Game 3...
Nigerian duo Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho, alongside Ghanaian winger Abdul Fatawu and Zambian forward Patson Daka, have all helped Leicester City make an instant return to the Premier League. The quartet of African internationals have all been instrumental in helping the Foxes secure automatic promotion to the top flight for the 2024–25 season. Ndidi has four goals and five assists in 30 league matches this...
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) announced on Thursday that all league matches will be postponed for a month after this weekend’s matchday 32 fixtures. The new development was brought in to provide Rivers United with the opportunity to finish all their outstanding games on or before May 18, followed by a week-long break before league action resumes on May 25. Davidson Owumi, the NPFL Chief...
The Los Angeles Lakers most definitely rue having to face the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference playoffs, as their latest defeat on Thursday night was the eleventh straight time they’ve lost to the defending champions. The Lakers, playing at home for the first time in their first-round series against the Nuggets, gave up another double-digit lead as they fell 112-105 in Game 3 at Crypto.com...
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