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Il primo tempo più prolifico (86 punti, 44-42), e più bello della serie. E l'epilogo sancito - meglio: schiacciato - dall'MVP (Toko Shengelia) in tre gare su quattro. Bologna che va in finale-scudetto per la quinta volta in fila, e Milano che abdica dopo tre titoli è stata anche e molto più che un clinic offensivo fra Mirotić in biancorosso, e Shengelia in bianconero. Il 122esimo derby d'Italia, il 48esimo nei playoff - è stato uno spot per il nostro vituperato basket, che quando vuole sa ancora regalarci uno spettacolo degno della miglior Eurolega. Messina (senza Nebo) e Ivanovic (privo di Clyburn e Polonara) cambiano un uomo nel quintetto: Bolmaro per Brooks come in gara1, e Diouf per Shengelia, sesto uomo di stralusso. L'Olimpia però stavolta non sbaglia l'ìapproccio, anzi: comanda a +10 il primo quarto e a +2 all'intervallo. Nel terzo quarto però la Virtus torna a difendere come non ci fosse un domani, anche se quella senza domani era Milano, sotto 2-1 nell...

KYLE TERADA/IMAGN IMAGES - Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton  shoots  against the Thunder on June 5 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. 7 Jun 2025 - The Oklahoman Lorenzo Reyes - USA TODAY If Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals was any indication of what the rest of the series holds, hoops fans should be delighted. The Indiana Pacers stole Game 1 from the Oklahoma City Thunder, 111-110, on Tyrese Haliburton’s thrilling game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds left. For the Pacers, it was yet another comeback victory from a deficit of at least 15 points, their fifth of the 2025 postseason. Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led all players with 38 points on 14of-30 shooting, while Indiana forward Pascal Siakam paced his team with 19 points and 10 rebounds. The Pacers had six players, including all five starters, reach double-figures in scoring. The winners and losers from Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder: Winners Tyrese Haliburton: This was a go...

OKC controls every second except last vs. Pacers in Game 1 collapse 7 Jun 2025 - The Oklahoman Joel Lorenzi The Oklahoman - USA TODAY NETWORK Chet Holmgren neared a record for how long humans can clench their jaw. For 8:15, so few words escaped his grinding teeth.Thunder guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2), Alex Caruso (9) and Luguentz Dort (5) walk off the court after the Pacers took the lead in the fourth quarter during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on June 5 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Indiana won 111-110. PHO He settled into his postgame seat, bathing in a stunning 111-110 Game 1 defeat, with flames in his eyes and the visage of a man who’s seen gore. If looks could kill, his would do so serially. He chewed on the bitter end of the paradox that saw the Indiana Pacers steal Game 1. The Oklahoma City Thunder, this millennium’s most handsy and incessant defense, is bound to rear its insensitive head. But these Indiana Pacers, immune to double-digit deficits — and apparently double-di...

CHRISTINE TANNOUS/INDYSTAR - Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) and forward Pascal Siakam (43) celebrate as they come off the court on June 5 during Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. 7 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Pacers Insider Dustin Dopirak  Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK In four series in these NBA playoffs, the Pacers have pulled off four comebacks with a historic level of improbability. On Thursday night, they managed to win a game they trailed for 47 minutes and 59.7 seconds, never once holding an advantage until Tyrese Haliburton hit his pull-up jumper with 0.3 seconds to go to claim a 111-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The other comebacks the Pacers pulled off in these playoffs have been 3-5 minute blurs. This one was more of a slow-burn in which what was coming wasn’t entirely clear until Haliburton’s shot splashed. Here’s a look at the key plays that made the comeback, starting with ...

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN - Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton  and forward Aaron Nesmith (23) celebrate after Haliburton made the game-winning  basket in the final second  of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on June 5. 7 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Jenni Carlson  The Oklahoman - USA TODAY NETWORK OKLAHOMA CITY – Alex Caruso spun on a heel, untucked his jersey and headed up the tunnel. Mark Daigneault was hot on his heels. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, too. All told, it took about eight seconds for every Thunder player, coach and staffer to vacate the Paycom Center court Thursday night. Then again, why would any of them want to stick around and relish in what had just happened? Pacers 111, Thunder 110. That Indiana lead was the only Indiana lead of the night. It came, of course, on another Tyrese Haliburton gamewinner. It erased, as you know, what had been a mostly glorious return to the NBA Finals for the Thunder. “Well, it sucks,” Thunder guard Jalen Williams said. Succinct bu...

WILLIAM PURNELL/GETTY IMAGES - Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith (23) congratulates  guard Tyrese Haliburton after scoring a basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder  during  the fourth quarter in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Pacers take only lead of Game 1 in final .3 seconds 7 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Zach Osterman Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK OKLAHOMA CITY – Tyrese Haliburton sat, bemused, in front of his locker, scrolling through his phone in the afterglow of yet another come-from-behind victory in a playoff run now defined by them. On another night when the Pacers became the first team to do this when trailing by that much with so many minutes left on the clock since when, Haliburton stared at the screen the way you do when your mind is distracted, quietly trying to process events whose magnitude is still unfolding. The more he scrolled, the more he laughed. This was, he said, even crazier than “the other ones.” No furthe...

CHRISTINE TANNOUS/INDYSTAR - Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton leaves the court June 5 after winning Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Haliburton, resilient Pacers do it again ... To the Thunder? 7 giu 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Gregg Doyel Columnist Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK OKLAHOMA CITY – Obi Toppin has the ball 60 feet from the basket, six seconds left in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals, and Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle doesn’t want a timeout. The Pacers have never led the Oklahoma City Thunder, not for one second of this friggin’ game in that friggin’ madhouse they call Paycom Center, and this is their chance. And Carlisle doesn’t want a timeout. He’s been here before, see, and not just in these 2025 NBA Playoffs – though Lord knows, as do Cleveland and Milwaukee and New York – he’s been here before in these NBA playoffs. Carlisle was first here, so to speak, 14 years ago in Dallas. The Mavericks had ...

Quest’anno il corpo reagisce in modo nuovo agli allenamenti Per vincere, devo migliorarmi ancora rispetto al trionfo del 2023  Se non corressi contro Tadej, non sarebbe la stessa cosa Lavorare per batterlo è ciò che mi motiva anno dopo anno 7 Jun 2025 - La Gazzetta dello Sport - Bologna Di Ciro Scognamiglio © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Un Jonas Vingegaard nuovo. Diverso da quello che è stato finora. È lui stesso che lo dice: «Quest’anno mi sento una persona completamente differente, a dire il vero, nel modo in cui il mio corpo reagisce all’allenamento, ma anche nel senso di come sia il mio corpo, in generale». L’ennesima sfida a Tadej Pogacar comincia così, da questo intrigante presupposto. E comincia già domani: se il Tour de France scatterà sabato 5 luglio da Lille, il Criterium del Delfinato che ne costituisce una prestigiosa anteprima – otto tappe, fino a domenica 15, sempre in Francia — è dietro l’angolo. Torna il capitano della Visma, dopo l’incidente di marzo alla Parigi-Nizza. ...

Si sa Seleçao a été timide et décevante en Équateur, Carlo Ancelotti a trouvé une défense, incarnée par un nouveau qui vient de loin : le Lillois Alexsandro. 7 Jun 2025 - L'Équipe ÉRIC FROSIO RIO DE JANEIRO (BRE) – Quand on en vient à compter le nombre de chewing-gums mâchouillés par un entraîneur, c’est mauvais signe. L’homme de terrain de TV Globo était plus concentré sur le visage de Carlo Ancelotti que sur la pelouse, où les occasions franches (2) ont été moins nombre uses que les confiseries recrachés (8) par l’Italien.Carlo Ancelotti la mine déconfite, en Équateur hier, pour sa première sur le banc du Brésil. À Guayaquil, face à l’Équateur de Willian Pacho (0-0), le Brésil n’a pas décollé après la signature du quintuple vainqueur de la Ligue des champions. Avec seulement trois entraînement collectifs, le nouveau sélectionneur n’allait pas faire de miracle, mais les supporters espéraient autre chose. « C’était d’une pauvreté tactique et technique affligeante, résumait André Lo...

“Gagner une étape quand il y a Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel... ce sera compliqué. Mais s’il y a une opportunité à saisir, je la saisirai il de l’impa'tie'nce, Ya-t- du stress? “Avoir des responsabilités n’est pas le truc le plus facile, mais ça ne me dérange pas. Je ne ressens pas trop de pression Avoir des responsabilité'sv'ous plaît? Le jeune coureur de Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale va vivre, dès demain sur le Critérium du Dauphiné, sa première course World Tour sur les routes françaises. Dans la peau d’un leader qui joue le général, à 18 ans, avec pour concurrents Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard ou Remco Evenepoel… 7 Jun 2025 - L'Équipe THOMAS PEROTTO Le nom de Paul Seixas a pris encore une autre résonance fin avril, lorsqu’il a brillé sur le Tour des Alpes. Parti ensuite en soufflerie pour tester sa position de contre-la-montre, dans la perspective du Critérium du Dauphiné et des Championnats de France de la spécialité, le jeune Français de 18 ans a enchaîné 21 j...

Nelson Almeida - 2.jun.25/afp Ancelotti (à esq.)  e Raphinha durante treinamento Atacante do Barcelona, que castigou o Real Madrid comandado pelo italiano na última temporada, volta à seleção após cumprir suspensão São Paulo 7 Jun 2025 - Folha de S.Paulo Lucas Bombana Após a partida de estreia de Carlo Ancelotti com uma defesa firme da seleção brasileira, mas com o meio-campo e o ataque ainda carentes de boas jogadas, o atacante Raphinha, 28, destaque do Barcelona contra o Real Madrid comandado pelo italiano na temporada passada, pode ser agora um reforço importante para o técnico no próximo compromisso do Brasil em busca da vaga na Copa do Mundo. Um dos nomes cotados para os prêmios de melhor jogador do mundo pelo desempenho destacado do trio que forma ao lado de Lamine Yamal e Robert Lewandowski no ataque do time catalão, o atacante gaúcho é o artilheiro do Brasil nas Eliminatórias, com 5 gols em 10 jogos, e deve voltar a figurar entre os 11 titulares contra o Paraguai na terça-f...