This is Beirut, 08/02 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The pace-setting Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder cruised to victories to maintain their grip on the NBA conference standings on Friday. Oklahoma City extended their lead at the top of the Western Conference table, improving to 41-9 for the season after blowing past the Toronto Raptors 121-109. The Thunder welcomed back center Chet ...
Jad Ramadan, 06/02 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
To kick off the new Lebanese league season, Beirut Club and Hoops played out an intense duel on Thursday afternoon at Beirut’s Chiyah Forum. In a game that was tight right to the end, the home team had to dig deep to win by the narrowest of margins, 82-80. Fresh from winning the Dubai tournament with the Beirut Club, coach Jad al-Hajj ...
Makram Haddad, 06/02 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
La Sagesse Beyrouth got the 2024-2025 season off to a perfect start in the Lebanese basketball championship, with an authoritative 118-88 victory over Club Central Jounieh. The match, played as part of the first day's action, took place at the Antoine Choueiry hall in Ghazir, in front of almost 1,800 spectators. From the very first minutes, La ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York Basket-ball NBA Lakers Celtics
Jayson Tatum scored 22 points as the Boston Celtics laid down a postseason marker against the high-flying Cleveland Cavaliers with a 112-105 victory on the road on Tuesday. In a heavyweight showdown between the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers and the second-ranked Celtics, Boston produced a clinical display to seal a deserved win. Tatum led ...
Jad Ramadan, 02/02 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Basket-ball lebanon Dubai Beirut Club
Beirut Club won the Dubai Basketball Championship, beating the Tunisian national team 80-72 in the final on February 2. After a controlled first half and a more complicated third quarter, the Lebanese club kept its composure to lift the trophy. For his first final at the helm of Beirut Club, Jad el-Hajj relied on his usual major five: Sergio ...
Makram Haddad, 02/02 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abbas Halabi lebanon Basket-ball Riyadi
In an impressive show of strength, Al-Riyadi Beirut crushed promoted Tadamon Hrajel by a 60-point margin (136-76) in the opening game of the 2024-2025 basketball championship. The match took place at the Saeb Salam hall in Manara, in front of a large crowd, in the presence of the Vice-President of the Asian Federation and President of the ...
This is Beirut, 02/02 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Los Angeles Lakers NBA Basket-ball
The Dallas Mavericks are sending star guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for big man Anthony Davis in a stunning three-team NBA trade reported Saturday by ESPN. The deal will see Slovenian star Doncic, a 25-year-old five-time All-Star who led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals last season, join forces with 40-year-old superstar LeBron James ...
Jad Ramadan, 01/02 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Basket-ball lebanon Beirut
Beirut Club and the UAE national basketball team faced off on February 1 in the semi-finals of the Dubai championship. After a hard-fought start to the game and the Lebanese gaining momentum in the second quarter, Beirut Club won with authority 94-71 to book their place in the final. Coach Jad el-Hajj fielded his main five: Sergio Darwish, ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 07:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Los Angeles NBA Basket-ball Wembanyama Denver
Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points as the San Antonio Spurs produced their highest-scoring game of the season in a 144-118 blowout against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday. French prodigy Wembanyama was in superb form at both ends of the court, hauling down 14 rebounds and making six blocks while draining five-of-11 attempts from three-point ...
This is Beirut, 30/01 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Golden State Warriors withstood Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 52-point outburst to beat the Western Conference leading Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday. Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half as Golden State erased a double-digit deficit and pulled away ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lakers Basket-ball NBA Wembanyama Celtics
The NBA champion Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a Finals rematch on Saturday as the Houston Rockets took the Cleveland Cavaliers down a peg and Victor Wembanyama ended a "priceless" week in Paris with a defeat. Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23 and Jaylen Brown chipped in 22 for the Celtics, who bounced back ...
This is Beirut, 25/01 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Basket-ball Beirut Club United Arab Emirates
Beirut Club claimed a second consecutive victory in the Dubai International Basketball Championship, defeating Amman United 87-80 in the Rashid bin Hamad Hall. Coach Jad al-Hajj, recently appointed as the team's head coach, brought back the same starting five from their previous victory: Sergio Darwish, Ali Mezher, Ali Haidar, Ricky Ledo and ...