Basketball

Greece beat Montenegro 86-57 in Acropolis basketball tournament opening match on Tuesday, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF). 

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play, the comfortable win indicated that Coach Vasilis Spanoulis' team is on a very good path one week before attempting to qualify to the Paris Olympics at the pre-Olympic tournament.

Canada and Serbia will play on Friday at 10:45 a.m. in the Mundobasket semifinals, and the coach of our opponent at the beginning of the conference talked about guarding Bogdan Bogdanovi.

The timing of Michael Jordan's decision to sell his majority ownership stake in the Charlotte Hornets has left the organization in flux, with several looming key personnel decisions.

DENVER - Serbian basketball player Nikola Jokic has been named the Most Valuable Player of this season's NBA finals.

Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to a 4-1 victory over Miami Heat in the final series, averaging 30.8 points, 13.5 rebounds and eight assist per game.

The Denver Nuggets have moved within one win of their first NBA title, beating Miami 108-95 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.

Aaron Gordon starred for Denver, putting up 27 points. Nikola Jokic added 23 for the Nuggets, who can secure the championship with a home victory in game five today.

Jan Vide, the new mega Slovenian basketball talent who has been delivering stellar performances for the junior team of Real Madrid, will reportedly be joining superstar Luka Dončić in the US. His first chapter in the land of opportunity will be with UCLA in the NCAA student league.

Sergio Llull's basket three seconds from the end broke the Reds' hearts in the Euroleague final at Kaunas, as Real Madrid beat Olympiakos 79-78 on Sunday to win its 11th European crown.

LeBron James refused to concede defeat on May 20 after the Los Angeles Lakers slumped to a playoff loss to Denver that leaves them needing to rewrite history to reach the NBA Finals.

Luka Dončić, the Slovenian basketball superstar, has been named to the All-NBA First Team for the fourth year running even as his Dallas Mavericks failed to appear in this year's NBA play-offs.

Olympiakos has fulfilled its main ambition of reaching the Euroleague Final Four, after eliminating Fenerbahce on Tuesday, and is now harboring fair hopes of winning the title too.

The Reds defeated their Turkish visitor 84-72 on the night and won the best-of-five playoff series with a 3-2 score.