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Monday, 12 November 2018

Nigeria in men and women’s last eight of FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup

November 12, 2018 0
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Nigeria’s men and women teams at the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup have both progressed to their respective quarter-finals following very similar results in the first rounds.
The Men’s team led by Dike Azouma and Yaya Abdul avenged their qualifying round loss to Cape Verde with a 17-16 points win before blowing out Uganda by a massive 17 points margin in a 5-22 point-game.
For the women’s team, recently crowned NWPBL Final 6 champions Nkem Akaraiwe and Nkechi Akashili charged them to a 17-12 points victory over Benin and squeezed past Egypt in a keenly fought 20-18 points game.
Nigeria will continue her quest on Saturday for a double championship win, when they play their respective quarter-finals fixtures.
Nigeria’s Men team will face Egypt while the Women team; losing finalist last year, go up against Niger.
The finals of the competition is scheduled to hold on Sunday.
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Sunday, 21 October 2018

Rockets spoil Lebron James' Lakers home debut

October 21, 2018 0
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LeBron James’s home debut with the Los Angeles Lakers ended on a sour note Saturday as the Houston Rockets seized control late for a 124-115 win in a physical contest at Staples Center.
James finished with 24 points and five assists but the Lakers couldn’t stop the Rockets’ dynamic duo of James Harden and Chris Paul, who combined for 64 points at Staples Center arena.
Harden finished with 36 points and Paul delivered 28 and 10 assists before he was ejected in the fourth quarter for fighting.
“We were right there, we had an opportunity to win the game,” said James. “I am not disappointed at all. Nobody said it was going to be easy.”
The four-time NBA most valuable player James signed with the Lakers three months ago after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to four straight NBA final appearances, including their first championship in 2016.
Saturday’s loss left James still searching for his first win as a Laker. In his season-opening game on Thursday in Portland, James scored 26 points in a 128-119 loss to the Trail Blazers.
“We will watch the film tomorrow. It is one of our best teachers, being able to see some of the things we did wrong,” he said.
James was introduced to the sold-out crowd of 19,000 by Lakers announcer Lawrence Tanter: “The other forward is number 23, his 16th campaign, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, LeBron James!”
The Rockets scored the first seven points before James scored on his first shot attempt, cutting Houston’s lead to five two minutes into the game. James introduced himself to the Laker fanatics with an 18 foot pull up jumper.
A minute later he tried his first three pointer from 26 feet but it bounced away.
It was a more reserved start than the one he had on Thursday when he delivered back-to-back, rim-rattling dunks for his first two baskets to open his Lakers’ era.
On Saturday, he electrified the Staples Center crowd for the first time with a monster two-handed slam to tie the contest 14-14 halfway through the first quarter.
Paul was ejected along with Lakers Rajon Rondo and Brandon Ingram after they were involved in a wild melee that saw punches thrown on both sides.
“I saw it from a distance. It was very heated stuff,” said Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni.
Paul and Rondo were the main combatants trading blows after Paul stuck his finger in Rondo’s face and pushed him hard.
Rondo answered with a roundhouse left that would have made boxing champion Floyd Mayweather proud — the fighter was sitting court-side obviously enjoying the fireworks.
Paul then missed with a right but connected with a hard left of his own.
Ingram was given two technicals, one for starting the fiasco by pushing Harden in the back and the other for a sucker punch from behind on an unsuspecting Rockets player as he charged back into the kerfuffle for round two.
“It escalated pretty quickly but besides that, I am happy we got our first win,” said Harden, adding that Paul said Rondo spit on him.
“As a man, the only thing you can do is stand up for yourself.”
James played the role of the peacemaker, grabbing Paul from behind and dragging him away from the melee.
With the Lakers, James does not have a strong supporting cast he did when he left Cleveland for Miami eight years ago.
Lakers fans were intrigued to see how well James would mesh with his mostly younger teammates, and how much he can help them improve on their dismal 35-47 record of a year ago.
James joins a franchise that has missed the playoffs in each of their last five seasons, the longest playoff drought in franchise history for the 16-time NBA champions.
He is just the latest to come through that revolving door on the dressing room as the longest-tenured player is 21-year-old Ingram.
James said the Lakers are a young team and it will take time to get better.
“We got a long way to go to get to the Rockets,” said James, adding they played better than in the first game.
Last season, James averaged 27.5 points, a career-high 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds.
He led the league in minutes for the second straight year, and he also made the all-NBA first team for the 11th straight season.
James appeared in the NBA finals for the eighth straight year, where the Cavaliers were swept by the Golden State Warriors.
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Friday, 5 October 2018

D'Tigress jumps to 19th in new FIBA ranking

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D’Tigress have moved up 15 places in the latest FIBA Women’s ranking to 19th spot in the world after their 2018 World Cup heroics.
At the last world cup, Nigeria became the first African team to win more than one game in a single World Cup tournament and also advance to the quarter finals of the competition.
Ranked the lowest at 34th before the 2018 FIBA World Cup in Spain, D’Tigress have now emerged as the 2nd best team in Africa, replacing Angola.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Coach Otis Hughley tutored side recorded three wins in a row defeating Turkey, Argentina and Greece before losing to World number one, USA in the quarter final.
While reacting to the latest ranking, NBBF President, Musa Kida expressed delight in the hard work of the federation.
He said the hard work saw a better prepared and motivated D’Tigress take on the world in a stunning fashion and has finally been recognised.
According to him, with the recent feat of the team in 2017 when they emerged as African Champions before shocking the world at the 2018 FIBA World Cup, it was just a matter of time before the team took its pride of place.
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Tuesday, 2 October 2018

FIBA congratulates D'Tigers for being first team to qualify for World Cup

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The Federation of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has congratulated D’Tigers for being the first team to qualify for the 2019 World Cup.
The Nigerian team qualified for the tournament on September 16, with three games left to play.
Alex Nwora’s boys are currently on a nine-match winning streak.
The feat was acknowledged by FIBA in a letter addressed to the NBBF on Tuesday.
The letter signed by Patrick Baumann, FIBA secretary general, read: “As we embarked on a new era with the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers, your early successful qualification, well before the end of the qualifications is a testimony to the strength of your team and of basketball in your country.
“Your Federation and its National Team can be proud of having achieved this important milestone and being part of the journey to China.
“Allow me to sincerely congratulate you, your National Federation and your players, on behalf also of our president, Mr Muratore on the qualification of your National Team to the FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be held in China next summer.”


FIBA said it remains upbeat that the 2019 tournament “will be remembered for long and will mark a new era in the history of basketball and its World Cup”.
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Sunday, 30 September 2018

US ends D'Tigress' impressive World Cup run

September 30, 2018 0
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The US team on Friday ended D’Tigress’ impressive run at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife, Spain.
The defending champions overcame their slow start to defeat D’Tigress 71-40 and earn their 20th straight win in the competition.
The D’Tigress won the first quarter 17-9, marking the first time the world number one team had scored less than 10 points in any quarter since 2006.
It was a tight second quarter but the US team won 18-6 points.
The Americans continued their dominance to close the third quarter with 46-35 points.


The Nigerian girls had earlier made history by qualifying for the quarter-final for the first time in history after defeating Greece.
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Thursday, 27 September 2018

D'Tigress beat Greece to advance to World Cup quarter-finals

September 27, 2018 0
Nigeria’s D’Tigress continued their magical run at the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup with an impressive 57-56 victory over Greece to advance to the quarter-final.
The game against Greece took place in Tenerife, Spain, on Wednesday.
It was a keenly contested tie which saw the Nigerian side draw the first quarter 15-15. D’Tigress won the second and third quarters 16-11, 17-11 but the Greeks won the fourth quarter 19-9.
Evelyn Akhator recorded a 14 point, 13 rebound performance in the win.
D’Tigress are the first African team to win three World Cup matches in a row.
The team will face the US in the quarter-final on Friday.
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Sunday, 16 September 2018

Nigeria's D'Tigers seal FIBA World Cup qualification

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The D’Tigers defeated Central African Republic 114-69 on Saturday to qualify for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.
Alex Nwora’s team was unbeaten 8-0 in the qualifying series en route sealing a place in the World Cup.
The victory over CAR is the team’s 11th consecutive win.
D’Tigers dominated play from start to finish winning all four quarters; 25-20, 26-19, 37-21 and 26-9.
The Nigerian squad is the first African team to qualify for the World Cup.
D’Tigers will return to the World Cup for the first time since 2006, having missed out of the 2010 and 2014 editions.


The team will face Senegal in their final qualifying game on Sunday.
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