Wednesday 14 January 2015
Monday 5 January 2015
Adelaide United Upset Perth Glory
Monday 5/1/15
The A-League games today witnessed the victory of Adelaide with 2 – 1 to Perth. Marinkovic got the first goal for Perth at 11 minutes, Goodwin evened the result after 20 minutes, and Jeggo helped Adelaide to win the game with a key point at 48 minutes. Adelaide performed better than Perth in each aspect during the game. Wish them to hold the victory to the following games.
Today’s NBA games show some struggle results between Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat, also Indiana Pacers and LA Lakers. Brooklyn was beaten by Miami with 84 – 88, and both played to the last second. When there was only 0.4 seconds, Nets was 84 to 86 left behind. However, the two free throws made by Chris Bosh took away their hope. LA Lakers won narrowly one point with 88 to 87, beating Indiana Pacers. Kobe Bryant got the key shot at the end of the game. LA Lakers did not have an excellent performance these two seasons. Kobe needs to prove his value and leads the whole team to the victory. Dallas Mavericks beat Cleveland Cavaliers with 109 – 90. Sacramento Kings was beaten by Detroit Pistons with 95 – 114. NY Knicks kept bad performance, losing with 82 – 95 to Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix Suns beat Toronto Raptors with 125 to 109.
By Wang Shikai
References
Football Image: http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/6001470-3x2-700x467.jpg
NBA Image: http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/recap.asp?g=2015010414&home=14&vis=17&final=true
The A-League games today witnessed the victory of Adelaide with 2 – 1 to Perth. Marinkovic got the first goal for Perth at 11 minutes, Goodwin evened the result after 20 minutes, and Jeggo helped Adelaide to win the game with a key point at 48 minutes. Adelaide performed better than Perth in each aspect during the game. Wish them to hold the victory to the following games.
Today’s NBA games show some struggle results between Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat, also Indiana Pacers and LA Lakers. Brooklyn was beaten by Miami with 84 – 88, and both played to the last second. When there was only 0.4 seconds, Nets was 84 to 86 left behind. However, the two free throws made by Chris Bosh took away their hope. LA Lakers won narrowly one point with 88 to 87, beating Indiana Pacers. Kobe Bryant got the key shot at the end of the game. LA Lakers did not have an excellent performance these two seasons. Kobe needs to prove his value and leads the whole team to the victory. Dallas Mavericks beat Cleveland Cavaliers with 109 – 90. Sacramento Kings was beaten by Detroit Pistons with 95 – 114. NY Knicks kept bad performance, losing with 82 – 95 to Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix Suns beat Toronto Raptors with 125 to 109.
By Wang Shikai
References
Football Image: http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/6001470-3x2-700x467.jpg
NBA Image: http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/recap.asp?g=2015010414&home=14&vis=17&final=true
Sunday 4 January 2015
Mariners Break The Drought
Sunday 4/1/15
Central Coast Mariners earned an upset 2 – 0 win over
Melbourne City with a Mitch Duke Double in A-League. Duke squeezed between two
defenders and slotted a Glen Trifiro through ball past Velaphi from about 15
metres, achieving the first score. He then drilled a fierce shot from the edge of
the area past Velaphi and got his second goal in the game. City failed to
capitalise on a number of chances either side of the break after this game.
Hope Duke to show more excellent performance after breaking his personal
drought.
As for the NBA news, Clippers routed 76ers 127 – 91 for third win in a row. The Clippers pulled the 76ers in a worse situation. Chris Paul got 24 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds. The Clippers reserved outscored Philadelphia 39 – 17 in the fourth, led by Jordan Farmer, who shot each of his 13 points in the period. Atlanta beat Portland with 115 – 107 in another NBA game. Paul Millsap had 27 points, Jeff Teague achieved 22 points and the Hawks improved to 11 – 5 on the road with 6 straight wins away from home on the second game of a back to back. The Trail Blazers’ four-game winning streak has been shut down; despite this loss, they just lost 3 games at home this season. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 30 points and 12 rebounds.
By Wang Shikai
References
Football Image: http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/b2/cd/a-league-central-coast-mariners-v-melbourne-victory_15ktpiej8foc2174pni2oxqmgv.jpg?t=148826522w=1000&h=750
NBA Image: http://hosted.stats.com/nba/photos/201501041835669001836-p3.jpeg
Shock Results In The NBA
Saturday 3/1/15
The NBA results today shows the loss of Toronto to Golden
State with 105 to 126. The Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors in a matchup of
conference leaders. Stephen Curry got 32 points and 12 assists and Draymond
Green achieved the first triple-double in his career life. Green had 16 points,
13 assists and 11 rebounds, and three others scored in double digits to help
Warriors finish the game. Golden State started with a 23 – 5 run on the third
quarter and thwarted the Raptors’ brief rally with contributions from all over.
The Warriors outshot Toronto 53.3 percent to 46.5 percent, and they also had a
season-low with nine turnovers, while the Raptors had 17. Atlanta has moved
into first in the East due to Toronto’s loss. Another loss for LA Lakers today
resulted in 106 – 109, and they are beaten by Memphis Grizzlies. Kobe Bryant
had only 0.6 seconds to shot a 3-point and it bounced off the rim as time
expired. This is the fifth time in 11 games against the Memphis.
By Wang Shikai
References
Image: http://hosted.stats.com/nba/photos/201501041332487411024-p3.jpeg
NBA Action
Friday 2/1/15
The NBA action today saw the Denver Nuggets losing to the
Chicago Bulls who were led by strong performances from potential all-star duo
Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol. Jimmy Butler continued to build his case for being
the most improved player of the year producing a statline of 26/8/8 while Pau
Gasol also flirted with the triple double finishing with 17 points 9 rebounds
and an astonishing 9 blocks. For the Nuggets Kenneth Faried continued his
strong performances of late with 18 points and a game high 19 rebounds.
Sacramento played Minnesota in the only other game today in which the Kings
prevailed in a close encounter. No overly dominant performance from Sacramento
tonight with an even contribution from all starters reflected by each of them
scoring at least 14 points. Andrew Wiggins is now starting to build a gap from
the other rookies in the race for the Rookie of the Year Award asserting
himself on the game with 27 points and 9 rebounds, continuing to show signs of
improvement as he becomes more comfortable within the league.
A thrilling game in the Big Bash tonight with the Hurricanes just managing to eclipse the Brisbane Heat total of 208 with 6 balls to spare. George Bailey won the toss and elected to field which early on looked like a poor decision as Jimmy Peirson and Peter Forrest of the Heat roared along to a 119 run opening stand with each player hitting a fifty. Quick cameos from Dan Christian and Ben Cutting saw the Heat post an extremely imposing total of 208 from their 20 overs – which despite it appearing to be a flat pitch would be difficult for the Hurricanes to chase down. However when the Hurricanes began their innings most fears were quickly dissipated with their opening pair of Ben Dunk and Tim Paine putting on 120 as their opening stand at over 12 runs per over, flaying the bowling to all parts of the ground. Once the opening stand was broken it was already too late and the damage was done with skipper George Bailey applying the finishing touches with a frantic 28* off just 12 balls to seal the deal with an over to spare.
By Adam Stevens
References:
NBA Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Ep2Rv1pFE
Big Bash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCVWg_yjAho
Happy New Years Sports Goers!
Thursday 1/1/14
Hope you all kicked in the New Year in style! Overnight in
the Big Bash the Sydney Thunder found themselves back on the winners list with
a comprehensive win over the Perth Scorchers away from home. Led by the great
man himself Jacques Kallis putting in a vintage allrounders performance with 70
runs opening the batting then 2 wickets during the Perth innings. The other old
head of the Team Mike Hussey also found ways to involve himself closing the
innings with a very handy cameo of 36* followed by taking a blinder at second
slip off the bowling of Kallis to dismiss Ashoton Turner. For the Scorchers
Michael Carberry may have discovered a little bit of form towards the back end
of their innings with 69* off just the 48 deliveries.
Todays NBA results reflected a continued struggle for the Cleveland Cavaliers with superstar LeBron James being ruled out injured for the next couple of weeks leaving only Kyrie Irving of the new big 3 fit to play for the side. The loss of James was further soured by an emphatic loss to the Milwaukee Bucks who were simply to good for the shorthanded Cavs coasting home to a 96-80 victory. A vintage Tim Duncan clutch play forced the Pelicans into an overtime game which saw the Spurs end up prevailing with a 93-95 victory for Timmy and the boys. Kevin Durant was welcomed back to the OKC lineup against the Suns and saw fit to help himself to an extremely dominant stat line of 44/10/7 with an efficient 13-23 shooting seeing the Thunder home to an overtime win against Phoenix.
By Adam Stevens
References
NBA Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz28_vOCQBg
Big Bash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTna6Z-PGJo
References
NBA Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz28_vOCQBg
Big Bash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTna6Z-PGJo
Last Update for the Year!
Wednesday 31/12/14
The Adelaide Strikers wound up their 2014 with a real bang
in the Big Bash overnight crushing the Hobart Hurricanes in an 8 wicket victory
with 33 balls remaining in the chase. The Wild Thing Shaun Tait starred with
the ball taking an impressive 3/22 from his 4 overs and really winding back the
clock with a ferocious 147kph yorker to end Darren Sammys innings before it
even began. With the bat Tim Ludeman continued his love affair with Adelaide
Oval this season smashing a quick-fire 54 from just 33 deliveries which
included 4 fours and 4 sixes, he was ably supported by Jono Deans 54 not out
which featured an Adelaide Strikers record of 6 sixes and a unique highlight of
a broken bat as he tried to flay a ball through the covers.
In an NBA roundup the Cavaliers continued their recent slide following the loss of Centre Anderson Varajeo for the season with an Achilles tendon injury falling to the Atlanta Hawks 109-101 away from home. The Portland Trailblazers were able to outlast the Toronto Raptors in a see-sawing affair the saw the game taken into overtime before Portland ultimately prevailed 102-97 at home. Golden State continued to maintain its lead atop the Western Conference ladder handing out a 40 point drubbing to the ever lowly Philadelphia 76ers with a final score of 126-86, the ideal way for the Warriors to kick off their 6 game home stretch.
Happy New Year Readers!
By Adam Stevens
References
Big Bash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWp03EDGGs8
NBA Image: https://espngrantland.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/stephklaytop.jpg?w=1003
References
Big Bash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWp03EDGGs8
NBA Image: https://espngrantland.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/stephklaytop.jpg?w=1003
Liverpool back on track?
Tuesday 30/12/14
Although Liverpool’s results have been disappointing this
season, they have finally recorded a convincing victory with a 4-1 win over
Swansea City at Anfield. The last time Liverpool netted more than 2 goals at
Anfield, was when they defeated Manchester City and it seemed they would
finally secure the Premier League trophy for the first time. However on this
occasion, the result sees Liverpool move above Swansea into 8th position and
the Swans drop to 9th. The front trio of Sterling, Coutinho and Lallana
continue to excel bringing back the qualities that helped Liverpool reach the
heights of last season.
Meanwhile in the boxing world, Amir Khan looks to have set a deadline of middle of January in his chase to face Floyd Mayweather in the ring. After a master class performance against Devon Alexander, Khan set his sight on facing Mayweather in 2015 and even calling him out publicly. However Mayweather has so far showed no signs coming to the negotiation table with Khan’s representatives so Khan will have to look elsewhere. Although I do believe Khan vs. Mayweather would be an interesting fight, like most people the fight I would want to see most is the Mayweather and Pacquiao one. If Khan does not get the Mayweather fight, I do think an all-British showdown between him and Kell Brook would be an intriguing one.
Over to the NBA, the Cleveland have added another loss to their stuttering season with an 101-109 loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Lakers however recorded a 111-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets despite their poor form this season so far. Golden State Warriors also continue their strong start to the season with a 126-86 win over Philadelphia 76ers.
By Justin Yu
References
Image: http://talksport.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/201410/lallana.jpg?itok=S-4-tbpA
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGjCne5oIqY
References
Image: http://talksport.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/201410/lallana.jpg?itok=S-4-tbpA
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGjCne5oIqY
Top 3 teams all drop points in EPL
Monday 29/12/14
Just less than 48 hours after the last round, Manchester
United travelled to White Hart Lane and recorded a 0-0 draw. Manchester United
dominated in the first half of the game creating many chances and should have
scored. However Tottenham came out as the more dominate team in the second half
and could have taken all 3 points if it wasn’t for David de Gea’s heroics again
who has been in impressive form throughout this season. Personally I think a
draw was a fair result for both teams and the battle for a top 4 spot will
still remain as the priority for both.
Later in the day, Chelsea recorded a 1-1 draw with
Southampton. However there was controversy in during the game as Cesc Fabregas
waved away what looked like a clear penalty. This caused Jose Mourinho to go on
a rant about a campaign against Chelsea. This was probably an attempt to put
pressure on referees in the future and he will most likely cop a fine for that.
Manchester City also drew 2-2 with struggling Burnley after taking an early 2-0
lead and they will surely be very disappointed at not capitalising on Chelsea’s
slip up.
After the last round of EPL football for 2014, I still
believe Chelsea are favourites to win the league title, although u have to give
credit to Manchester City who have done well to keep up with the pace despite
having injuries to key players such as Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany.
Manchester United have been in good form lately and could push the top 2,
however I don’t believe winning the title for them is realistic this season.
Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool are all challengers for the top 4 spot and all
3 teams have shown some good signs lately, but I think Arsenal will just sneak
in due to their experience and quality of players.
Hopefully everyone is enjoying their Christmas break and
stays safe!
By Justin Yu
References
Man Utd Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1O9UnS9dxg
Mourinho Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRvQI-OrDWw
References
Man Utd Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1O9UnS9dxg
Mourinho Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRvQI-OrDWw
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, Will it happen in 2015?
Sunday 28/12/14
As 2014 is about to come to an end, persistent rumours of
the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao is beginning to gather more pace in
recent months. If this fight does happen, it is expected to easily be the
richest fight in boxing history. Although many people believe this fight should
have happened 5 years ago, they will all still be hoping that both Pacquiao and
Mayweather in the twilight of their careers can come together and make the
fight happen. Personally, I agree with most people that the fight should have
happened 5 years ago as both fighters are no longer in the prime of their
careers. However, I do still believe it should happen in 2015, as the fight
would help promote the sport of boxing which has been diminishing in popularity
in the last few years.
Meanwhile in the NBA, the New York Knicks continue to struggle, losing 129-135 to the Sacramento Kings extending their losing run to games and their 28th loss of the season so far. Miami Heat also appears to be struggling with life after Lebron and losing 95-103 to the Memphis Gizzlies. Despite this loss, I believe Miami will still be strong especially when Chris Bosh returns from his calf injury. Elsewhere, Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks continue their impressive run this season with wins over the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks respectively.
By Justin Yu
References
Boxing Image: http://79t2s2g2fdudz5l.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mayweather-Pacquiao1.jpg
NBA Image: http://dunk360.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2013-11-01-at-8.37.12-AM.png
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