For the second time in a row, the Austrian national team made it to the final tournament of the European Championship and for the third time in history. Das Tim managed to take second place in a difficult group, losing only to the national team of Poland, while leaving Slovenia, Latvia and Israel behind the tournament. It should be noted the brilliant performance of the team in the League of Nations, where the red-whites won four victories in six rounds and drew once, which was enough to take first place and get a promotion to the level of League A. In the opening match of the selection for the World Cup in Qatar, Franco Foda’s wards drew with Scotland (2:2), after which they sorted out the Faroe Islands (3:1) and lost to Denmark in their field (0:4). In two test matches in June, the Austrian squad could not score, while losing to England (0:1) and drawing with Slovakia (0:0). It should be noted that 80 percent of the national team players play in the German Bundesliga.
The team from New York has become a top club in almost two seasons. To do this, the management went for drastic changes, since they traded Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden. By the way, the latter cannot yet help the team, as he is recovering from a muscle injury. Brooklyn beat Boston in one go in the first playoff series. The Celtics managed to secure one victory, but this did not affect the overall picture (119-125). We can say that Steve Nash’s charges did not notice the opponent. The Nets went to Milwaukee and showed class again. In the first match, the hosts pressed with all their might, except that they could not keep Yannis Adetokunbo, but this did not prevent them from winning (115-107). The next meeting followed the same scenario, however, this time the “deer” did not look like themselves at all (125-86). The last fight took place at the Fiserv Forum arena, where it was the Bucks’ turn to show their best side and they were able to win. The “networks” chose defensive tactics, for which they paid (83-86).
