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NBA／湯普森雙胞胎擬轉籍牙買加 有望攜手鮑威爾出戰國際賽
火箭隊的湯普森（Amen Thompson）與效力活塞的弟弟湯普森（Ausar Thompson）兩雙胞胎兄弟近日展開申請牙買加國籍的程序，未來有望代表牙買加國家隊征戰國際賽場。由於兩人的父親具有牙買加血統，讓兩兄弟擁有申請該國國籍的資格。若入籍順利完成，兩人將能代表牙買加參加FIBA等國際賽事。 牙買加國家隊近年積極補強陣容，據報導，已成功爭取快艇隊得分後衛鮑威爾（Norman Powell）承諾加入，準備出戰未來FIBA賽事。除了鮑威爾外，牙買加也正在積極招募其他具牙買加血統的NBA球員，包括太陽隊中鋒理查茲（Nick Richards）、活塞隊內線史都華（Isaiah Stewart），以及灰狼隊前鋒米諾特（Josh Minott）。 若招募成果順利，牙買加隊有望成為中北美區一支不可忽視的新興強權。從具潛力新星到即戰力老將，牙買加正試圖打造具備深度與競爭力的國家隊陣容，在國際舞台上展現全新戰力輪廓。 Amen and Ausar Thompson plan to represent Jamaica in future FIBA and Olympic competitions, per @ dope. 🇯🇲 — Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) 2025年5月25日 Norman Powell has committed to representing Jamaica in the FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers 🇯🇲🔥(h/t @BASKETBALLonX ) — NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) 2025年4月11日 更多udn報導 中職明星賽／宋晟睿呼籲象迷投其他隊也可以 學長笑答：你不錯喔！ 中職專欄／高中缺大物、旅外掛零 選秀度小年「大社球員」扮主角 MLB／首度實戰投打飆156公里 大谷翔平賞2K拉弓、搞笑開心 NBA／唐斯末節開無雙拯救尼克 布朗森關鍵進球逆轉溜馬
Toronto Sun
28-04-2025
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- Toronto Sun
Former Toronto Raptors having big impact on NBA playoffs so far
Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam have been dominant like it's 2019 again. Get the latest from Ryan Wolstat straight to your inbox Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell (24) shoots as Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic (15) defends during Game 4. AP Photo The Raptors might have missed the playoffs again, but several former Toronto players have their fingerprints all over the post-season proceedings so far. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Few would dispute that Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard has been one of the five best performers so far. The oft-injured superstar has averaged 26.5 points on 57% shooting and 1.8 steals (which happens to be his ridiculous career playoff average per game) in the instant-classic series between the Clippers and Nikola Jokic's Denver Nuggets. Teammate and fellow ex-Raptor Norman Powell has been steady too, averaging 16.8 points and shooting 42% from three in the first four games. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Meanwhile, Indiana is on the verge of eliminating Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks largely thanks to the play of Pascal Siakam, Toronto's second-leading scorer when Leonard led the team to a championship. Siakam is playing some of the best basketball of his career for the run-and-gun Pacers, averaging a team-best 22.3 points on 58% shooting (including an unlikely 8-for-16 on three-pointers and 11-for-13 at the free throw line), 6.5 rebounds, along with solid defence. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Siakam's old pal Gary Trent Jr. got Milwaukee its lone win nearly single-handily the other day, scoring 37 points, including nine three-pointers, after notching a combined 18 over the first two games (he followed up with only six on Sunday though). Elsewhere, Cleveland has toyed with Miami so far, but Siakam's Pacers look like they might be able to give a Round 2 test to a team that his been the NBA's best for large stretches of the season. Only a couple of Heat players have shown much against Cleveland's fearsome defence — the team's top scorers are Tyler Herro, which isn't a surprise, and point guard Davion Mitchell, who rarely did anything offensively in his short time as a Raptor. Mitchell has averaged 17.3 points, 6.7 assists and shot a shocking 68.8% in the series before Monday's game. It's perfect timing for a soon-to-be free agent who was deemed expendable in Toronto by the rise of rookie Jamal Shead. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The New York-Detroit old-school slugfest has been right up OG Anunoby's alley so far. Anunoby leads all players in minutes (and is third in the playoffs overall), and has provided rugged defence, averaging three steals per game. Pistons superstar Cade Cunningham leads all in turnovers and Anunoby is one of the chief reasons why. Anunoby will need to find his three-point form, though, if the Knicks want to hang with the three-point firing machines that are the Boston Celtics in the next round. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In the meantime, like with Mitchell in Miami, former Raptors point guard Dennis Schroder has provided his team a spark. Schroder was strong in Game 2 and 3, scoring 20 and 18 points in games the Pistons could have won. The series has been razor tight and had Schroder not been uncharacteristically quiet in Sunday's one-point loss (zero three-point attempts, only six points in 27 minutes), he could have made the difference. Cory Joseph has been the only ex-Raptor of note in Celtics-Magic. The veteran from Pickering, Ont., has been forced to start due to a run of injuries at point guard and has fared well thanks to great shooting and only two turnovers vs. 12 assists, but ideally the offensively challenged team would have more of high-octane option playing off its leaders Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Still, Joseph's ability to step up at this point in his career should be commended. He's always been a consummate professional. Read More The man who once hastened Joseph's exit from the Raptors with his strong play, Fred VanVleet, has had a brutal series for the Houston Rockets, yet the team has a decent shot at knocking out Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors — providing Jimmy Butler is either hobbled or out of the lineup entirely due to his injury. VanVleet's ghastly numbers include 27% field-goal shooting and only six trips to the free-throw line in three games. VanVleet is a proven playoff performer though, capable of suddenly getting red hot even if he has just been ice cold. That's what happened when he was a liability against Philadelphia in Round 2 in 2019 before becoming crucial in the Eastern Conference final comeback against Milwaukee and then good enough to get a Finals MVP vote for his work against Curry and the Warriors. VanVleet is having a tougher time against Curry so far at both ends of the floor, but that could change at any moment. @WolstatSun Celebrity Federal Elections Celebrity Federal Elections Hockey
Yahoo
20-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Clippers vow to take better care of the basketball after Game 1 loss to Nuggets
Clippers vow to take better care of the basketball after Game 1 loss to Nuggets Clippers guard Norman Powell loses control of the ball while driving between Nuggets guard Christian Braun, left, and forward Aaron Gordon on Saturday in Denver. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) A day later, the Clippers didn't hide from the primary cause of their demise in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. Twenty turnovers doomed the Clippers and put them in a 0-1 hole in the best-of-seven series Saturday. Four turnovers in the extra five minutes during overtime left the Clippers proclaiming they must do a better job taking care of the basketball in Game 2 on Monday night at Ball Arena. Advertisement 'It's a little frustrating, just because it's self-inflicted and it's that we have been really good at this the last few weeks,' Clippers guard James Harden said late Saturday night after Game 1. "But [we're] even-keeled, you know what I mean? Come back in Game 2 ready to go even better.' Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said they watched film and his staff showed the group how some of the turnovers transpired. Lue said 11 of their turnovers were 'unforced errors that were "uncharacteristic' of his team. Read more: Turnovers haunt Clippers during Game 1 overtime loss to Nuggets Kawhi Leonard had seven turnovers, including one with 33.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Clippers ahead 96-95 and another during overtime. Advertisement It was the turnovers in the overtime that spelled the difference. Norman Powell turned the ball over with 3:36 left and the score tied at 100. Harden turned the ball over with 2:08 left and the Clippers down 105-102. Leonard turned the ball over with 49.3 seconds left and the Clippers down 108-104. Nicolas Batum gave up his turnover after he took the ball out of bounds and had his pass intended for Harden tipped by Russell Westbrook off Harden's hand with 9.1 seconds left and the Clippers down 110-107. 'The biggest thing for us was our turnovers and it was the careless turnovers,' Lue said Sunday. 'Like, Denver is playing, they are blitzing, they are aggressive, their physicality — so you are going to have 10 turnovers because of that. But you can't have 20, especially on the road. So a lot of those turnovers were careless. We just got to do a better job of cleaning that up.' Advertisement Read more: How do the Clippers match up against the Nuggets entering their playoff series? The players owned their mistakes and vowed to be better in the second game. 'There's not much to say,' Clippers center Ivica Zubac said Sunday. 'We all know where we made mistakes. There was a lot of unforced turnovers. I mean, a lot of them were forced by them. They played really well after that first quarter. So, we all know we got to be better. We can't turn the ball over that much, so there's not much we can say to each other. We all know what's at stake. We all know where we messed up, so I'm sure everyone will be better next game.' Another problem for the Clippers was the Nuggets' offensive rebounding — especially in the overtime. Advertisement The Nuggets had four offensive rebounds during the extra period, two apiece by Aaron Gordon and Westbrook. The Nuggets had 12 offensive rebounds during the game, five by Gordon and four by Westbrook. Mentally, Lue said, his group is still in a good space. They have room for improvement and they have seen the error of their ways and how they can clean up those issues. 'Yesterday is behind us already,' Lue said. 'We got to move on. It was one game and we got to be better in the second game if we want to go home with the series tied up at 1-1 and we understand that. So, just being better all around the board. We know we can do some things better defensively. Offensively, we have the blueprint and we just have to execute it time and time again.' Harden's foul problems To a degree, Lue said, Harden was affected by his foul trouble. Advertisement Harden played 42:48. He scored 32 points and was 11 for 22 from the field, four for nine from three-point range and six for six from the free-throw line. He had seven points in the overtime, making all three of his shots. But Harden finished the game with five fouls, picking up two in the first quarter, three by halftime and four by the middle of the third quarter. Harden, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound point guard, was assigned to defend 6-foot-8, 235-pound power forward Gordon, and Lue thinks that may have been part of the reason for all the fouls. 'You could see a few possessions where he wasn't as aggressive," Lue said. "He kind of opened the door, opened the gate a little bit not wanting to get that foul. But we needed him on the floor. So, when he's down under the basket wrestling with Gordon the whole game, that's going to happen. We just got to be smart about it. Maybe mix those matchups a little bit more so he's not on him for the whole game. But I thought he got a lot of them just trying to wrestle around with Gordon and Joker [Nikola Jokic] down on the block.' Advertisement Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Clippers take on the Kings, look for 6th straight victory
Clippers take on the Kings, look for 6th straight victory Los Angeles Clippers (47-32, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (39-41, ninth in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles is looking to prolong its five-game win streak with a victory against Sacramento. Advertisement The Kings are 4-10 against Pacific Division opponents. Sacramento ranks seventh in the Western Conference with 33.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Domantas Sabonis averaging 10.1. The Clippers are 7-7 against opponents from the Pacific Division. Los Angeles is 4-7 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The 116.0 points per game the Kings average are 7.8 more points than the Clippers give up (108.2). The Clippers are shooting 48.1% from the field, 0.8% higher than the 47.3% the Kings' opponents have shot this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Sabonis is averaging 19.1 points, 13.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists for the Kings. Zach LaVine is averaging 3.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. Advertisement James Harden is averaging 22.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Clippers. Norman Powell is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Kings: 4-6, averaging 112.7 points, 43.4 rebounds, 23.9 assists, 6.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.5 points per game. Clippers: 7-2, averaging 119.6 points, 44.8 rebounds, 26.3 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 50.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 105.7 points. INJURIES: Kings: Jake LaRavia: day to day (thumb), Keegan Murray: day to day (back), Malik Monk: day to day (calf). Advertisement Clippers: Patty Mills: day to day (illness), Ben Simmons: day to day (knee), Amir Coffey: day to day (knee), Norman Powell: day to day (shoulder). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Washington Post
09-04-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Ivica Zubac leads surging Clippers past Spurs 122-117 and into fourth place in the crowded West
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Ivica Zubac had 24 points and 20 rebounds, Norman Powell scored 25 points and the Los Angeles Clippers surged into fourth place in the Western Conference with a 122-117 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. James Harden had 21 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds for the Clippers, who have won five straight.
