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Damian Lillard, He is in a great form in this bubble environment. First, he scored 50+ points game, in the next game he scored 61 points and now he takes his team to the play-in series with 42 points. Now they will play against Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to take 8th seed and for the playoffs entry.


Damian Lillard scored 42 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, and 12 assists in his 44 minutes of play. Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers both played this game with high intensity as their playoff game. Both teams exchange lead many times in the first half of the game until 6:29 minutes left in the Second Quarter, Portland took 5 points lead. when 1:13 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, Portland took 8 points with Damian Lillard's layup.  


7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Nets cut a lead to 2 points. In after a minute Temple's straight on 3 tied a game at 85. Nets made a 23-6 run to take a lead of 9 points in the third quarter. 


10:31 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Damian Lillard made a 3 pointer from the LOGO of NBA. Wow, What a shot! 9:30 minutes to go Lillard's step-back three cut a lead to only one point. Portland took a lead in the game when just over 8 minutes left. 5:15 left in the quarter, Nets took 5 points lead. 4:04 minutes left in the game, Anthony's 3-pointer cut a lead to 2 points. 2:53 to go Portland took a lead of 1 point with Nurkic finished on Damian Lillard's dish. Harris tied a game at 130 points. 53.4 seconds left in a game CJ McCallum's jumper gave 4 points lead to Portland. 37 seconds left in a game, Caris LeVert scored and drew a foul. When 5 seconds left Caris LeVert tried to give his team a win but he missed it by an inch. A huge win for Portland Trail Blazers. 


Nurkic scored 22 points with 10 rebounds, CJ added 25 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists. Trent Jr and Whiteside scored 12 points each. 


For Nets Caris LeVert was hot in this game, He scored 37 points with 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Harris and Timothe scored 19 points. Allen, Temple, and Johnson scored 14, 15, and 16 points.  



Memphis Grizzlies won a crucial game against one of the best teams of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks. They won only 2 games in this bubble environment at Orlando. 


Now all teams standing are clear in the west, Memphis Grizzlies get the 9th seed in the West, and Portland Trail Blazers victory means they are in the 8th place in the west. They will play the first game on Saturday and if the 8th seeded team will win a match they will directly qualify for the Playoffs and if the 9th seed team win s a game than they both have to play another game. 8th seeded team need to win only 1 game to qualify and 9th seeded team need to win both of their game to qualify in the playoffs  


Portland Trail Blazers or Memphis Grizzlies- winner of this play in series will face Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James in the Playoffs.


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Novak Djokovic gave the good news to the US Open Organizer and Fans of Tennis. He said that he will play in the US Open. This is the first Grand Slam tournament after the coronavirus pandemic.


Djokovic twitted and confirmed that he will participate at #Cincy Tennis and #USOpen this year.


Djokovic also put some words with it that It was not an easy decision to make with all the Obstacles and challenges on many sides, but the prospect of competing again makes him really excited.


 

Nadal already decided not to play in the US Open due to giving priority to the Roland Garros and he opted not to defend his US Open Title. Roger Federer is already unable to play due to injury concerns. Stan Wawrinka and Martin Del Porto left out from the tournament. 


And from the women side world number one Ashleigh Barty will be absent in the US Open due to coronavirus. This will become a loss for US Open but Djokovic's decision to play in the US Open will boost up the tournament. 


In an absence of Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka, and Del Potro, Djokovic has the best chance to win the US Open. Djokovic was criticized by many due to his charity event in the Balkans in June. He and some players tested positive for COVID-19. He revealed he tested positive for the coronavirus three weeks ago after competing in the Adria tour which he helped to put together. 


He said that it was impossible for him to play in the US Open due to extreme coronavirus protocols. Now He decided to play in the US Open. Djokovic won US Open 3 times in his career and he won a total of 17 Grand slams. 


There is Western and Southern Open in which Djokovic will take part and it is held in Cincinnati but it will be played at Flushing Meadows from August 22-28.


Djokovic will face challenges from a player like Thiem, Zverev, Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Alexander Zverev. Besides Djovik, These young players also have a great chance to win US Open Titles in the absence of two greats and some superstar who already won US Open.    




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Los Angeles Clippers clinched the 2nd seed after a win over Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference. Los Angeles Lakers have already retained the first spot and no opponent decided for them to play against in the playoffs. 


Los Angeles Clippers 2nd seeds mean they will face the 7th seeded team in the West. Now there is Dallas Mavericks and they have the most efficient offense in the league. Clippers have all kinds of players in their team. 


Los Angeles Clippers Strength :


Defense and Offense :


The defense is the main strength of the Clippers. They have players like Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Montrezl Harrell, Patrick Beverley, and some supportive players who can give a tough time to any player or any team on scoring. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are regarded as best two-way wing players like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Who can guard any position of the opposition team? Los Angeles Clippers are in the 5th place out of 30 teams in the NBA with a defensive rating of 107.9.


Clippers are also great on the other end with an offensive rating of 114.2 and they are in the 2nd place out of 30 teams in the League. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George both averaged more than 20 points per game this season. Kawhi Leonard scored 27.1 PPG and Paul George scored 21.5 PPG.


Supporting Cast :


Clippers have the best supporting cast in the name of Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams. This season Harrell scored 18.6 PPG with 7.1 rebounds, 0.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks which means he played very good at both ends- Offense and Defence. Lou Williams scored 18.2 PPG with 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and he is the Sixth Man of the year. Now they both are selected this year for the sixth men of the year. They added Marcus Morris who is very good in defense and Riggie Jackson. Landry Shamet is also a very good player when it matters the most. 


Coach :


Doc Rivers regarded as one of the best coaches of the NBA. He already won a title with the Boston Celtics. This season despite many injuries faced by his players, He managed Los Angeles Clippers very well.  


Los Angeles Clippers' Weakness 


There is no weakness in Clippers from the perspective of playing a game but the only issues with them are injury. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard missed so many games this season due to injury. Injury is the only major issue of the Los Angeles Clippers Team.

 

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Dallas Mavericks' Strength :


offense : 


Dallas Mavericks are in the 3rd place in the offensive rating with the scoring of 117.2 PPG. Luca Doncic playing great, He scored 29 PPG with 9.5 RPG, 9 APG, 1 SPG, and 0.2 BPG. He is doing great in every aspect of the game only defense is the problem for him. K.Porzingis scored 20.4 PPG with 9.5 RPG, 2 BPG. Tim Hardaway Jr made 15.9 PPG. Burke and Curry did a great job for Dallas this season by scoring 12.7 and 12.5 PPG respectively. They don't have very good players like Clippers but they can surprise Clippers on their given night with their offense.


Dallas Mavericks Weakness : 


Defense and Lack of experience of Playing in playoffs : 


In the defense, they are way behind than any other team in the league than the top teams of the league. They have 110.9 defensive ratings as per NBA.com. 


Luka Doncic and Porzingis are star players of Dallas Mavericks and they are playing their first playoff series in the NBA. J.J. Barea, Seth Curry, and Wright have played more than 300 minutes in the Playoffs from the 8 players. 

 

Prediction : 



Los Angeles Clippers have an advantage in many ways over Dallas in playoffs. They have more Playing experience in the playoffs than Dallas. The Clippers have two of the top 10 players in the league while Dallas has 2 best young stars of this generation but they lack experience. Only Luka, Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr- These 3 trio play at their highest level than they have a slight chance to stun Clippers in the Playoffs.    


Some old Plays from Porzingis against Clippers :


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It was a crazy game for Peris Saint Germain two late goals by PSG gave them a win over Atlanta and this is the first win for PSG against any Italian side in UCL. Before this game, PSG lost 2 games and drew 4 games against any Italian sides in the UEFA Champions League. 

   

3 minutes, Navas saved Papu Gomez's left-footed shot which was 17 yards long and it was powerful but Navas made a very good save. 


Just after some seconds, Neymar missed a huge and easy chance for PSG. Neymar runs with the ball from the middle of the field before that playing one-two with Icardi and after that, he defeated defense of Atlanta and he was totally open only goalkeeper was there to stop him but he couldn't put a ball into the net. he shot a ball to the left side of the post. A superb chance was wasted by Neymar.


11 minutes, It was close to putting a ball into the net, Gomes headed to play a long ball and he connected his head with a ball but Navas put a ball away with the left hand. A very good save by Navas. 


18 minutes, Neymar had another chance when Icardi was in the post but he put a ball at the wrong place. 


27 minutes, Goal- Pasalic, Atlanta, There were many defenders in the post area of PSG but Zapata's effort keep a ball with Atlanta and put a ball into an open area where the open man Pasalic run to the ball and curl a ball into a net with his left-footed shot. A wonderful goal by Pasalic, Navas had no chance to stop that ball going into the net.

 

28 minutes, Neymar tried to equal a score with his powerful right-footed shot but it just missed a Post Bar. 


42 minutes, Another chance missed by when he got a ball from wrong play by Atlanta defender and one-touch with a ball and he was totally open against Goal Keeper but once again his left-footed shot was missed by a margin. What a chance missed by Neymar. 


74 minutes, Mbappe made a run on the left-wing for  PSG but made a powerful shot but it was saved by Atlanta Goalkeeper with his right leg.


76 minutes, Neymar surrounded by 4 Atlanta defenders but he danced between them and made a gap out of it to shoot a ball but once again it was saved by Atlanta Goalkeeper.      


80 minutes, Mbappe was there with his left-footed shot but it was denied by Atlanta Goal Keeper Sportiello. Sportiello did a great job for Atlanta in this game by making so many saves in the game. 


90 minutes, Goal- Marquinhos, PSG, A day was saved at the last moment of the game for Paris Saint Germain. Neymar passed a ball to Marquinhos into the post area where Marquinhos put a ball into a net with his Right Footed touch but before a ball went into a net it touched Atlanta defender.


Extra Time, 90+3 minutes, Goal- Choup-Moting, PSG, What a comeback by PSG at some last minutes of the game. This goal was a superb display of team play. Neymar made a wonderful pass to Mbappe who passed a ball to Choupo-Moting. Choup-Moting didn't make any mistake and scored a goal. 


This is the first time Atlanta made it into the UCL after Leister City Atlanta is the second team that reached the last 8 in their debutant. 


Neymar missed many chances in this game but he also achieved some feat. he completed 16 dribbles in the game, Before him, Lionel Messi achieved this feat and Zanetti. Messi did this against Manchester United in April 2008. 

 


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Now Vivo is no longer a sponsor of an IPL means BCCI needs to find some new partners and they decided to expand official partners from 3 to 5. BCCI wants to bring these two additional partners with the average commitment of 40 cr in INR each. BCCI wants to raise nearly 300cr in INR after the exit of VIVO. 


As per the report in the Times of India, The BCCI could also surprise everyone by landing a totally different title sponsor in comparison to the brands that are being talked about right now.


There was a withdrawal from VIVO from the sponsorship of the IPL due to some political tension between Indo-china. They have made a deal of  440cr in INR with BCCI for sponsorship of IPL with BCCI and now they left means there is a big loss for BCCI.


Now there is another circumstance of the corona pandemic because of that many things will be difficult for BCCI to organize and matter of sponsorship to raise money. 


There are many companies that are willing to take this sponsorship like Amazon, Byju's, and Dream 11. These companies are in the race for sponsorship of IPL.     


As per Times of India," If Byju's attempt to big for the title rights succeed, Unacademy will have to make way or make a higher bid " and the will only be for a four-month window.  


BCCI is not showing all his trump card and they are hopeful to get a big sponsor. Byju is the sponsor of the Indian cricket team and cricket hasn't played until March after coronavirus pandemic Which helps them to save money and they will have a chance to compete for the sponsorship of the IPL. 


Amazon is the biggest one to compete for the sponsorship If they come to the table, Other companies have fewer chances to take sponsorship.


This year IPL will be played in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus and there are 8 teams to take part in it. The tournament will be played between 19 September to 10  November of 2020.  




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What an intense game in the last two minutes of the game. Damian Lillard scored 61 points in this game with some crazy 3 pointers in the last some minutes of the game. He made 9 3-pointers in a game. He helped his team to get a win and get up to 8th place in West with 134 to 131 win over Dallas Mavericks.


In the last game against 76ers, Damian Lillard scored 51 points and in this game, he scored career-high 61 points. He is the 12th player who scored back to back 50 points game in NBA History and only player in Portland Trail Blazers franchise history. Damian Lillard joins Wilt Chamberlain as one of the only 2 players to have 3 60 points game in the same season. 

 

First Quarter


4:08 minutes left in the first quarter, Porzingis dunked gave 7 points lead to Dallas Mavericks. 4 minutes to go in Quarter, Damian Lillard replied with smooth and flawless 3-pointer to cut a lead to 4 points. In the Next moment, Porzingis replied with his own 3-pointer which took a lead to 7 points for Dallas Mavericks. When 2:45 left in the quarter, Dam made another plunging 3-pointer which cut a lead to 5 points. Portland made 15-0 run to take a lead of 7 points in the first quarter of the game.


Second Quarter 


Luca scored the first bucket in the quarter with a dribble-drive and the foul. Just over 6 minutes to go Portland had 10 points lead in the game which is cut to 7 points with the 3-pointer of Kleber. 3:43 left in the quarter, Hardaway Jr made 3-pointer and drew a foul and a chance for a 4 points play. This play of Hardaway Jr cut a lead to only 3 points for Dallas. 33 seconds to go in the quarter, Damian Lillard came to the ball, Porzingis helping teammate to double a Damian but he passed a ball to open man Nurkic who finished with a one-handed powerful dunk. 


Third Quarter 

Luka passed a ball to Burke who knocked down the 3-pointer and cut a lead to 3 points. Under 10 minutes left in the quarter, Damian Lillard made another 3 to give 8 points lead to Portland. In next possession, Dallas replied with Porzingis' long-range shot. 8:13 to go in the quarter, Damian Lillard made back to back 3 pointers which gave 9 points lead to Portland. 6:52 minutes left in the quarter, What a move by Luka Doncic on Damian Lillard, With the pretty spin Luka scored on Lillard where Lillard had no answer for Luka's play. 3:51 left in the quarter, Porzingis was red hot in the 3rd quarter, He made another 3-pointer and lead cut to only 2 points for Dallas Mavericks. 2:40 minutes to go in the quarter, Dallas made 13-2 run to take a lead of 3 points. 28.7 seconds left, Porzingis made another 3-pointer to tie a game at 95-95.


 Fourth Quarter


Fenny-Smith scored from a long-range on Luka's assist when 8:12 minutes to go in the game to give 6 points lead to Dallas. Nurkic's tipped in tied a game at 117-117. 3:14 left in the quarter, What a move by Luka, Luka finished with the beautiful hand shoulder fake passing Nurkic and Melo. He drew a foul on this play. Just under 3 minutes left Damian Lillard finished with 3-pointer to tie a game. Kleber scored 3-pointer after Dam's 3 but Anthony scored another 3-pointer on Damian's assist. After this play when 1:52 minutes to go in the game, Porzingis made another 3-pointer to give 3 points lead to Dallas. Lillard made a long-range shot where the ball bounces back from the Bucket to go in. 59 seconds left, Lillard made the huge play of the game to provide an assist to Whiteside who finished with a dunk. Luca had a chance to tie a game but he made only one free throw out of 2. Fenny-Smith made a huge 3-pointer when only 4.5 seconds left in the game but it was not counted due to Burke made a foul on Damian Lillard. CJ McCollum sealed a deal with 2 free throws.      


Portland Trail Blazers is now in 8th place in the Western Conference. 


 

 For Portland :


Damian Lillard scored 61 points with 5 rebounds, 8 assists, making 9 3 pointers, and all of his free throws. Carmelo Anthony added 26 points with 8 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 assists. Collins and Trent scored 11 points. 

For Dallas Mavericks :


Kristaps Porzingis had a great night from the long-range making  7 3 pointers out of 9 with a great shooting percentage. He scored 36 points with 6 rebounds and 2 blocks. Luka scored 25 points with 10 assists and 8 rebounds. Tim Hardaway Jr scored 24 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Fenny-Smith made 15 points, Burke added 12 points with 4 rebounds and 9 assists. Kleber scored 12 points.  


Next Game :


Portland Trail Blazers vs Nets 


Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns 


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Barcelona will face Bayern Munich to take place in the Semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. In the UEFA Champions League Barcelona has not good records against Bayern Munich when they faced each other in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona lost 5 games to Bayern in the UCL and won only 2 games. 


They met each other in the UEFA Champions league 5 years ago where Barcelona won the first league of Semifinals with 3-0 and lost another semifinals 3-2 but advanced into the Finals with an aggregate of 5-3 and that year Barcelona won their last UCL title after that they were unable to do it again. 


Bayern Munich won their last UEFA Champions League title in 2013 when they beat Borrusia Dortmund.

 

Bayern is playing so great and Barcelona is not :


After a Long Time, These two teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich already clinched Bundesliga and DFB Cup and now they will try to win UEFA Champions League to complete the Treble. Meanwhile, Barcelona lost La Liga to their arch Rival Real Madrid where they were favorite to win La Liga season after resuming a season but they played very bad and lost it. This season is not good for Barcelona and They will like to end their season by winning UCL title.


Bayern is in great form this season, Their unbeaten run extended to 27 games. RB Leipzig is the only team that was able to stop Bayern from scoring. Bayern scored 86 goals in these 27 games and giving away only 20 goals. Bayern won all their first 8 games in UEFA Champions League and they netted 31 goals in the competition. 


Messi is not the one who used to be and Robert Lewandowski is superb for Bayern 


Robert Lewandowski did a great job this season for Bayern Munich, He scored 53 goals in 44 games for Bayern Munich. In UEFA Champions League, Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals, 3 goals more than second numbered Erling Haaland. In Bayern match u against Chelsea, Robert Lewandowski involved in all 7 goals where they won fixture by 7-1. Robert Lewandowski scored three goals in games against Chelsea. 


Messi scored many goals this season for Barcelona in La Liga where they lost the title to Real Madrid. Messi scored only 3 goals in this year's UEFA Champions League which was lowest by him. Messi scored 31 goals this season and assisted as many as 27 times in all competitions. Lio Messi scored 25 goals in La Liga.   


Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal will be back from suspension and their star defender Umtiti is injured so he will miss. Dembele is back in training with Barcelona. 


Battle Between Goalkeeper: Neuer or Marc-Andre Ter Stegen


Neuer is already 34 years old and he is playing his best football at this age. In Bundesliga Neuer have most clean sheets with 15. 


Marc-Andre Ter Stegen also have14 clean cheats out of 36 games which is a very good thing for Barcelona. 


Bayern supporting cast doing a wonderful job this season where Thomas Muller made 21 assists this season only Lionel Messi is the one who is ahead of him in assist. 


For Barcelona, There are many stars in their line up who can give a win to Barcelona on their given day but they are not in a great form this season which could trouble Barcelona. 


The good news for Barcelona is that Messi played like his old self in a game against Napoli. 

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