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UEFA Champions League Group Stage: Messi and Ronaldo. These are the big names in the football world and rule for nearly a decade. 


This is the first time in their career Lionel Messi and Ronald will face each other in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona and Juventus are both placed in the same group of the champions league. Messi won 6 Ballon d'Or and Ronaldo won 5 times this award. Both were rivals in La Liga. 


Ronaldo won 4 UEFA Champions titles with Real Madrid in 5 years and he won a total number of  5 UEFA Champions League Titles. Messi won 4 UCL titles. Ronaldo is ahead of Messi in UCL. Ronaldo scored 130 goals in 170 matches while Messi scored 115 goals in 143 matches at UCL. Messi had a chance to win another title last season but they faced a blowout loss to Bayern Munich which won a title. Barcelona lost that game 8-2.



Messi achieved many awards and titles in his early career while Ronaldo achieved many titles and awards with Real Madrid. Ronaldo achieved all his titles and awards in the middle of his career. Now he is ahead of his arch-rival Lionel Messi in UEFA Champions League.   


Barcelona and Lionel Messi faced many problems in recent times. Messi nearly left Barcelona but Barcelona somehow manage to keep him. Suarez also moves to Athletico from Barcelona. So It will be tough for Barcelona to give their best in the next season. If Ronaldo and Juventus will play at full strength than they have a chance to top the group. It is always important to top in the group stage for any club at UCL.


First, they met in 2008 where Manchester United won the semifinals and they ended up winning a trophy. In 2009, Barcelona won the title by defeating Manchester United in the finals where Messi scored the second goal. Last they faced each other in 2010/2011's semifinals where Messi outplayed Ronaldo.  Ronaldo never scored any goal against Messi's team.  


 Dynamo Kyiv and Ferencvaros ae the other teams which will join Barcelona and Juventus in their Group. The Hungarian Club made it to the group stage for the first time in many years.


Teams took part in a program of UEFA for the draw of 2020-21 season online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which took part on Thursday. 


Current Champion Bayern Munich is paired with Athletico Madrid in Group A. Manchester United is paired with PSG in Group H. 


Group A: Bayern Munich, Athletico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group B: Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Borussia, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group C: Manchester City, Porto, Olympiakos, Marseille

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland

Group E: Chelsea, Sevilla, Krsnodar, Rennes

Group F: Zenit St. Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge

Group G: Barcelona, Juventus, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvros

Group H: PSG, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Baakehir

   


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NBA Rumours: Doc Rivers agrees to a 5-year deal to become 76ers Head Coach as per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.


Now Doc Rivers back with the Eastern Conference and Back with the same division as Boston Celtics.


At the starting of the 2020's NBA season, Doc's was a head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and they were the heavy favorite to win an NBA title but they failed to do it. Doc River's landed Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in the Clippers team.   


Clippers not only lost series against Nuggets but they lost in a bad way with the kind of team they have. They had a 3-1 lead in the series but they blew it and they lost in the second round of the NBA playoffs. This led the Clippers to fire their head coach Doc Rivers.


But now He becomes a head coach with two great talents. Doc already won one NBA titles with the Eastern Conference team Boston Celtics. He can elevate the game of Embiid and Ben Simmons at the next level. 76ers has Harris who did a great job under Doc Rivers in the Clippers' jersey.


Philadelphia 76ers lost in the first round of the Eastern Conference against the Boston Celtics after this they fired their head coach Brett Brown. Now Doc Rivers will take his job with the talent they have. The 76ers will be one of the favorites to make into finals. 


As per ESPN, 76ers general manager Elton Brand on Monday reached out to Rivers and his agent, Lonnie Cooper, for Doc to become the next head coach of the 76ers. Doc went to the 76ers and a deal with happening in Philadelphia. Doc makes a multiyear deal with the 76ers. He signed 5 year's deal with the 76ers.



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NBA: Anthony Davis, LeBron, and Lakers dominate Heat in the first game of the NBA FInals.


Anthony Davis(3) and LeBron James(23) in the first game of the NBA finals
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NBA Finals 2020: Anthony Davis, LeBron James, and the Lakers star players played a very good game. Anthony Davis scored 34 points and LeBron nearly scored triple-double in a game just one assist shy from it.  He scored 25 points, 13 boards, and 9 assists. 


LeBron James passes Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the fourth most rebounds in finals history.


Miami Heat got some injury issues in this game. Jimmy butler twisted his ankle, Bam left a game in the third quarter due to shoulder problems and Dragic not in a game after the first half with a left foot injury. 


Obama, Shaquille O'Neal, James Worthy, Wade, Ginobili, Walton, Billups, Kareem, Pierce, Dirk, and Pau Gasol attended a game as a virtual viewer. Lakers made 15 3-pointers in a game while Miami made 11 3-pointers. Lakers outrebounded Miami in a game with 54 to 36. Both teams made 38 field goals in a game. 


 Quarter 1


Miami Heat had 5 points lead in just 3 minutes of play in a quarter but the Lakers tied the game at 10-10. 5:38 left in a quarter Miami Heat made a 13-0 run to take the lead of 13 points. Lakers made a 21-5 run to take a lead of 3 points after the first quarter of play.


Quarter 2


Lakers started a quarter with Kyle Kuzma's 3-point jumper. Tyler Hero made a driving layup for Miami Heat. Rajon Rando made 3-pointer give Lakers 5 points lead in a quarter. 8:58 to go, Jimmy Butler made a 3-pointer that cut the lead to 2 points. Tyler Hero made back-to-back 3-pointers for Miami Heat to give 2 points lead to the Miami but the Lakers made a 7-0 run in just one minute of span to take a lead of 6 points. Lakers never gave any chance to Miami Heat in the second quarter and they made another run. Lakers made a 24-5 run in the last 7:17 minutes of the quarter to take a lead of huge 17 points lead.


Anthony Davis headed to the Lakers' locker room just before the end of the second quarter. 


Anthony Davis scored 18 points with 4 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. LeBron James added 9 points with 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal. KCP scored 10 points with 2 steals. Danny Green scored 8 points with 2 steals. Rondo and Caruso scored 7 points each. Kuzma and Morris added 3 points after the first quarter of play. 


Jimmy scored 16 points with 4 assists and 2 steals. Adebayo added 7 points, Crowder made 9 points. Herro scored 8 points coming off the bench in the first half. Dragic added 6 points. 

 


Quarter 3


Jimmy Butler's 3 points play shrink 17 points lead to 14 points. LeBron James made 3-pointer which took back 17 points lead in a quarter. Lakers made a 15-6 run in the first 4:11 minutes of a quarter to get a huge 26 points lead in the game.  KCP made all 3 free throws to give the Lakers 29 points lead. 6:04 to go in the quarter, Anthony Davis' dunk on Howard's assist gave 32 points lead to the Lakers. 3:37 to go, Anthony Davis blocked a shot of Andre Iguodala. 2:31 to go, Olynyk drew a foul on Kyle Kuzma for 2 free-throws. Olynyk made both free throws which cut the lead to 26 points. Lakers had 26 points lead after the 3rd quarter. 


Quarter 4


Miami Heat started a quarter with an 8-2 run to cut a lead to 20 points at the beginning of the quarter. 9:33 to go, Morris made 3-pointer on LeBron James assist. 7:52 to go, Hill's layup cut a lead to 18 points in a game. 7:19 to go, LeBron James went inside and threw it down with a two-handed jam. Lakers got an easy win in the first game of the NBA Finals.


 

Lakers' Scorers


Anthony Davis led the Lakers in scoring with 34 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. LeBron James scored 25 points with 13 boards, 9 assists, and 1 steals. Green added 11 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 3 blocks with +21 ratings. KCP added 13 points with 2 steals and a block. Anthony Davis got a +23 rating in a game, the highest by any player in a game. 


Bench Players


Kyle Kuzma scored only 3 points but grabbed 8 boards with 2 assists, and a steal with +11 ratings. Alex Caruso made 10 points with 4 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. Rondo made 7 points with +11 ratings. Caruso got +12 ratings in the game.  


Heat's Scorers


Jimmy Butler led Miami Heat with 23 points, 2 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Bam Adebayo played only 21 minutes of the game. He scored only 8 points. Crowder made 12 points in a game. 


Bench Players


Nunn scored 18 points with 5 boards, 2 assists, and 0 turnovers. Herro scored 14 points with 4 boards, 3 assists.


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French Open: Rafael Nadal is hoping to win 20 grand slam titles and looking to equal a record of Roger Federer's 20 grand slam titles.


Rafael Nadal won his first match against Gerasimov with 6-4 6-4 6-2 and now he won the second match with ease against McDonald(6-1 6-0 6-3). 


Set 1


Nadal broke the 4th game of McDonald's serve and took a 3-1 lead in the set. Nadal won all points in the serve. Once again Nadal broke the 6th game of the set when McDonald hit a ball outside a foul line to give a point and break to Nadal. Nadal took a 5-1 lead in a game. he named first set on his serve in the 7th game of a set. 


Set 2


Nadal broke McDonald's all serve in the second set of a match and Nadal took the second set with a 6-0.  


Set 3


McDonald took the first game of the set. McDonald gave Nadal a breakpoint with his unforced error. Nadal broke McDonald's serve in the 9th game of a set and he took a game, set, and a match. 


Nadal cruises through the third round of Roland Garros with an easy victory over  American Mackenzie McDonald. McDonald is No. 236 in the world ranking of Tennis. He was able to get only 5 games in a match. 


Rafael Nadal won 68% first-serve points while McDonald was able to win only 44% first-serve points. Mcdonald never got any breakpoint in a game while Nadal got 8 breakpoints and convert 7 out of 8. Nadal made only 8 unforced errors in a game. Both players hit only once ace in the game. Nalda won 74% second serve points compared to McDonald's 47%.  


Nadal said." My objective is to play as well as I can. It was a good match for me today. I am very happy."


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NBA Finals 2020: Last time Miami Heat made it into the NBA Finals when LeBron James is with them in 2014. Now LeBron James is with Heat's opposing team Los Angeles Lakers. 


Both teams have made it into the NBA Finals after a long time. The last time Lakers were in the NBA finals and 2010 and Miami Heat was there in 2014 with LeBron James and Wade.


No one ever expected that Miami Heat will reach into the NBA finals. Now It's between LeBron and Heat. With this finals appearance, Miami Heat made 6 times into the NBA finals. With LeBron James, Miami Heat made 4 times out of those 6 NBA Finals and won 2 titles with him. Now Heat is on the way to LeBron to win the NBA title. 


This year Miami Heat surprised everyone with their performance. Miami Heat has some chances against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals with the kind of players they have in defense, shooting, and players who can score in the paint. It looks like Miami Heat has made a team to beat LeBron James. 


Lakers can win a title by winning all first 4 games but they need to play with more dedication and accuracy. 


Los Angeles Lakers:


LeBron James


LeBron James needs to be at his highest level who can do things just like he did in the last game of the Western Conference Finals in the fourth quarter. He needs to be more accurate with fewer turnovers. Miami Heat has players like Jimmy Butler, Igoudala, Bam Adebayo, and Jae Crowder who can guard LeBron James. That's why LeBron James needs to play at his best.   


Anthony Davis


Anthony Davis will be a key to the Lakers' success in the NBA finals. Miami Heat doesn't have anyone who can guard Anthony Davis apart from Adebayo but it will be tough for Adebayo to guard Anthony Davis. 


Old Players 


Dwight Howard has a chance to get the first ring in the NBA by giving his all with his positive attitude in the game and off the game. His defense and rebounding will be crucial for the Lakers.  


Rajon Rondo, He can lead a team with a mind and his skill as a point guard in a game. Rondo won one NBA title with a great 2008 Celtics team. Ganny Green, Lakers will need his defense and 3 points shooting in the finals. McGee, He has experience in the NBA finals how to dominate opponents. McGee won both NBA finals against his current teammate LeBron James. 


Role Players


Alex Caruso and KCP are doing great for the Lakers, they just need to be more dominant in a game. Markieff Morris is very good for the Lakers.


Kyle Kuzma


A young player who has the potential to be a top player in the NBA but he just needs to utilize it on his given chances. 


Miami Heat


This team has very tough players on their roster. They all are fighters and never going to break down mentally. They have all things in their team to upset a team. The only thing they don't have is the experience of playing in NBA finals.


Jimmy Butler


This is his first season with Miami Heat and He leads his team to the NBA finals. It looks like he found his home after changing many teams. He is a tough guy and can guard LeBron. Jimmy Butler is the scorer, defender, and leader of the Miami Heat Team. 


Bam Adebayo


Bam will be a major part if Heat has any chance to win a title. he is 6.9 and has a very good athletic ability with a good size even he has very good ball-handling skills. He can handle a ball very well with both hands which will be tough to guard him and he can score with both hands. 


Tyler Herro, Robinson, and Goran Dragic 


This is a shooting trio for Miami Heat, Herro is just in his rookie season and he is playing like a star in this playoff. Robinso is also a good shooter and Goran Dragic has become a scorer for Miami Heat. 


Andre Iguodala And Crowder


Once he won Finals MVP against LeBron James guarding him. His experience against LeBron James to play in the finals will be beneficial for Miami Heat. Crowder is also a tough guy and a very good defender.


And coaching staff of the Miami Heat knows LeBron very well, his weakness and strength and they have all pieces what needs to win a chip. 


If the Lakers want to win they have to play at a high level by Guarding 3-point shooting, scoring in the paint with crazy speed. Pick and roll of Miami Heat's players Tyler Hero, Robinso, and Dragic. Lakers must need to stop these 3 players from scoring. 


Once again Alex Caruso and KCP will be an important factor for the Lakers to guard all these 3-players. 


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NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Miami Heat becomes Eastern Conference Champions with defeating all the odds against them. Now, they are into the first NBA finals since 2014 when LeBron and Wade took them into the NBA finals. Now They will face LeBron James in the NBA finals. 


Bam Adebayo leads a way for Miami Heat in scoring as he scored a playoff career-high 32 points(11-15 FGM) with 14 boards, 5 assists, and 1 steal. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points, 2 boards, 8 assists, and a steal. Dragic added 15 points with 3 boards, 7 assists, and a rating of +24 in a game. Robinson scored 15 points with 6 rebounds.


Bam Adebayo joins LeBron James, Dwyane Wade. Shaq and Alonzo as the only Miami Heat players to record 30+ points and 10+ rebounds in the NBA playoff games. 


Miami Heat's bench was super in this game. Iguodala scored 15 points with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 steals. Tyler Herro once again played very well in a game with 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.


Miami Heat had 8 points lead in the 3rd quarter but Boston Celtics made a 14-6 run in the last 4 minutes of the quarter to tie a game.


Jaylen Brown's 2 points shot gave 6 points lead when 9:15 left in the fourth quarter of a game but Tyler Herro scored the first 3-pointer and after that made a pull-up jump shot which tied a game at 96-96. Duncan Robinson's 3-pointer gave 5 points lead when 4:51 left in the fourth quarter. After that Tyler Herro made 2 points shot which gave 7 points lead and took away the game from the Celtics. 


Boston Celtics 4 starter scored 20 or more points in a game but it was not enough for the Celtics to win a game and extend a series to 7th game. 


Jayson Tatum scored 24 points with 11 assists and 7 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block. Walker added 20 points with 2 boards and 5 assists. Smart dropped 20 points with 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals. Jaylen Brown scored 26 points with 8 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.  


Hayward scored 12 points coming off the bench for the Celtics. 


Miami Heat makes 6 finals in the last 15 years. They are the only team to do it. They won 2 titles with LeBron James. They reached 4 times in LeBron times with Miami Heat. Heat won the NBA title in 2006. Now they have a chance to upset everyone and win a title with the kind of players they have. 


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Lakers make into the NBA finals after 10 years and LeBron James makes into his 10th NBA finals.
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NBA Western Conference Finals: LeBron James makes history with his amazing performance in the 5th game that leads the Lakers to the NBA Finals. LeBron James makes another 30+ points game with triple-double. He scores 15 30+ points triple-double in the NBA playoffs. 


LeBron James joins James Worthy as the only Lakers with 30+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 10 assists in Lakers' playoff history. Los Angeles Lakers back in NBA finals since 2010. LeBron James scores 27th triple-double in his career, Now Magic is the only one who is ahead of him with 30 triple-double. 


Once the Lakers had 16 points lead in the 3rd quarter but the Nuggets able to cut that lead to only 3 points after 3 quarters of play. Jerami Grant made 14 points on that 3rd quarter of the Nuggets run.


Quarter 1


 9:33 to go, With Danny Green's 2-pointer Lakers, took 1 point lead. After this Denver Nuggets made a 7-0 run to take a lead of 5 points in the game. Lakers replied with a 9-2 run to take the lead of 2 points in the game. 2:21 to go, Anthony Davis stole a ball and pass a ball to Alex Caruso who finished with a dunk to give the Lakers 2  points lead. 1:44 remaining, Kuzma scored on a layup and drew a foul. Plumlee drew a foul and scored a bucket. 45.3 seconds to go, Rondo's 3-pointer gave 1 point lead and Alex Caruso's layup on LeBron James' assist gave 3 points lead to the Lakers. 


Quarter 2


Nikola Jokic made a back-to-back bucket at the starting of the quarter to give 1 point lead to Nuggets. 8:17 to go, Markieff Morris dropped an open 3-pointer on LeBron James assist to give 6 points lead to the Lakers. LeBron made 2 points shot for 8 points lead to the Lakers. 6:55 to go, Howard missed both free-throws to give 10 points lead to the Lakers. 


6:22 to go, Alex Caruso made a cut and scored a bucket with making 1 free throw. Lakers got 9 points lead. Lakers got 11 points lead with LeBron's bucket. 3:59 to go, Anthony Davis finished a play with a dunk on Rondo's lob pass. Dozier made a layup on Murray's lob pass. 1:07 to go, Danny Green blocked Plumlee's layup. 38 seconds to go, Dozier made a huge 3 pointer which cut a lead to 8 points. Lakers got 10 points lead after the first half of a play.  


LeBron James scored 16 points with 7 boards and 6 assists. Anthony Davis added 9 points. Alex Caruso had a big first half as he made 11 points. Nikola Jokic scored 9 points but he got foul trouble in the game. Murray added 8 points. Plumlee and Porter Jr dropped 7 points each coming off the bench. 


Quarter 3


LeBron started a quarter with an easy layup. Danny Green made 3-pointer on LeBron James assists for 13 points lead to the Lakers. LeBron's 2 points made gave 15 points lead to the Lakers. 9:13 to go, Millsap made a 3-point jumper. Anthony Davis made a driving floating jump shot on the next possession. 8:02 to go, Anthony Davis' 2 free throws gave 16 points lead to the Lakers. 5:47 to go, Denver made 10 points game with Jerami Grant's 3-pointer.


4:42 to go, Anthony Davis scored on Jokic. 4:11 to go, Porter Jr. made a 3-pointer cut a lead to 7 points. Grant blocked Anthony Davis' shot when 2:27 to go in the quarter. 1:34 to go, Anthony Davis made a huge block on Porter Jr. What an outstanding block by Anthony Davis. Grant's 2 free throws cut a lead to 5 points. 1:01 to go, Murray scored a bucket and drew a foul. 3 points cut a lead to 2 points. Denver made 21-8 run. 11 seconds to go, Murray scored his both free throws to tie a game at 84-84. Anthony Davis made a 3-pointer when 1 second to go in the quarter. Laker got 3 points lead. Denver made a 17-7 run in the last 4:40 minutes of the quarter.


Quarter 4


Kyle Kuzma started a quarter with a 3-pointer. 10:03 to go, LeBron James scored a bucket and drew a foul but he missed the free throw.  LeBron James made  3 points play which gave the Lakers 7 points lead. 6:49 to go, LeBron James made a 2 point shot for 7 points lead before this Howard blocked a shot of Morris. 6:11 to go, Anthony Davis with a 3-pointer on Alex Caruso's assist gave 10 points lead to the Lakers. Paul Millsap made 4 consecutive free-throws to cut a lead to 6 points. 4:50 to go, Howard made one of 2 free throws. Nikola Jokic made 3 points play. Danny Green made a big 3-pointer for the Lakers. 3:40 to go, LeBron James made an open step-back jumper which gave 9 points lead to the Lakers. Nikola made a huge bucket but LeBron replied with his own. LeBron James made another jump shot. 1:57 to go, LeBron James made a three-point jumper for 12 points lead.



Lakers' Scorers


LeBron James: 38 points with 16 boards. 10 assists and a steal, Anthony Davis: 27 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block, Dwight Howard: 9 points, 9 boards, 2 blocks, Green: 11 points, 2 assists, and 2 blocks, KCP: 2 points, 2 steals.  


Bench Players


Alex Caruso:11 points, 2 boards, 4 assists, Rondo: 8 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, Kuzma: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and a block. 


Nuggets' Scorers


Nikola Jokic: 20 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, Jamal Murray: 19 points, 4 boards, 8 assists, and 1 steal. Grant: 20 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Millsap scored 13 points. 


Bench Players


Porter Jr.: 10 points, Plumlee: 7 points, Morris: 10 points, 2 boards, 7 assists, Dozier: 5 points.    


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