The Lakers almost let another large lead slip away, but in Game 5 they found a way to get it done. With the Celtics on pace to pull off another miraculous comeback, Kobe Bryant swiped the ball away from Paul Pierce and finished with a two-handed slam on the other end with 37.4 seconds left to seal a Lakers’ 103-98 Game 5 home victory on Sunday. Bryant finished with 25 points, while Lamar Odom added 20 and 11 rebounds.
Los Angeles batte 103-98 i Celtics, che conducono 3-2 nella serie, e ora si torna a Boston per decidere chi sarà campione. Bryant, Gasol e Odom in evidenza, agli ospiti non bastano 38 punti di Pierce.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is enjoying that old winning feel and he doesn’t much care what his detractors have to say about it. The most popular driver in NASCAR won this one by gambling, somehow going the last 55 laps on the two-mile oval, including three laps of overtime, without stopping for gas.
Two late goals from Nihat Kahveci sent Turkey intThe Turkish captain scored in the 87th and 89th minutes of an extraordinary encounter as Fatih Terim’s side came back from 2-0 down to seal a place in the last eight. Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Demirel was sent off in injury time for pushing over Czech scorer Jan Koller, meaning forward Tuncay Sanli wore the gloves for the final, nervous moments.o the Euro 2008 quarter-finals with an amazing 3-2 win against the Czech Republic.
I gol di Koller e Plasil sembrano consegnare il match alla Repubblica Ceca, poi la Turchia cambia marcia e infila tre gol nel quarto d’ora finale, ribaltando la situazione. Arda dimezza lo svantaggio e una doppietta di Nihat, favorita da un erroraccio del portiere del Chelsea Cech, fissa il risultato sul 3-2. Espulso Volkan a tempo scaduto.
Switzerland ended their Euro 2008 campaign with their heads held high by beating Portugal 2-0 in Basel. Two second-half goals from Hakan Yakin gave the joint-hosts, who were already eliminated before the match at St Jakob Park kicked off, their first win.
La Svizzera ha battuto il Portogallo (2-0, doppietta di Yakin) nell’ultima partita del Gruppo A. Si tratta del primo successo elvetico in una fase finale dell’Europeo. La squadra di Scolari aveva già conquistato la qualificazione ai quarti di finale.
Noriyuki Haga put himself firmly in the World Superbike championship picture with a superb double win at the Nurburgring. A thrilling battle in the rain between the Japanese rider and his Yamaha team-mate Troy Corser was brought to a premature end by the red flags. Corser was leading the second race as the flags came out, but with the count-back rule the race was deemed finished after lap 15, at which point Haga was ahead of the Australian rider. The victory was made even more special by the fact that two weeks ago Haga broke his collarbone in three places in a practice crash in Salt Lake City.
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) ha dominato la settima prova del Mondiale Superbike al Nurburgring (Germania) ma Troy Bayliss (Ducati) con due piazzamenti – secondo e quarto – consolida il primato in campionato dopo il triplice passo falso che aveva riportato sotto gli inseguitori. Max Biaggi, caduto nel warm up, parte acciaccato e finisce solo 13°. Poi si riscatta con il settimo posto nella manche conclusiva: con la Ducati privata è impossibile fare miracoli.
