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Подготовили Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА; Андрей ВДОВИН
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Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Eastern Conference Finals. " Orlando" - "Cleveland" - 103:90. The series result is 4-2.
In the sixth game of the semifinal series, Orlando beat Cleveland at home and reached the final of the NBA championship.
In fact, the fate of the meeting was decided after the first half of the game, when the Magic led by 18 points. By the middle of the third quarter, the guests managed to reduce the gap to 10 points, but, as it turned out, this was the maximum of what they were capable of.
The best on the court was Orlando center Dwight Howard, who scored 40 points and set a personal record for scoring in the playoffs. Orlando reached the final for the second time in history. They made it to the final round for the first time in 1995.
Malkin's team was defeated
Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. Final. “Detroit” – Pittsburgh – 3:1 – Malkin “P” (0+1). The series score is 1-0.
Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk missed this match, not having time to recover from a leg injury. “Our doctors are trying their best. We are trying to get Pavel back on his feet as soon as possible. That’s all I can say at the moment,” AP quotes Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock as saying.
Athletes quickly get in shape
Several of the world's best times of the season were rewritten at the Athletics Grand Prix in New York. Almost all the strongest sprinters of last season, with the exception of Usain Bolt, gathered in the men's 100-meter dash. In the absence of the Lightning Man, all eyes were on his compatriot Asafa Powell. However, the former world record holder disappointed the crowd by finishing only seventh with a score of 10.10. The winner of the race was Mike Rogers, who ran the fastest of the season - 9.93, but with a tailwind (+3.1). Beijing Games silver medalist Richards Thompson finished fifth (10.01).
At 200 m, three-time world champion American Tyson Guy (pictured) loudly announced his return to the world sprint elite - 19.58. This is the third result in the entire history of this species. At one time, only Usain Bolt (19.30) and Michael Johnson (19.32) were faster. Thus, Guy confirmed that he could become Bolt’s main opponent at the World Championships in Berlin.
The women's sprint race also attracted a stellar line-up. World 100m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown showed the same result as a year ago - 10.91. She won then with the competition record, but this time Campbell came in third. Carmelita Jeter won in 10.85, followed by Muna Lee. But a strong tailwind (+2.8) prevented Jeter from becoming the season leader and setting a competition record.
Olympic champion in the 5000 and 10,000 meters Tirunesh Dibaba suffered an unexpected defeat. At a distance of 5000 meters, she showed a result of 14:40.93 and let Kenyan runner Linet Masai lead ahead - 14:35.39.
In the pole vault section, 2008 Olympic silver medalist Jennifer Stuczynski cleared the bar at a height of 4.81.
Blatt called the players to the first training camp
Head coach of the Russian national team David Blatt announced a list of 15 players who will be called up to the first training camp to prepare for the European Championship in Poland. The training camp with the participation of mainly young basketball players will be held from June 15 to 25 in Novogorsk, while the optimal composition (an expanded list of candidates taking into account the leading Russian players will be announced later) will gather only a month later, in the second half of July, the official website of the RBF reports. While the forwards will begin work - Fedor Dmitriev, Valery Likhodey (both Triumph), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yuri Vasiliev (Dynamo M), Nikita Kurbanov (Spartak St. Petersburg), Petr Gubanov (University- Yugra"); centers - Alexander Kaun (CSKA), Timofey Mozgov (Khimki), Dmitry Sokolov (UNICS); defenders - Pavel Sergeev, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin (all - Triumph), Victor Keyru, Alexey Shved (both - CSKA), Andrey Matejunas (Avtodor). The initial list of candidates also included defenders Alexey Zozulin (Spartak St. Petersburg) and Alexey Surovtsev (Ural Great), but due to injuries they will not be able to join the team.
Eusebio visited Kazan
The best football player of the 1966 World Cup, Portuguese Eusebio, became the guest of honor at the International Government Football Tournament “Friendship Cup”, which was held from May 28 to 31 in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan. The tournament, which was held by the sports agency NewSport, was attended by 12 teams from executive and legislative authorities of the CIS countries and Russian regions. The football festival ended with a gala match between the team of tournament stars and the team of Russian stars, which included Dmitry Alenichev, Viktor Onopko, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Georgy Yartsev, Igor Simutenkov, Sergey Kiryakov, Dmitry Ananko, Viktor Losev, Valery Shmarov...
And the winner of the 2009 Friendship Cup was the Dynamo team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan, which Eusebio himself was very happy about. “My friend Lev Yashin also once played for Dynamo,” explained the legendary Portuguese.