Buzzer beater

Under the guidance of coach Evangelos Doudesis, the Netherlands returned to the Olympic podium in women’s water polo after 16 years, following their gold medal win in Beijing.

In an incredible comeback, the Netherlands defeated the USA 11-10, clinching the bronze medal in Paris.

One step, one victory, 40 minutes of play. That’s how close the Greek national team is to the Paris Olympic Games, as Luka Doncic’s Slovenia proved to be a low hurdle, with the 96-68 win giving Greece the opportunity to compete for the “magic” ticket in the Pre-Olympic final at SEF (7/7 – 21:00) against either Croatia or the Dominican Republic.

Basketball is a funny old game. You may lead throughout the match like Olympiakos did at Milan and lose in the end due to a lapse of concentration in the last few minutes, while you may also trail for most of the game, like Panathinaikos did at Monaco, and still snatch victory with a last-ditch effort.

LeBron James banked in an off balance floater at the buzzer, lifting the Cleveland to a 105-103 win over the Toronto Raptors and giving the Cavaliers a stranglehold 3-0 playoff series lead on May 5.

Al Horford rattled in a fadeaway jumper as the buzzer sounded to lift the Boston Celtics to a 97-96 NBA win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 87-84 (19-24, 20-25, 23-12, 24-23) at the Belgrade Arena in Euroleague Basketball Round 4 on Thursday.

Over 8,000 supporters celebrated Red Star's second Euroleague win this season after Taylor Rochestie scored with just 15 seconds to go and Maccabi's Deshaun Thomas missed a three-point shot.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade beat arch-rivals Red Star 78-77 (16-21, 22-20, 18-21, 22-15) late Thursday in Round 9 of the Serbian Basketball Superleague.

In front of 5,000 spectators at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Red Star had the lead until the very end, when Novica Velickovic won the derby for Partizan with a buzzer beater.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

CSKA Moscow continue to dictate the pace of the match and have the lead (40-33 ) at the end of the first half after Agravanis scored a 3-pont buzzer beater to cut the deficit from 10 to 7 points. Although the Greek champions have sunk some 3-point shots, they are unable to contain CSKA guard Theodosic so far.