7 main events of Tuesday: battles at the Gagarin Cup, Russian Ski Championships, NBA and NHL
Mikhail Georgiev March 18, 2024, 21:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
What to watch on March 19: will at least someone beat Bolshunov, will SKA avoid mistakes, and will Spartak find an antidote to the Ural machine?
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🏀 2:00: Indiana Pacers – Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA regular season 🏒 3:30: Calgary Flames – Washington Capitals, NHL regular season 🏀 5:00: Golden State Warriors – New York Knicks, NBA regular season 🏀 5:30: Los Angeles Lakers – Atlanta Hawks, NBA regular season 🎿 10:00: Skiing, Russian Championship – 2024, 10 km (classic style), women, men 🏒 17:00: Metallurg – Spartak, playoffs Gagarin Cup, 1/4 final 🏒 19:30: SKA – Avtomobilist, Gagarin Cup playoffs, quarterfinals
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🏀 2:00: Indiana Pacers – Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA regular season
Intrigue: Will the guests beat the Pacers at least once this season?
The Indiana Pacers struggled with injuries to their leaders for a long time during the regular season. However, after Pascal Siakam joined the club and Haliburton finally returned to action, the Pacers climbed to sixth place in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers had a phenomenal run in January and February, but now the team has loosened its grip a bit. At the same time, JB Bickerstaff’s team lost to Indiana three times this season.
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🏒 3:30: Calgary Flames – Washington Capitals, NHL regular season
Intrigue: Will Ovechkin and his partners seize this gift of fate?
In the middle of the NHL regular season, 90% of hockey fans have already said goodbye to Washington regarding their playoff prospects. It seemed that not even a miracle could help the capital team. The most interesting thing is that Capitals’ own management thought so and began to organize a sale. Many leaders left the club, but suddenly the capital began to win and its competitors began to lose en masse. Now Washington is on the cusp of making the playoffs, and a win over Calgary will allow the Capitals to return to Cup Eight.
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🏀 5:00: Golden State Warriors – New York Knicks, NBA regular season
Intrigue: Will Curry’s return bring another victory?
Golden State Warriors leader Stephen Curry recently suffered an ankle injury and missed three regular season games. Steph returned to the game against the Lakers and helped the Warriors win with a score of 128:121, at the same time becoming the most productive player on his team. The San Francisco team will host the New York Knicks, who are on the rise after the return of OG Anunoby. Tom Thibodeau’s team won three games in a row, without allowing any of their opponents to score more than 93 points. Who will be stronger?
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🏀 5:30: Los Angeles Lakers – Atlanta Hawks, NBA regular season
Intrigue: Will LeBron win for the Lakers without Davis?
The last game of the Los Angeles Lakers regular season was not very successful for several reasons. First of all, Anthony Davis suffered a corneal injury, which definitely won’t help the team in the near future. Secondly, the Lakers lost to their main rival in the play-in zone, Golden State. At the same time, LeBron James had a great game (40 points), which did not bring success to the team. The Atlanta Hawks haven’t been the most stable club in terms of results lately, so the Lakers have an excellent opportunity to make amends for their recent loss.
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🎿 10:00: Skiing, Russian Championships – 2024, 10 km (classic style), women’s, men’s
Intrigue: who will take Bolshunov for a walk around Sorin dressed as a dinosaur?
After two consecutive victories in sprint and skiathlon at the 2024 World Championships, Alexander Bolshunov is aiming for a hat-trick. Rivals no longer know what to do with the invincible skier. The head coach of the Russian national team, Yegor Sorin, took an extreme step: he promised to go to the award ceremony dressed as a dinosaur if someone managed to beat Bolshunov. Will that motivation be effective? Maybe, but San Sanych is the undisputed favorite of the classic cut.
The female favorite is skiathlon champion Anastasia Kuleshova. But Lydia Gorbunova, Tatyana Sorina, Evgenia Krupitskaya and Ekaterina Nikitina can intervene in the dispute for victory. Why not Veronica Stepanova? Because she doesn’t start in the classic race.
Even the fans asked to ride Bolshunov, but he won again:
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🏒 17:00: “Metallurg” – “Spartak”, Gagarin Cup playoffs, quarterfinals
💬 Match with text broadcast
Intrigue: Will Alexey Zhamnov find an antidote to the Ural machine?
The first match of the series was decisive for the Muscovites. If you look at the statistics, it may seem that Spartak had many opportunities to score, but in fact, Magnitogorsk completely controlled the match for 95% of the playing minutes. The Urals quickly took a 2:0 lead and then did not allow Zhamnov’s team to even dream of returning to the game. What will the second match on the Magnitogorsk ice be like?
Spartak ran out of chances at the start of the quarterfinals!
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Magnitogorsk punished Spartak for everything. The best attack of the first round received a “cracker”!
🏒 19:30: SKA – Avtomobilist, Gagarin Cup playoffs, quarterfinals
💬 Match with text broadcast
Intrigue: Will Avtomobilist avoid the Torpedo mistake?
For the second time in a row, SKA began its playoff series with a home defeat. In the series with Torpedo, the Army team was very close to the second failure, but with great difficulty managed to make the score 1-1, after which it easily won three more matches and calmly took the series 4-1. What scenario will the confrontation with the automobilists continue? The SKA will try to implement the already studied scenario, while the Urals will want to write a completely different page.
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