WNBA 2022 Championship: Update as of May 15, 2022
During the week ending on May 15, 2022 WNBA championship continued its journey, with 6 teams ending with 3 wins to 2 losses.
During the week ending on May 15, 2022 WNBA championship continued its journey, with 6 teams ending with 3 wins to 2 losses.
On Wednesday May 11, 2022, Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic won 2021-2022 NBA MVP award. With the win, he gets the title for the second straight year. He was facing a tough competition from 76ers' Joel Embiid and Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The week ending on May 8, 2022 has highlighted the competitive dynamics within the NBA playoff games. The weeks started with the two conference teams entering the Semi-Finals. The winning teams outpaced their opponents and no teams had to play 7 games. In the Eastern Conference Boston Celtics, Miami Heats and Milwaukee Bucks had dominated their opponents, whereas in the Western Conference, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Garden State Warriors, and Memphis Grizzlies had outshined their competitors.
As the November 2, 2021polls results were being counted, there was a major sport event going on in USA: Baseball World Series championship. Atlanta defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 (box score) in Game 6 to win the series, 4-2.
It was the first time since 1995, that the Atlanta Braves became the World Series champions. The game was held at Houston's Minute Maid Park, after the Atlanta Braves failed to win in Atlanta, on Sunday October 31, 2021. The Astros scored 9-5 (box score), and managed to get to 3-2. Atlanta Braves Jorge Carlos Soler Castillo won World Series MVP.
Elaine Thompson-Herah has won the gold-medal for 100 meters in 2021 Tokyo Olympics, on Saturday July 31, 2021. She also broke Florence Griffith-Joyner's 1988 Olympic record, that is, 33 years later. At the same time, she defended her 2016 Rio Olympics 100 meters title..
First, it was Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo vs the Phoenix Suns' Chris Paul vying for the win and NBA MVP in the 2021 NBA Championship. In the end, Giannis Antetokounmpo won both: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns, 4-2, to with NBA 2021 Finals. Giannis Antetokounmpo got the MVP. The Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA championship since 2016, their first with Giannis Antetokounmpo, actually the first NBA Final win for Antetoukounmpo.
For the 2021 NBA Season, the hopes were on Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers. That is, Trae Young vs LeBron James. In the end, it is the Milwaukee Bucks vs the Phoenix Suns, and, hopefully, Giannis Antetokounmpo vs Chris Paul.