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|06 JUN. 2019 AMÉRICA A RITMO DE SAMBA DIRECCIÓN Ricardo Valdivia Dariagna Steyners EDICIÓN Zita Rodríguez DISEÑO Dariagna Steyners Ricardo Valdivia Hola equipo: COLABORACIONES Enio Echezábal Acosta Se nos fue junio a ritmo de Copa América, ¿no vieron nuestro Daniella Hernández especial dedicado al torneo? Diego Noy En esta edición nos hacemos eco del triunfo del scratch en el Victor K. Almeida Rodríguez Harold M. Luis Castro evento más antiguo de fútbol en el mundo. También de la victo- Alejandro M. Abadía Torres ria de los dinosaurios de Toronto sobre los Guerreros de Golden Laura Fariñas Naranjo State en la NBA. Y nos llenamos de trofeos con el título número Aliet Arzola Lima Fernando Martínez Martí 12 de Rafael Nadal sobre la arcilla del Grand Slam parisino Roland Raúl Abreu Martín Garros. Buscamos la raiz del éxito del fútbol inglés a nivel continen- tal, pues parece que los del país de la rosa volvieron a inclinar la ......................................... balanza por un rato a su favor en el balompié europeo a nivel de [email protected] clubes, sin descuidar su selección nacional, que luce muy distinta a las de antaño. www.scoresportmagazine.com Para tocar el panorama nacional, recordamos el récord de Silvio Leonard, el velocista antillano que aún posee las marcas naciona- les en 100 —compartida con Roberto Skyers, quien recientemen- te lo igualó—, y en 200 metros planos. Analizamos los X Games en el Escaneo. Un vistazo a su hiso- ria, principales exponentes y a sus más significativos sucesos. Le sacamos un perfil al loco Buffon que regresa a la Juve para su última andada como jugador profesional en las canchas de fútbol. En Ciencia & Tec enumeramos las muuuchas lesiones y opera- ciones del tight end de los Patriots Rob Gronkowski y cerramos este número con ocho curiosidades de la recién concluída Copa América. Nos vemos en 30 días. EN PORTADA Edición: Dary Steyners FOTO TOMADA DE EL ESPECTADOR CIENCIA & TEC NOTICIAS Mellas en el coloso: Toronto: Capital del mejor 21 01 las lesiones del Gronk basketball CURIOSIDAD TRENDING SCORE Ocho curiosidades de la Copa América a ritmo de samba 24 05 América que seguro no conocías NOTICIAS LO MEJOR / LO PEOR 07 Rafa Nadal y los 12 Roland Garros 28 NOTICIAS 09 Fútbol inglés: La radiografía del éxito PÁGINA 14 HISTÓRICA 13 Silvio Leonard: el hombre de la velocidad... y los infortunios ESCANEO 14 X Games: jugando al límite PÁGINA FIGURA SCORE PÁGINA 07 18 Gigi el loco 21 Puedes acceder a la página de cada SOMOS UNA REVISTA INTERACTIVA artículo dando click en su nombre CONTENIDO CONTENIDO Se acabó la magia, después de implantar una dinastía como reyes de la NBA, la monarquía de los Golden State Warriors con Stephen Curry, Capital Kevin Durant, Draymon Green, Klay Thompson y compañía fue derrocada por unos sorpren- Sdentes Toronto Raptors, liderados por la estre- lla Kawhi Leonard. Por primera vez en la historia del mejor bas- del mejor ketball del mundo, un equipo de Canadá logró el título Larry O´Briane, y lo hicieron de la mejor manera, cortando al mejor elenco de la liga, los Warriors, quienes se habían llevado tres de los últimos cuatro trofeos disputados. Para la franquicia fundada en 1995, el camino VICTOR K. ALMEIDA RODRÍGUEZ K. ALMEIDA VICTOR basketball X al título fue complicado. Durante la campa- ña regular terminaron en la posición dos con 58-24, y dejaron el camino listo para la fiesta que supone los play- off de la NBA. Su primer rival de la postem- porada fueron los Orlando Magic, quienes vencieron a los Raptors en el primer juego de la serie. Esta derrota hizo aparecer en la mente de los aficionados toronteses los fantasmas de las actuaciones de 2014 y 2015, cuando cayeron en primera ronda; pero tras ganar cua- tro juegos consecutivos avanzaron a semifinales de conferencia. TORONTO: Allí el destino les deparó un due- lo complejo ante los Philadelphia Kawhi Leonard fue la principal figura de los Raptors. FOTO: GETTY IMAGES 76ers de Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler 1 CONTENIDO y Benn Simmons. La definición de este empare- Su primera inclusión en los play-off fue en jamiento tuvo que esperar hasta el séptimo jue- el año 2000, cuando poseían jugadores como go y hasta el último minuto, pues luego de lle- Vince Carter y Tracy McGrady, esta sería la pri- gar tres a tres a ese choque, un triple de Kawhi mera gran etapa de los canadienses ya que lle- Leonard en los instantes finales les dio el pase a garon a disputar la postemporada en tres cam- los dinosaurios. pañas consecutivas. El escollo final antes de enfrentar a los Warriors Luego arrivaron en 2007 y 2008 de nue- fueron los Milwakee Bucks del fenómeno griego vo, pero con más penas que glorias. En las Giannis Antetokounmpo. Y como venía siendo tres últimas temporadas habían recibido el costumbre, les tocó remontar otra vez tras perder nombre de LeBronto, pues cayeron en 2016, los dos primeros partidos. Apoyados en las actua- 2017 y 2018 ante los Cleveland Cavaliers ciones de Leonard, Kyle Lowry, Pascal Siakam y de LeBron James. Marc Gasol, Toronto ganó cuatro en línea y allanó Siempre hay una primera vez el camino para la obtención del título. Juego1: Siakam, Siakam y Siakam En frente, Golden State, unos guerreros cur- Más de 19 mil personas se dieron tidos en batallas y acumuladores de tres anillos cita para el primer duelo de las finales en cuatro años. Los muchachos de Steve Kerr en el Scotiabank Arena de la cosmo- llegaron sin muchos contratiempos a la cita con polita ciudad canadiense. Aquí hubo Toronto tras imponerse a Los Angeles Clippers, destaque para Pascal Siakam, quien ano- Houston Rockets, y Portland Trail Blazers, aun- tó 14 de sus 17 tiros (80%) para certi- que el quinto encuentro contra Houston mar- ficar la primera victoria de los Raptors có el devenir de la escuadra, pues el dos veces 118-109. El camerunés es el séptimo MVP de las finales Kevin Durant se lesionó de jugador en la historia de las finales gravedad. en marcar 30 puntos con el 80% de Un poco de historia efectividad. La franquicia Toronto Raptors fue fundada Por otro lado, ni los 34 puntos de en 1995 como parte de la expansión de la liga a Stephen Curry ni el triple doble de Dray- Canadá con dos equipos, los Raptors y los Van- mond Green pudieron opacar a los del nor- couver Grizzlies, esta última se trasladaría a te, que a parte de la actuación de Siakam hay Memphis años después. Le costó mucho a Ca- que sumarle la de Marc Gasol con 20 tantos, la nadá preservar la institución, pues en las tres máxima cantidad anotada por él desde que llegó primeras campañas solo sumaron 67 victorias a la franquicia. En general, los de Canadá fueron Primer logo que tuvo la franquicia con 179 derrotas. mejores ante la fuerte defensa de los guerreros, luego de su fundación en 1995. 2 CONTENIDO quienes los obligaron a disparar 23 veces con me- puntos de Kawhi para opacar la labor de un Cu- nos de seis minutos, pero lo saldaron con 65% de rry on fire anotador de 47 unidades. En el re- efectividad. greso de la serie a Canadá triunfaron los locales Juego 2: Kawhi toma las riendas 123-109, ante unos Golden State que volvieron El segundo juego fue ganado por los Warriors a su casa cuesta arriba y con la imperiosa nece- 109-104, pero el basquetbolista más destacado sidad de contar con Kevin Durant. de la noche fue, sin dudas, Kawhi Leonard. El Juego 4: Las manos más grandes de la aso- natural de Riverside, California, marcó su máxi- ciación ma cantidad de puntos en un partido de instan- Sin duda alguna, el cuarto juego tuvo un pro- cias finales con 34, alcanzando los 12 partidos tagonista, Kawhi Leonard, otra vez. El llamado en que anota más de 30 puntos en play-off; en “las manos más grandes de la asociación” dio diez años solo otros dos jugadores han logrado otra demostración de basketball en el Oracle esto, Kobe Bryant y LeBron James. Igualmente Arena y promedió un doble-doble con 36 pun- batió el récord de tiros libres sin fallar, al ences- tos y 12 rebotes para plasmar la victoria de To- tar 16 de 16 intentos. ronto 105-92 y delegar la responsabilidad de la Por los Warriors, las buenas actuaciones de remontada a Golden State. Precisamente, solo los Splash Brothers y los triples de André Igou- un equipo logró remontar un 1-3 adverso en una dala, quien se posicionó en el número 15 entre final y fueron los Cleveland Cavaliers de LeBron los mejores triplistas de las finales con 31, hi- James en 2016 ante los propios guerreros de la cieron que luego del tercer cuarto la balanza se Bahía de Oakland. decantara para el lado de la Bahía de Oakland. Juego 5: Durant por unos minutos Juego 3: Los 47 puntos de Curry no pasaron Para los Warriors, el quinto juego llegó con a más una buena noticia, Kevin Durant, a pesar de no El tercer juego devino en la segunda victo- estar 100% recuperado, jugó el partido decisi- ria para Toronto, quienes se abrazaron a los 30 vo en el norte; pero la alegría solo duró hasta el Kawhi Stephen Leonard Curry 28,5 PPJ 30,5 PPJ El camerunés Pascal Siakam es el séptimo jugador en la historia de las finales en marcar 30 puntos con el 4,5 APJ 6,0 APJ 80% de efectividad. FOTO: sportball.es 9,8 RPJ 5,2 RPJ 3 CONTENIDO segundo cuarto, pues el MVP de las finales en pues anteriormente lo consiguió con San An- 2017 y 2018 se resintió de su lesión, dejando tonio Spurs.
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