Kuwaiti grabs 3rd place in Taiwan
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24, (KUNA): Kuwait’s water ski team has clinched advanced places in the Taiwan’s Open Cup for Water Ski.
Kuwaiti skier Khaled Al-Awadhi grabbed the third place in the cable wakeboard competitions of the Asian international event, concluded on Sunday, Kuwait Sea Sport Club (KSSC) said in a statement Monday.
Also, Kuwaiti skier Sheikha Al-Nouri ranked fourth, while her fellow countrymen Abdullah Al-Amiri, in his first ever international participation, came fifth, and Ahmad Al-Aamer was the sixth, tit added.
The event saw a large participation by Asian countries, Bader Al-Juhaim, head of the Kuwaiti team, said, expressing satisfaction with his players’ performance and achievements in the tournament. themselves the teams to beat based on their past two seasons of success, Golden State with a record 73 wins last season and the Cavaliers making the best NBA Finals rally ever by winning the last three games.
“Our mindset going into this year is knowing that the hunter has now become the hunted,” Cavaliers forward Kevin Love said. “So we have to approach every game a lot like the last two years, knowing we’re going to get everybody’s best shot.”
James averaged 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.3 blocked shots and 2.6 steals a game, leading the NBA Finals in each category to earn unanimous NBA Finals MVP honors.
“We’re not satisfied with just winning one championship. We’re not satisfied with just being successful. We want to continue to get better,” James said.
James has played in seven NBA Finals and the past six in a row. He lost his first with Cleveland then split four with the Miami Heat. Upon returning to Cleveland he lost one more before the Cavaliers captured their first to give Cleveland a first sporting title in 52 years.
Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant waits during a timeout in the second half of the team’s pre-season NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct 21 in Oakland,
California. (AP)
“I came back to bring a championship to our city,” James said. “I knew what I was capable of doing. I knew I had the right ingredients and the right blueprint to help this franchise get to a place that we’ve never been. That’s what it was all about.”
On Tuesday, four-time NBA Most Valuable Player James will begin the quest to repeat as the Cavaliers open against the New York Knicks.
“It will not be easy, and it shouldn’t be easy,” James said. “In my 13-year career, so far nothing has been easy. So I look forward to the journey and the work that lies ahead.”
Other opening night games find Utah at Portland and San Antonio at Golden State, who