In Los Angeles you really have to worry: The Dallas Mavericks are further jeopardizing the Lakers’ play-off participation.
34 points again: Luka Doncic.
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The situation of the Lakers is getting worse game by game these days. Tuesday night, the record champions, who played without the ailing LeBron James, had to accept the next defeat – Luka Doncic stood out at 123:110 with a triple-double (34/12/12). As a result, the Lakers (31:44 balance sheet) slipped from tenth place – the last one still eligible for the play-in games.
The champion of 2020 is struggling, the champion of 2021 is doing better: The Milwaukee Bucks beat Philadelphia 118:116 and are on the verge of a safe play-off ticket, even first place in the East is still there. In the duel between the superstars, Giannis Antetokounmpo (40 points, 14 rebounds) was ahead of James Harden (32 points, nine assists) – “The Beard” awarded the potential “Game Winner” as did co-star Joel Embiid, who was blocked by the “Greek Freak” one second before the end.
Meanwhile, Harden’s ex-Brooklyn team, currently eighth, celebrated an important victory against the Detroit Pistons. Exceptional Kevin Durant excelled at 130:123 and left nothing to burn with 41 points and eleven rebounds.
