The Denver Nuggets maintained their lead in the Western Conference with their eighth win in a row. For Dennis Schröder and the Lakers, however, there was an unnecessary defeat. The NBA on Thursday morning.
Dennis Schröder criticized the lack of consistency after his Lakers went bankrupt.
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In the close race for the top spot in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets scored their eighth win in a row against the Minnesota Timberwolves. With the 122:118 success, the team around top star Nikola Jokic kept the Memphis Grizzlies just behind them on Wednesday evening (local time). They had previously clinched their eleventh win in a row with the 115:114 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and thus set their own team record. Jokic had scored 31 points for the Nuggets, Ja Morant contributed 24 points in the Grizzlies’ win.
LeBron James can’t avert Lakers bankruptcy
There were defeats for the two German basketball professionals active in the league on Wednesday. Isaiah Hartenstein and the New York Knicks conceded a 105:116 against the Washington Wizards. National team captain Dennis Schröder and the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Sacramento Kings 111:116. LeBron James had the next strong performance in this game and came up with 32 points. Schröder ended the evening with five points.
“We could definitely have won that, but we weren’t consistent enough,” Schröder told the German Press Agency. He put the Lakers back in front for the first time in the second half with the 99-98 basket. “They’re in fourth or fifth place, it’s a good team. You have to be consistent. In the end we didn’t move the ball that well and that’s why we lost.”
