Bankruptcy in the world champion duel Schröder is increasingly losing sight of the playoffs
March 14, 2024, 6:45 a.m
Dennis Schröder has to get more and more comfortable with the idea of not being allowed to play with his Brooklyn Nets in the hot phase of the season. In the duel with the Orlando Magic and the Wagner brothers, Schröder’s team suffered a bitter setback.
Bitter setback in the world championship duel: Basketball champion Dennis Schröder and his Brooklyn Nets have suffered the next setback in the fight for a play-off participation in the NBA. The Nets lost to the Orlando Magic with Schröder’s national team colleagues Franz and Moritz Wagner 106:114 and are increasingly losing sight of the hot championship phase.
As a starter, Schröder scored 13 points and three assists. On the other side, Franz Wagner had 14 points and six assists, while Moritz Wagner contributed two points and one assist in his eleven minutes of playing time. The Nets missed the start and were already 16:33 behind after the first quarter. Orlando’s victory was never in danger. With a record of 26 wins and 40 defeats, Brooklyn is well behind Schröder’s former club Atlanta Hawks (29:36), who are currently in last place in the East for the play-in tournament. Orlando (38:28), fifth in the Eastern Conference, is still heading towards the play-offs.
Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks celebrated their next victory with Maximilian Kleber. While the German national player didn’t score any points in his short appearance in the 109:99 win against the Golden State Warriors, Kyrie Irving became the best scorer with 23 points. After seven triple-doubles in a row, superstar Luka Dončić had to be content with 21 points, nine assists and three rebounds this time. The Mavs rank eighth in the West with 38 wins and 28 losses. They are followed by the Los Angeles Lakers, who suffered a 107:120 defeat at the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. NBA icon LeBron James remained relatively inconspicuous for the Lakers with 18 points.
Meanwhile, defending champion Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 100:88 in the new edition of last year’s NBA Finals and thus took the top position in the West again – although two-time MVP Nikola Jokić only contributed twelve points this time.
2024-03-14 05:45:00
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