The New York Knicks with German center Isaiah Hartenstein are still going strong in the NBA. The Knicks won 119:112 at the Golden State Warriors on Monday evening (March 18, 2024/local time), thus completing their third away win in a row in the North American professional basketball league.
Overall, the Knicks have been undefeated in the NBA for four games. Hartenstein once again cleaned up under the basket and had 13 points and 10 rebounds. For the seventh time this season, the center achieved a double-double, i.e. double-digit scores in two categories.
The Knicks opened the game with an 8-0 run and never trailed once. After the Warriors had reduced the lead to 95:99 at the start of the fourth quarter, the guests didn’t allow any points for four and a half minutes and pulled away again. The Knicks remain fourth in the Eastern Conference and are clearly on course for the playoffs. The Warriors, in tenth place, are barely in the ranks for the play-ins, with three more wins than Houston in eleventh place.
Lakers with important win against Hawks
The Los Angeles Lakers around superstar LeBron James did their duty and clearly defeated the Atlanta Hawks 136:105 (73:59). The NBA record champions celebrated their third-highest success of the season. James scored 25 points, seven rebounds and ten assists. The Lakers’ best thrower was D’Angelo Russell with 27 points. The Lakers remain in ninth place in the West and are two wins behind sixth place, which means safe playoff qualification.
Nets can continue to hope
The defeat of the Hawks, who are in tenth place in the East, also helped the Brooklyn Nets with playmaker Dennis Schröder: The gap between the Nets, who are eleventh and have four wins less than Atlanta, has at least not increased as a result, tenth place means am At the end of the season, participation in the play-ins, in which two places for the playoffs are still being played.
Anthony Edwards with “Dunk of the Year”
Anthony Edwards provided the matchday scene. The Minnesota Timberwolves all-star sank a spectacular dunk from just behind the free throw line against John Collins, who was 13 centimeters taller, in the 114:104 win against the Utah Jazz. “Oh my God,” Edwards himself said after the game, “That was definitely the best dunk of my career.” There has already been talk of the “Dunk of the Year” on various US channels.
2024-03-19 07:01:09
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