Davies writes NBA history World champion Schröder leads Nets to surprise victory
March 11, 2024, 6:56 a.m
Dennis Schröder scores an important victory in the NBA playoff race with the Brooklyn Nets. Franz and Moritz Wagner, however, suffered a home defeat against a direct competitor with Orlando. The Clippers narrowly lose without two superstars.
World champion Dennis Schröder achieved an important success in the NBA playoff race with the Brooklyn Nets. The team from New York surprisingly won 120:101 (52:51) over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were in second place in the Eastern Conference before the game day, but this time had to compete with a weakened substitute. With their 26th win of the season, the Nets have reduced their gap to tenth place, which qualifies for the playoff pre-qualification, to three wins.
Schröder scored 17 points, hitting seven of his eleven throw attempts from the field and dishing out eight assists, the most of any player. The Nets dominated the third quarter with a 44:29 lead and opened up a 16-point difference. “It started in defense. We stopped our opponents again and again, played quickly and hit our shots,” said Schröder about the third round.
The brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner suffered a bitter 97:111 (50:47) home defeat against the Indiana Pacers with the Orlando Magic. Although the Magic remain fifth and are aiming for secure playoff qualification, the Pacers in seventh place are breathing down their necks with one less win to their name. Franz Wagner remained below his season average with 13 points, Moritz Wagner had nine points.
Damn few points for the Knicks
Daniel Theis also suffered a home defeat with the Los Angeles Clippers, losing 117:124 (52:59) to the Milwaukee Bucks. The hosts did not have their two star players Paul George and Kawhi Leonard available; on the other hand, Damian Lillard led the Bucks to victory with 16 of his 35 points in the final quarter. Theis didn’t get past two points.
Relatively few points were also scored in the duel between the New York Knicks around German basketball player Isaiah Hartenstein and the Philadelphia 76ers. Both teams scored a total of 152 points, the last time fewer points were scored in an NBA game was in January 2016. The Knicks were defeated 73:79 (31:37). Hartenstein only scored three points, but grabbed ten rebounds.
Anthony Davis wrote a small piece of NBA history in his Los Angeles Lakers’ 120:109 defeat of the Minnesota Timberwolves with an outstanding return of 27 points, 25 rebounds and seven steals. Never before had a player achieved at least 25 points, 25 rebounds and five steals in an NBA game.
2024-03-11 05:56:00
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