The Los Angeles Lakers with national player Dennis Schröder are on the playoff course in the NBA. For Dallas, on the other hand, things will get tight after the next bankruptcy.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Chicago Bulls 121-110 on Wednesday evening (03/29/2023, local time) and celebrated an important victory in the fight for playoff tickets in the NBA. Match winner for the Lakers was Anthony Davis with 38 points and ten rebounds, LeBron James had 25 points. National team captain Dennis Schröder contributed 8 points to the win.
Lakers widen lead over Mavericks
With the win, the Lakers, eighth in the Western Conference with 38 wins and 38 losses, increased their cushion over the Dallas Mavericks, who are noticeably running out of air in the home stretch of the regular season. The Mavs lost 108-116 to the Philadelphia 76ers, their fifth loss in the past six games.
The Mavericks were 12 points up at one point, but were unable to counter the Sixers, who had already qualified for the finals, in the closing minutes. National player Maxi Kleber recorded five points and two rebounds, the most successful throwers for the Texans were top stars Luka Doncic (24 points) and Kyrie Irving (23). The top scorer of the game was MVP candidate Joel Embiid with 25 points.
In the Western Conference table, Dallas lost further ground in eleventh place with 37 wins and 40 losses with five games left. The top six of each conference are directly in the first playoff round, the teams in places seven to ten play in the play-in tournament to play the last two tickets.
The New York Knicks are still on course to qualify for the playoffs. After beating the Miami Heat 101-92, the Knicks are in the top six in the Eastern Conference. Isiah Hartenstein had six points and nine rebounds with the New Yorkers.