The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA’s third Paris Game. In the Bercy Arena, the Cavs defeated the Brooklyn Nets 111:102 (54:34) in a regular season match.
Donovan Mitchell scored a personal season best of 45 points in front of 15,887 spectators in Paris-Bercy. The Cavaliers dominated the game from the start, and when the Nets came back in the fourth quarter, Mitchell responded with 21 points in the final period alone.
Götze and Co.: Meet the celebrities
The NBA repeatedly plays regular season games outside of North America; after 2020 and 2023, a game took place in Paris for the third time. This time, sports and music stars such as David Beckham, Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé and Pharell Williams followed the game on site. Bundesliga star Mario Götze from Eintracht Frankfurt also sat close to the edge of the pitch in a row with the French rapper Tiakola.
Old star and current soccer star: Kylian Mbappé and Ronaldo meet at basketball in Paris
Milwaukee Bucks with highest win of the season
The Milwaukee Bucks dominated the top game against the Boston Celtics with 135:102 (75:38) and thus achieved their biggest win of the season. The second-place team in the Eastern Conference pulled away from the leaders with a 25-0 run to make it 56:25 after 17 minutes, with superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis scoring 20 points in a row for Milwaukee.
Hartenstein’s winning streak ends
Isaiah Hartenstein and the New York Knicks had to admit defeat to the Dallas Mavericks with 124:128 (55:74). After five wins in a row, the Knicks left the floor as losers for the first time. The Mavericks were missing superstar Luka Doncic injured, but Kyrie Irving stepped in with 44 points, and Josh Green hit the decisive three-pointer 27 seconds before the end of the game to give Dallas a 124:120 lead. Hartenstein had eight points and 15 rebounds.