Shooting star Franz Wagner has ended the negative series in the NBA with Orlando Magic and got his first win in the sixth game of the season.
The team around the Berliner clearly won in the basketball professional league against the Charlotte Hornets with 113:93, Wagner (21) had 13 points and four assists.
Banchero with 21 points
The best pitcher at Orlando was Paolo Banchero, the top pick of this year’s draft posted a strong performance with 21 points, twelve rebounds and seven assists. With a 1:5 balance, the team from Florida is still last in the Eastern Conference.
Not a good evening for Hartenstein
Isaiah Hartenstein lost with the New York Knicks 108:119 at title candidate Milwaukee Bucks. The German center collected six points and eight rebounds. As so often, the top scorer for the Bucks was Greece’s superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo (30 points).
Meanwhile, the crisis in the Los Angeles Lakers continues to escalate. The record champions conceded their fifth defeat in the fifth game of the season, with the Minnesota Timberwolves it was a 102:111. No NBA team is worse off.
Coach Ham upset about many turnovers
Small consolation for LeBron James: The Lakers’ star player reached the 20-point mark for the 1135th time and replaced Karl Malone (1134) in the all-time NBA leaderboard as number one. James, who started his career with five bankruptcies for the first time, scored 28 points in Minneapolis.
Coach Darvin Ham criticized the ball losses: “If you can afford 22 turnovers and they make 25 points, it’s very difficult to win in this league.”