After a stuttering start, the Dallas Mavericks land a win at the Knicks in the NBA. Dennis Schröder was missing from the Lakers win against Milwaukee for a happy reason.
After a 121:100 at the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, the basketball players of the Dallas Mavericks in the North American basketball professional league NBA have a balanced record again. The Texans were once again able to rely on Luka Doncic for their eleventh win of the season on Saturday (December 3, 2022). The Slovenian was the best thrower of the game with 30 points.
The German international Maxi Kleber scored 13 points and three rebounds for Dallas in just over 23 minutes, while Isaiah Hartenstein recorded two points and four rebounds for the Knicks.
Special leave for Schröder – Davies outstanding
The German national player and Lakers professional Schröder received a release from his club Los Angeles Lakers for the encounter against the Milwaukee Bucks. Schröder had become a father for the third time. Schröder’s wife Ellen gave birth to the child in the USA. “We are five now”wrote the 29-year-old from Braunschweig on Instagram on Friday evening German time.
Outstanding man on the Lakers side in Milwaukee Forward Anthony Davies with 44 points, ten rebounds and four assists. LA ace LeBron James had 28 points, eight rebounds and eleven assists. In his 20-year NBA career, James has now made 10,144 assists and surpassed Magic Johnson in sixth place on the all-time leaderboard. The Bucks’ Greek star Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Bankruptcy for Orlando and the Wagner brothers
For the brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner there was the Orlando Magic a 96:107 (47:54) defeat in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Moritz Wagner was in the starting lineup for the first time this season, he and his brother Franz Wagner both scored 16 points. The Magic couldn’t stop Cleveland’s top scorer, Donovan Mitchell, who had 16 of his final 34 points after nine minutes, scoring more than the entire Magic team at the time.
Heat shock the Celtics
the Miami Heat kidnapped an away win from the currently best team in the NBA, with a 120:116 (59:62) after overtime the Heat added the Boston Celtics only the second defeat from the past 16 games. Jimmy Butler was available for the Heat again after recovering from a knee injury and impressed with 25 points and 15 rebounds. Ten seconds before the end, Butler hit the game-winning throw.