In his second game after his injury, Franz Wagner showed his class. The German NBA star set a club record.
After an injury break of 20 games and a defeat in the first game after his return, the national basketball player led the team Orlando Magic to the 121:113 (54:53) home win over the Detroit Pistons. Wagner scored 25 points in the final section, setting the record Tracy McGrady of points in a quarter.
“That’s very cool, especially after my difficult start. But I remained confident and continued to play my game.”said Wagner. In total, the 23-year-old had 32 points and seven Assists and four rebounds. Tristan da Silva had five points. The Magic finished with the straight-up victory playoffs-Competitors continue their negative series of five defeats in a row, but remain in seventh place in the East behind the sixth-placed Pistons.
Kleber is injured in the Mavs bankruptcy, Schröder also loses
The Dallas Mavericks have the first game against them Boston Celtics After losing their duel in last year’s NBA finals, the runner-up suffered a 107:122 (49:59) defeat against the defending champion at home. The Mavericks had to do without their injured star Luka Doncic for the 16th time in a row, and Maxi Kleber was also injured. The national basketball player suffered a fracture in his right foot at the end of the third quarter. How long glue will last will be seen next week.
Dennis Schröder lost with the Golden State Warriors the home game against Los Angeles Lakers. In the 108:118 (58:59) defeat, Schröder started the game from the bench for the third time in a row and scored ten points. Warriors star Stephen Curry remained unsuccessful after the break and did not get beyond 13 points. Scored for the Lakers LeBron James (25 points and twelve assists) and Anthony Davis (36 points and 13 rebounds). Double double.
Daniel Theis moved with them New Orleans Pelicans away from the Charlotte Hornets came up short with 92:123 (45:63) and remained without points.
Pacers get revenge in Paris
The second duel between the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers in Paris went to the Pacers. Two days after San Antonio’s 140:110 win, Indiana prevailed similarly clearly with 136:98 (65:50).
While the exceptional French talent Victor Wembanyama In the Spurs’ ranks he couldn’t quite confirm his strong performance from the first game with 20 points and twelve rebounds, but the Pacers came up trumps Tyrese Haliburton on: The playmaker scored 16 of his 28 points within 160 seconds at the end of the third quarter.