Franz Wagner suffered his third defeat in the NBA with the Orlando Magic. The Philadelphia 76ers are also not moving, despite a strong performance from superstar Joel Embiid. Luka Doncic shone with the Dallas Mavericks.
EM bronze medalist Franz Wagner must with the Orlando Magic still waiting for the first win of the new NBA season after three games. The Magic lost on Saturday evening (October 22nd, 2022, local time) at home to last year’s finalists Boston Celtics with 120:126.
It was allowed Orlando hope for the first win in a game that has been balanced for a long time, but Boston’s top scorer Jayson Tatum (40 points) crowned the decisive 10:2 run for the Celtics in the final phase. Franz Wagner came to 18 points, his brother Moritz Wagner has to wait for his season debut due to injury.
Embiid with 40 points, Harden weakens
Even those that started with great ambitions Philadelphia 76ers remain without a win in the young season. The title contender suffered a surprising 105-114 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Also 40 points from Joel Embid weren’t enough for them in the end sixersalso because the other superstar James Harden of the Spurs successfully removed from the game: Harden hit just 4 of 17 attempts from the field, staying at 12 points.
“Above all, we need to work better together defensively“said Embiid at ESPN. “We still have a fairly new team, it will take a while before we are on the same page. But we will get there.“
Doncic leads Mavs to home win
Both Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic has taken over the direction again after a disappointing European Championship. In a clear 137:96 win against the Memphis Grizzlies the Slovenian national player shone with 32 points – and also decided the duel between the playmakers memphis-juvenile starling Yes Morant for themselves. In the first quarter alone, Doncic scored 21 points. With that he led Dallas-Superstar his team to 39:17 after the first twelve minutes of the game, in the end there was the first win of the season after the false start against the Phoenix Suns (105:107).
Doncic hit four threes throughout the game, as a team they converted Mavs 17 long-range throws from the outside. National player Maxi Kleber scored nine points and eight rebounds.
Antetokounmpo with 44 points for Milwaukee
Giannis Antetokounmpo also plays in the Milwaukee Bucks schpn big up again. Of the Greek freak led the bucks with 44 points to the 125:105 home win over the Houston Rockets.