Basketball – Lakers keep their nerve with Schröder in the extension – sport

Los Angeles (AP) – National basketball player Dennis Schröder has also won the third reunion with his former club Oklahoma City Thunder in the North American professional league.

Schröder retained the upper hand with the Los Angeles Lakers with 114: 113 after extra time. Thanks to the 20th success of the season, the NBA champions draw level after victories with the Utah Jazz, who lead the table in the west.

The Lakers had big problems in the first quarter and were behind 23:37. Star player LeBron James saved Los Angeles in the third extension in a row. There Wesley Matthews turned the decisive throw. Schröder got 19 points.

The Dallas Mavericks’ upward trend continues. The team with Maximilian Kleber from Würzburg, who scored six points, beat the Atlanta Hawks 108: 107 in front of 1000 vaccinated spectators. Before the start of the game, the US anthem was played in Dallas for the first time this season. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had only announced a day ago that he would do without it.

Four places ahead of Dallas are the Denver Nuggets in seventh place in the Western Conference. They defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers by 133-95, ending a series of three consecutive defeats. National player Isaiah Hartenstein scored four points in just under eight minutes.

In addition, the Washington Wizards received another setback in the 115: 137 defeat by the Toronto Raptors. Moritz Wagner and Isaac Bonga were not used in the 16th loss of the season for the club from the capital.

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