Cologne (SID) – National basketball player Dennis Schröder led the Boston Celtics to a win after extra time against Orlando Magic with Franz Wagner on his return to the team. At 116: 111, he scored eight of 16 points for the hosts in overtime, in his first game since December 22nd he had a total of 21 points and seven assists. The outstanding player had previously been Jaylen Brown: With 47 of his total of 50 points, he had saved Boston into overtime.
After a basket from Franz Wagner (14 points), Orlando had already led with 96:82 in a turbulent game 4:20 minutes before the end of regular time, before the Celtics started a chase thanks to Brown. Before that, Boston had been ahead with 13 points. “It’s not easy to win games in the NBA,” said Schröder, but towards the end of regular time he and his teammates had “run like hell”.
Schröder had missed the Celtics four games, the first two due to a disease not related to Corona. He went into quarantine on December 24th. He said after the game he had “not really” had symptoms of COVID-19. “On the first day I had a bit of a headache and a fever, but after that it was good.”
Josh Giddey set an NBA record in the loss of Oklahoma City Thunder to the Dallas Mavericks. The Thunder Guard scored 17 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds at 86:95, making him the youngest rookie in the league to triple-double at the age of 19 years and 84 days.
