The San Antonio Spurs started with a win in the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Monday in the first of two games in a row in the western United States. They won the Portland Trail Blazers after a strong final quarter with 125-104. Jakob Pöltl recorded eleven points, seven rebounds, three blocks and an assist in 21:32 minutes.
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For a long time it was a duel between equals that the teams fought at the Moda Center on the Willamette River. The Texans mostly had a slight advantage, before they took out the highest lead up to then at the beginning of the final section with 95:82 (38th min.). Pöltl had his hands in the game as a scorer as well as a rebounder. The Texans never gave up their lead and celebrated their sixth victory after a 38:22 in the last twelve minutes in the eighth away game of the season.
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Austria’s NBA pioneers scored double digits for the second time in a row and for the third time in the game year. The Texans’ best thrower, whose “reservists” were responsible for 59 points, was LaMarcus Aldridge with 22 points. Patty Mills and Rudy Gay, who, like Pöltl, came from the bank, achieved 21 each. On Wednesday, the Spurs will be guests at the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. In the final hit on the US holiday Martin Luther King Day, they celebrated a 115: 113 victory over defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
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The match winner for the Warriors was once again their captain Stephen Curry, who scored 26 points and also the ultimately victorious three-point 67 seconds before the end of the match at 115: 110. The guests from San Francisco got off to a catastrophic start as they were 19 points behind in the first quarter. Lakers top scorer was the German Dennis Schröder with 25 points, while the superstars LeBron James (19) and Anthony Davis (17) disappointed.
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In Monday’s second top game, the Brooklyn Nets prevailed in their home game against the Milwaukee Bucks 125: 123. James Harden, who had just moved from the Houston Rockets to New York in a spectacular move last week, scored 34 points and twelve assists for the hosts. For the Bucks, who lost again for the first time after four wins en suite, the two-time “MVP” Giannis Antetokounmpo also scored 34 points.
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Bisherige NBA-Ergebnisse vom Montag: Portland Trail Blazers – San Antonio Spurs (11 Punkte, 7 Rebounds, drei Blocks in 21:32 Minuten von Jakob Pöltl) 104:125, New York Knicks – Orlando Magic 91:84, Atlanta Hawks – Minnesota Timberwolves 108:97, Miami Heat – Detroit Pistons 113:107, Memphis Grizzlies – Phoenix Suns 108:104, Brooklyn Nets – Milwaukee Bucks 125:123, Toronto Raptors – Dallas Mavericks 116:93, Chicago Bulls – Houston Rockets 125:120, Los Angeles Lakers – Golden State Warriors 113:115, Washington Wizards – Cleveland Cavaliers verschoben.
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