Los Angeles (AP) – In the first game without their ankle injured superstar LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers lost the top game against the Phoenix Suns 94: 111 in the NBA.
Without James, who will be out for an indefinite period, and Anthony Davis, who had been missing for a long time, national player Dennis Schröder had more responsibility in the game than ever since he switched to the defending champion and tried his best. 100 days after his first game in the defending champion’s jersey, the 27-year-old was all over the field and scored 22 points. The Lakers didn’t take the lead once.
“If the two are not there, then of course I have to do much, much, much more. I accept the challenge,” said Schröder. “We have to change our game now. We have to play with more energy, be quicker on counter-attack and move the ball.”
Schröder’s former teammate Chris Paul from his time with the Oklahoma City Thunder came up with a triple double from double-digit values for points, assists and rebounds and exceeded the mark of 10,000 career assists in the game. Only five players have done that in the NBA before him.
Maxi Kleber celebrated with the Dallas Mavericks an unexpectedly clear success against the Portland Trail Blazers, who were recently unbeaten in three games. At 132: 92 the national player got eight points, seven rebounds and one template. Man of the game was once again his teammate Luka Doncic, who scored 37 points and converted 13 of his 19 throws.
The Boston Celtics took an important victory in the battle for the playoffs after three defeats and defeated the Orlando Magic 112: 96. National player Daniel Theis marked the best of his team with eleven rebounds and with 13 points and three assists he contributed to the important success for the Celtics, who are now in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
At the top in the east, the Philadelphia 76ers recorded victories at 101: 100 after overtime against the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets at 113: 106 against the Washington Wizards. Against the team around the national players Isaac Bonga and Moritz Wagner, Nets newcomer Blake Griffin made his debut and scored two points in just under 15 minutes. The next triple double from Wizards star Russell Westbrook was too little to prevent the eighth loss in the past ten games.
Isaiah Hartenstein also suffered a defeat with the Denver Nuggets, against the New Orleans Pelicans there was a 108: 113. The bankruptcy series of the Houston Rockets continues: The 112: 114 against the Oklahoma City Thunder was the 20th loss in a row.
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