Jakob Pöltl achieved a personal best in points in the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Saturday (local time). The 29-year-old center from Vienna scored 35 points in the Toronto Raptors’ 123:126 draw against the Boston Celtics. There were also twelve rebounds for the seventh double-double of the season. A steal in 37:14 minutes on the floor rounded off the statistics.
Another new record for the local NBA pioneer was 16 hits from the field. Only three of Pöltl’s throws did not find their target on Saturday at the TD Garden. In addition to the center, RJ Barrett also shone in the Raptors’ uniform, scoring double figures for the first time in his career with 25 points, ten rebounds and 15 assists.
The fact that the Canadians suffered their seventh defeat in a row and their eighth abroad was ultimately due to Jayson Tatum. The forward scored the final score from distance with the final siren of extra time. He scored 24 points for the defending champions, while Jaylen Brown scored 27.
Despite Pöltl’s recent top performance, Toronto is the only one of the 30 NBA teams to remain winless away from home and has a 2:12 record overall. The next chance for success is on Monday against the Indiana Pacers with former Raptors player Pascal Siakam.
Pöltl’s statistics were subsequently corrected in the duel with the Detroit Pistons on Friday. The center got 18 (not 19) rebounds, ten (not eleven) of which were on offense. These were the second-best values for the center in the NBA.
The Los Angeles Lakers struggled to a 104-99 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. Anthony Davis scored 31 points and 14 rebounds. LeBron James scored 21 points. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the San Antonio Spurs, who were without young star Victor Wembanyama (knee bruise), 110:93. Kyrie Irving and Daniel Gafford each scored 22 points for the Mavs.
