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Dennis Schröder just missed the first triple double
Düsseldorf While most Europeans are asleep, the North American professional leagues are buzzing. What Happened That Night in American Football, Basketball, and Ice Hockey.
Ice Hockey: Schröder just missed the first triple double in the Rockets defeat
National basketball player Dennis Schröder has to wait in the North American professional league NBA for the first win after switching to the Houston Rockets. The Texans lost 98:99 against the Los Angeles Clippers and conceded their ninth bankruptcy in a row, the fifth with Schröder. The Rockets remain the worst team in the Western Conference with just 15 wins from 60 games.
With eleven points, ten assists and eight rebounds, the 28-year-old Schröder just missed the first triple double of his career, i.e. double-digit values in three of the four main statistics (including blocks). Apart from that, the ex-Braunschweiger, who wants to present himself for a lucrative new contract, did not have a good day and only hit four of his 15 throws from the field. Isaiah Hartenstein from the Clippers convinced with twelve points and four rebounds.
Basketball: Dallas Mavericks win in NBA thanks to brilliant comeback
The Dallas Mavericks have clinched an important victory in the North American basketball league NBA. The Mavericks won the Golden State Warriors on Sunday (local time) after catching up 107:101. At the beginning of the final quarter, the team with German international Maxi Kleber was still 14 points behind. Kleber did not have a good day, however. He only hit one of five two-point shots. The win cemented Dallas’ fifth place in the Western Conference, while the Warriors remain second.
There was a clear defeat for the Boston Celtics with Daniel Theis. The Celtics lost 107-128 to the Indiana Pacers. Theis scored five points and five rebounds in 15 minutes of play.
LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers also suffered a sensitive bankruptcy. At home, the Lakers lost 95:132 to the New Orleans Pelicans. With 32 points, James was not only the best pitcher of the game, but also responsible for almost a third of all Lakers points. That leaves him and his team in ninth place in the West, while the Pelicans closed the gap slightly in tenth.
Hockey: Seventh loss in a row for Grubauer and Seattle
The German NHL pros Leon Draisaitl and Philipp Grubauer suffered defeats with their teams in the North American ice hockey league. Goaltender Grubauer suffered a 3-1 loss with the Seattle Kraken at the San Jose Sharks on Sunday (local time). It was Seattle’s seventh defeat in Seroe. The visitors fired 40 shots at the Sharks’ goal, but the puck only found its way into the box once. Grubauer, on the other hand, conceded three goals in just 24 shots. The defeat keeps the Kraken in 15th place in the Western Conference, while San Jose, in 13th place, can still hope for a place in the playoffs.
Draisaitl also wants to go there with his Edmonton Oilers. However, the Oilers lost 2-1 to the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes. In a balanced game, the Hurricanes were already leading 2-0 after the first period. This mortgage was too big for the German ice hockey star, who remained without a shot on goal, and his team. The loss slipped Edmonton to ninth place in the Western Conference.
New eight are the Dallas Stars. The Stars won 4-2 against the Buffalo Sabers, who were without German youngster John-Jason Peterka. The Chicago Blackhawks lost 4-0 to the St. Louis Blues. Lukas Reichel was not in the Blackhawks squad.