They are also thanks to Franz Wagner Orlando Magic with a victory in the second edition of the NBACups started.
The team from Florida easily beat them 114:89 in front of their home crowd Charlotte Hornets and celebrated their third success in a row in the North American professional basketball league. Franz Wagner achieved a personal season best with 32 points. His eight rebounds and five assists were also team highs in the game.
Brother Moritz Wagner was also reliable once again, contributing 18 points. Rookie Tristan da Silva ended up with five points.
Mavericks lose without glue
Meanwhile, without Maximilian Kleber, they lost Dallas Mavericks their first tournament game at the Golden State Warriors just 117:120. While Stephen Curry once again stood out for the Warriors with 37 points, Luka Doncic scored 31 points for the Mavericks. However, the Slovenian had enormous problems from the three-point line, only two of his ten attempts ended up in the basket.
Kleber was in the squad after his injury break, but was not used.
Setback for Celtics
Meanwhile, Meister suffered a surprising setback Boston Celtics accept. Boston lost in their own stadium Atlanta Hawks with 116:117 and is already under pressure after the first tournament game to make it into the knockout round of the competition.
Second edition of the NBA Cup
The NBA Cup was held for the first time last year and is based on the cup competitions in European football. However, there will be a group phase at the beginning; the 30 NBA teams have been divided into six groups of five teams each. Each team plays once against each group opponent, two games take place at home and two away. Only the six group winners and the pro Conference The best runners-up in the group reach the quarter-finals.
The tournament is directly integrated into the regular NBA season; the results up to and including the semifinals are included in the statistics and balance sheets. The group phase will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays (local time) until the beginning of December. The two semi-finals and the final will take place in Las Vegas in mid-December. They are the defending champions Los Angeles Lakers.
