Hamburg – Next exclamation point from Franz Wagner: The Berlin basketball player has led the Orlando Magic to their seventh win of the season in the North American professional league NBA. At 104:98 with the Atlanta Hawks, Wagner scored 25 points and was the best pitcher on his team. There were also four rebounds and two blocks.
Orlando still sits second to bottom in the Eastern Conference after 25 losses. Wagner’s brother Moritz is still in the Corona protocol and was not used accordingly.
Dennis Schröder was given around 18 minutes of play in the 111-101 victory of the Boston Celtics against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but acted unluckily and only scored three points. Daniel Theis was only on the bench in the 106:126 defeat of the Houston Rockets by defending champion Milwaukee Bucks. Isaiah Hartenstein was absent from the Los Angeles Clippers’ 105-89 win over the Sacramento Kings with an ankle problem.
The Toronto Raptors’ game against the Chicago Bulls was canceled at short notice. The Canadians, for whom national player Isaac Bonga also plays, are currently severely affected by Corona, like a number of other teams, and no longer had enough ready-to-play players available.