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Basketball – Schröder and Kleber convince in the NBA sport

Basketball, NBA: Despite another strong performance from national player Dennis Schröder, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered another setback. At the Sacramento Kings, the champions lost 120: 123 and thus conceded the second defeat in the North American professional league NBA in a row. Schröder shone with 28 points as the Lakers’ best thrower, plus he delivered nine assists. Maximilian Kleber, on the other hand, celebrated the third win in a row with the Dallas Mavericks by beating Oklahoma City Thunder 87:78. The 29-year-old, who had received the new belt for the best defender introduced at the club a few weeks ago, again contributed eight points and seven rebounds.

In the top game of the two front runners at the Conferences, the Philadelphia 76ers prevailed 131: 123 after extra time against the Utah Jazz. The outstanding player was once again Joel Embiid with 40 points and 19 rebounds. Superstar James Harden convinced the Brooklyn Nets on their return to his ex-club Houston Rockets with a triple-double, at 132: 114 he delivered 29 points, ten rebounds and 14 assists.

Football, RB Leipzig: The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 between FC Liverpool and RB Leipzig will also be played in Budapest. As expected, the European Football Union UEFA confirmed the Puskas Arena as the venue for the game on March 10th (9:00 p.m. / Sky) on Thursday. The relocation had become necessary because the RB professionals would have had to be in quarantine for two weeks after returning from England due to existing corona regulations. The first leg had already taken place in Budapest, on February 16 the English champions won 2-0. Both Leipzig and Liverpool had made very positive comments about Budapest as a venue after their first meeting. Jürgen Klopp’s club had nevertheless checked alternatives, but stadiums in Rotterdam and Udine were ultimately not available.

FC Bayern, Champions League: The Munich women opened the door to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on their exhausting trip to Kazakhstan. The Bundesliga leaders won the round of 16 first leg against series champion BIIK-Kasygurt 6: 1 (2: 0) and thus created a brilliant starting position for the second leg next Wednesday (6.15 p.m. / Sport1). Lineth Beerensteyn (10th) and Lea Schüller (27th) got the team of coach Jens Scheuer, which failed in the quarter-finals last year, on track in the first round. After the break, Linda Dallmann (47th / 90th, penalty kick), Hanna Glas (62nd) and Karolina Vilhjalmsdottir (67th) scored for the Munich women’s runaway victory. The home team only scored the consolation goal through Racheal Kundananji (81st).

Soccer, FC Bayern: Lothar Matthäus predicted a significant career for national player Joshua Kimmich. “For me, Kimmich is absolutely the model professional, and I still have a lot of confidence in him. He will go down in the history books – not only in that of FC Bayern, but in that of German football as a whole,” said Matthäus in the members’ magazine “51” of FC Bayern Munich. Kimmich (26) has been playing for the German record champions since 2015. Like in the national team, he is a leader there. Kimmich reminded him of himself on many points, said Matthäus.

“In terms of character, definitely. In terms of play, he may not have my dynamism, he is not one for these runs with the ball like I was. But he is world class in two positions, I never was. And he plays incredibly intelligent balls”, said the 59-year-old. Kimmich is one of his “absolute favorite players because he already takes on responsibility at a young age and speaks plain language off the field, which means that he puts himself under pressure from time to time, which I think is good.”

Soccer, Spain: FC Barcelona fought their way to the final of the Spanish Cup competition Copa del Rey. The team around the German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and Argentina’s superstar Lionel Messi won 3-0 (2-0, 1-0) at home on Wednesday evening after extra time against Sevilla FC. The Catalans made up for the 2-0 win in the first leg in Andalusia. After the early lead by former Bundesliga professional Ousmane Dembelé in the twelfth minute, the equalizer threatened in the 73rd minute. Ter Stegen saved the penalty from Seville’s Lucas Ocampos. It took until shortly before the end to get the important second goal. Only in the fourth minute of stoppage time was veteran Gerard Piqué on the spot. Shortly before, guest player Fernando had to leave the field after a yellow-red card. Barcelona took advantage of the majority early on at the start of extra time, when Martin Braithwaite, who was substituted in the 89th minute, made the decision 3-0. The second finalists will be determined this Thursday by UD Levante and Athletic Bilbao, who split 1-1 in the first leg.

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