The winning streak of the Boston Celtics around national player Daniel Theis in the NBA is unexpectedly broken. The Celtics lost their home game against the New York Knicks 75-105 on Sunday. After that, Luka Doncic made history, but his Dallas Mavericks lost anyway.
Lifted off: Luka Doncic (# 77) shone, but couldn’t prevent the Mavs from losing.
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Doncic once again shone at the Dallas Mavericks with a triple-double – 36 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists were recorded for the Slovenian. For Doncic it was the 29th triple-double of his career, with which the 21-year-old already overtook Michael Jordan in the all-time best list and placed himself in 15th place – fittingly he did this in a duel with Jordan’s former club, the Chicago Bulls, which, however, scored the victory for themselves.
Doncic played an outstanding first half, outshone with 30 points (11/19 from the field, 6/9 in three-pointers), but that was not enough against the Bulls, who scored consistently, had clear advantages under the basket and with Lauri Markkanen (29 Points) and Garret Temple (21) also knew good-natured players in their ranks. Dallas lacked depth from the bench, which was also due to the fact that five players were missing from the rotation due to COVID-19. Chicago moved away in the second quarter (40:29), then led over the entire game, came in at the end to a 117: 101 victory and improved their own record to now 5: 8, the Mavs are 6: 6.
Celtics cash in fourth bankruptcy
Previously, the Boston Celtics’ streak of five consecutive wins had ended. Boston suffered the fourth bankruptcy of the season against New York. The Knicks had previously gone as a loser five times in a row. Theis did not play again from the start, but had the best value in his team with seven rebounds. He also got seven points and one template in just under 20 minutes on the pitch. The top scorer of the Celtics was Jaylen Brown with 25 points. At the Knicks, Julius Randle (20 points, 12 rebounds) and RJ Barrett (19, 11) stood out.
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