With a 113: 104 at the Sacramento Kings, the San Antonio Spurs ended their most recent negative run in the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday (local time). Jakob Pöltl contributed a double-double for the 14th time in the season to his first win after five defeats. In addition to eleven points and ten rebounds, the 25-year-old center from Vienna also recorded four assists and four blocks as well as a steal in 35:00 minutes.
With six remaining games, the Texans head towards play-in, the qualifying games with the four teams in ranks seven to ten per conference after the regular round, in which two play-off places are awarded. The Spurs, currently tenth in the West, hold 32:34 wins, the New Orleans Pelicans (30:37) and Sacramento (29:38) are their pursuers.
Pöltl and colleagues recorded the important victory at the Kings in the finish after the Californians had come up to 102: 103 2:37 minutes before the final siren. “They had advantages when it came to the outside throws, but overall we played a very good game and played well in the last two minutes,” said the local NBA pioneer. DeMar DeRozan was once again the top scorer for San Antonio with 25 points.
In the last six games up to the end of the regular NBA season, the Spurs will only meet teams that are better placed in the tables in the west and east. Already on Saturday (today) they will be guests of the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Oregon franchise beat the Los Angeles Lakers 106: 101 on Friday. Portland took sixth place in the Western Conference and overtook the defending champion, who lost his direct play-off spot. Damian Lillard scored 38 points for the Trail Blazers. At the Lakers, Anthony Davis held against it with 36 points and twelve rebounds. LeBron James was still absent with an ankle injury.
The Philadelphia 76ers celebrated their seventh win in a row with 109: 107 against New Orleans. You are a sovereign leader in the east. In the west, leaders Utah Jazz (127: 120 with 48 points from Bojan Bogdanovic against the Denver Nuggets) and the first pursuer Phoenix Suns (128: 105 against the New York Knicks) remained successful. The two teams are only separated by one victory.
Friday’s NBA results:
Sacramento Kings – San Antonio Spurs (11 Punkte, 10 Rebounds, je 4 Assists und Blocks in 35:00 Minuten von Jakob Pöltl) 104:113, Philadelphia 76ers – New Orleans Pelicans 109:107, Chicago Bulls – Boston Celtics 121:99, Charlotte Hornets – Orlando Magic 122:112, Miami Heat – Minnesota Timberwolves 121:112, Milwaukee Bucks – Houston Rockets 141:133, Dallas Mavericks – Cleveland Cavaliers 110:90, Utah Jazz – Denver Nuggets 127:120, Phoenix Suns – New York Knicks 128:105, Portland Trail Blazers – Los Angels Lakers 106:101.
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