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The captain of the German national team loses his team again. The next home game will increase on Sunday.
Basketball world champion Dennis Schröder has come to fall behind with the Detroit Pistons in the NBA playoffs.
The team around the captain of the German national team lost in game three of the best-of-Seven series against the New York Knicks at home with 116: 118 and thus fell 1: 2 behind.
Dennis Schröder (left) loses Detroit game three
As already in game two, Schröders showed an extremely strong game. He put 18 points from the bank. In total, Schröder was in the field for almost 30 minutes and convinced again in a competitive game with his extremely efficient game.
The Point Guard had renewed outstanding litter rates. Schröder met six of his nine litters from the field (66.7 percent) and again strongly from the triple line (4/6). He also grabbed five rebounds.
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However, Detroit was not enough to win the strong Schröder game, also because the Knicks, who had already won game one of the series, opened the duo from Jalen Brunson (30 points) and Karl-Anthony Towns (31 points).
In addition, the Pistons were annoyed by a controversial referee decision in the final seconds. At 116: 113 for the Knicks, the team from New York had a throw -in 5.8 seconds before the end. Mikal Bridges threw the ball from the opposing half to Jalen Brunson, who wanted to take the ball in his own half.
Problem: The Point Guard grabbed the ball too early, probably led it when his feet were still in the opposing half and dribbled back into his own half over the center line. However, the referees overlooked the actual offense of the second leg and let the game continue. Instead of another possession of the ball for the pistons, Brunson was fouled and converted a free throw to the decision.
Piston’s coach JB Bickerstaff then complained with Schröder loudly at the referee, but without success. The decision remained and the pistons lost the competitive game in a dramatic way.
Schröder and Co. are already under pressure in game four, which will take place again in Detroit on Sunday (7 p.m. CEST).
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