The German professional Franz Wagner once again plays a leading role at Orlando. Giannis Antetocounmpo also overrides and creates historical numbers.
Basketball world champion Franz Wagner led the Orlando Magic in the final sprint of the regular season in the NBA to the second victory one after the other. The 23-year-old contributed 27 points to the Washington Wizards at 109: 97 and was the second best thrower of his team behind his congenial partner Paolo Banchero (33). As already two days earlier, the Munich Tristan da Silva was not used in the success of the San Antonio Spurs (116: 105).
“That was very important,” said Wagner, who was the only European for the sportsmanship award of the North American professional league the day before: “In this phase of the season we want to achieve the best possible place for play-in or play-offs. That was a good team victory, but we can play much better, we still have a lot of work ahead of us”. Banchero raved about the interaction with Wagner. “We make it possible for us to be ourselves. We push ourselves and try to get better and better,” said the 22-year-old.
Due to the success, Orlando in the Eastern Conference with 38 wins and 40 defeats remains seventh in front of the Atlanta Hawks (36:40). The chances of the direct qualification for the play-off round of ultimate are bad with four outstanding main round games, but the Magic tickets already have sure.
Giannis puts historical numbers
The Milwaukee Bucks (42:34) improved to fifth in the Eastern Conference thanks to superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. According to Espn, the Greek in the 126: 113 against the Philadelphia 76ers came 35 points, 17 rebounds and 20 assists in the history of the NBA. As a third player in the history of the Bucks, he achieved at least 20 assists in one game, so he also set up a career high value for himself.
In the current season, only Nikola Jokic and Trae Young had managed at least 20 assists in one game. Due to the violation of Damian Lillard, Antetokounmpo currently has to act more than usual as a ball distributor. “Giannis has to think more like a point forward,” said assistant coach Darvin Ham: “And so he is already built. So it is not a big challenge for him.”