The pistons have to surrender to Oklahoma – Detroit would have moved into the playoffs prematurely with a win.
Basketball team captain Dennis Schröder has missed the early move into the NBA playoffs with his Detroit Pistons.
Without the I Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser and Ron Holland II closed after the sensational brawl against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Schröder had to admit defeat in the German duel with Isaiah Hartenstein and Oklahoma City Thunder 103: 119.
Detroit Pistons not yet safe in NBA playoffs
With a win, Detroit would have moved back into the playoffs for the first time since 2019, but the team from the “Motor City” still has six main rounds.
Schröder was the longest of all players on the floor in the starting line -up and with a total of 39 minutes, the Point Guard came up to 15 points, seven assists and four rebounds.
Hartenstein celebrated the eleventh win one after the other with OKC. From the bank, the 26-year-old contributed five points, six assists and eight rebounds to success. Oklahoma remains the best team in the NBA with 64:12 victories. Detroit is fifth in the east after two defeats in a row.
Jokic is missing nuggets
After his gala performance with 61 points against Minnesota on Wednesday, MVP Nikola Jokic was missing his Denver Nuggets. The Serb, which played for 53 minutes and had scored the third triple double with 60 or more points in the NBA story, exposed to ankle problems. Without the top star, the Nuggets lost 106: 113 at the San Antonio Spurs.
Thanks to Anthony Davis, the Dallas Mavericks won an important victory in the fight for the qualification for the Play-in tournament. The star player scored the decisive two points 3.4 seconds before the end at 120: 118 against the Atlanta Hawks – despite a cut over the right eye, which he had contracted at the end of the first quarter.