For the first time since 2018/19, Detroit has been in the playoffs. Shortly before the end of the main round there is a defeat for Schröder and Co.
With the Detroit Pistons, Dennis Schröder has a defeat after the fixed move into the play-offs. The German basketball world champion with his team lost 103: 109 against the Memphis Grizzlies and thereby slipped behind the Milwaukee Bucks, which was now also qualified for the Playoffs, to sixth place on the Eastern Conference.
The Bucks also loosened their ticket thanks to a triple doubl from superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo with a 121:115 against Miami Heat.
The Schröder, which was only moved to Detroit, made ten points in 30 minutes, on the other hand, Desmond Bane towered with 38 points for the grizzlies.
In the east, the participants in the playoffs with Cleveland, Boston, the New York Knicks, Indiana and Milwaukee and Detroit are already stuck. For the first time since the 2018/19 season, the pistons are there in the decisive phase.
Behind it are Orlando Magic around world champion Franz Wagner, Atlanta, Chicago and Miami in the Play-in tournament.
The race for participation in playoff in the west is even more open. Behind the already qualified Oklahoma City Thunder around Isaiah Hartenstein and Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers, Denver, the Golden State Warriors, Memphis, Minnesota and the Los Angeles Clipper are fighting for the four remaining direct places.