Dennis Schröder consolidates the good position with Detroit, and a teammate from Isaiah Hartenstein shines in the OKC victory against Houston.
Basketball world champion Dennis Schröder with the Detroit Pistons in the NBA is still fully on course for direct play-off qualification. Detroit won 134: 106 at the Utah Jazz and celebrated the tenth victory in the eleventh game since Schröder’s change.
A ticket for the Postseason is the sixth in the east. Schröder, most recently successful against his ex-team Brooklyn Nets, scored seven points, three rebounds and four assists against the club, which had quickly passed him on to the pistons during the past change period. Top scorer for Detroit was Cade Cunningham with 29 points.
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Meanwhile, Isaiah Hartenstein celebrated the fourth success in series with Oklahoma City Thunder. The 137: 128 against the Houston Rockets was also the 50th victory of the season for the leader of the Western Conference.
While Hartenstein posted eight points, five rebounds and six assists, his team-mate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could not be stopped. The man of the evening scored 51 points, 20 of them in the first quarter alone.
It is not going well for the Dallas Mavericks. In the 98: 112 bankruptcy against the Sacramento Kings, Kyrie Irving was injured in the first quarter on the left knee and could no longer participate. For the Mavs it was the fourth defeat in the recent five games.