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Dennis Schröder (right) was the Lakers' best pitcher with 26 points
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The Los Angeles Lakers can still win.
In the 109:103 win at the Golden State Warriors, German international Dennis Schröder was honored as his team's best thrower.
The Braunschweiger came up with 26 points and thus made a significant contribution to the first success of the Lakers after the last three defeats.
In the last game, in the 106:115 defeat against Milwaukee, Schröder contributed 25 points.
Schröder's teammate and superstar LeBron James, who is suffering from an injury to his left ankle, was not on the floor again.
The team used the players D'Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley, who were only brought in in the past few days.
Mo Bamba and Vom Reed, on the other hand, have not yet played.
Russell started and had 15 points, Vanderbilt impressed with 12. Beasley, on the other hand, did not have a good evening, missing all six of his three-pointers and staying on four points.
Victory for Hartenstein, defeat for the Wagner brothers
The only other German winner in the games on Saturday night was Isaiah Hartenstein, who won 126-120 with the New York Knicks against Utah Jazz.
Hartenstein came up with six points and a strong 14 rebounds.
The Knicks are seventh in the Eastern Conference and are still in the running for the playoff spots.
On the other hand, the brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner suffered a home defeat.
With Orlando Magic, the team lost in the Florida duel to the Miami Heat with 103:107.
Franz Wagner came up with ten points, bank player Moritz contributed 14 points.
As 13th in the East, Orlando is one place behind the Indiana Pacers, who lost 113:127 at the Washington Wizards without international Daniel Theis.
Unfortunate premiere for Dončić and Irving
The Dallas Mavericks were able to play with Luka Dončić and new signing Kyrie Irving for the first time, but still lost 128:133 to the Sacramento Kings after overtime.
Irving recorded 28 points, Dončić had 27 points.
For the Kings, De'Aaron Fox was the most important player with 36 points.
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