By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The German national team suffered a tough loss to Bulgaria a few days ago on the road to FIBA EuroBasket 2025, and one of the reasons why the reigning World Cup champions weren’t successful relies on the lack of its NBA superstars.
In the latest NBA night, three huge assets for Gordon Herbert’s team clashed, as the Wagner brothers got the 108-81 win for the Orlando Magic over the Brooklyn Nets and Germany’s golden MVP in the World Cup, Dennis Schroder.
Franz Wagner had another smooth performance, scoring 21 points over 8/11 from the field with 5 rebounds and 5 assists. “I thought it was an important game for us, knowing how the last two games went against them. I was pretty happy with how everybody came out focused for the whole game”, he commented after the win.
His brother Moritz added 16 points and 5 boards off the bench. The former Toronto Raptors playmaker, who joined the team midway through the season, had 15 points in the defeat.
“You could feel our energy the whole game. We’ve had a couple of games already this season where we kind of let it slip in that third, so it was great the way we came out at halftime”, Franz Wagner added.
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NBA Results of the night
Cleveland Cavaliers – Dallas Mavericks 121-119 (Doncic 45 p, 13 r)
Orlando Magic – Brooklyn Nets 108-81 (Bitadze 3 p)
Washington Wizards – Golden State Warriors 112-123 (Saric 5 p)
Atlanta Hawks – Utah Jazz 124-97 (Markkanen 11 p, 4 r; Capela 9 p, 13 r; Bogdan Bogdanovic 19 p)
Boston Celtics – Philadelphia 76ers 117-99 (Porzingis 23 p, 12 r)
New York Knicks – New Orleans Pelicans 92-115 (Valanciunas 7 p, 9 r; Bojan Bogdanovic 20 p, 4 r, 5 a)
Minnesota Timberwolves – San Antonio Spurs 114-105 (Wembanyama 17 p, 13 r, 5 a; Osman 10 p; Gobert 13 p, 17 r)
Chicago Bulls – Detroit Pistons 95-105 (Fontecchio 17 p; Vucevic 25 p, 10 r)
Milwaukee Bucks – Charlotte Hornets 123-85 (Antetokounmpo 24 p, 8 r; Gallinari 8 p; Bertans 12 p)
Oklahoma City Thunder – Houston Rockets 112-95 (Sengun 23 p, 11 r, 6 a)
Portland Trail Blazers – Miami Heat 96-106 (Jovic 8 p)
Standings
Eastern Conference
1. Boston Celtics 46-12
2. Cleveland Cavaliers 38-19
3. Milwaukee Bucks 38-21
4. New York Knicks 35-24
5. Miami Heat 33-25
6. Philadelphia 76ers 33-25
7. Indiana Pacers 33-26
8. Orlando Magic 33-26
9. Chicago Bulls 27-31
10. Atlanta Hawks 26-32
11. Brooklyn Nets 22-36
12. Toronto Raptors 22-36
13. Charlotte Hornets 15-43
14. Washington Wizards 9-49
15. Detroit Pistons 9-49
Western Conference
1. Minnesota Timberwolves 41-17
2. Oklahoma City Thunder 41-17
3. Denver Nuggets 39-19
4. Los Angeles Clippers 37-19
5. New Orleans Pelicans 35-24
6. Phoenix Suns 34-24
7. Sacramento Kings 33-24
8. Dallas Mavericks 33-25
9. Golden State Warriors 30-27
10. Los Angeles Lakers 31-28
11. Utah Jazz 27-32
12. Houston Rockets 25-33
13. Memphis Grizzlies 20-38
14. Portland Trail Blazers 15-42
15. San Antonio Spurs 11-48
– Teams ranking first through sixth advance directly to the Playoffs
– Teams ranking seventh through tenth compete in the Play-Ins
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