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German NBA star Theis moves into the next play-off round
Dusseldorf While most Europeans are asleep, the North American professional leagues are buzzing. What Happened That Night in American Football, Basketball, and Ice Hockey.
Basketball: Theis and Boston early – Doncic towers over Dallas victory
National basketball player Daniel Theis has prematurely reached the second play-off round with the Boston Celtics in the North American professional league NBA. After a thriller in game four, the record champions prevailed 116:112 at the Brooklyn Nets and won the “best of seven” series 4:0. This was the revenge for the first round defeat from the previous season.
Superstar Jayson Tatum was the outstanding man on the field for long periods and collected 29 points for Boston, plus five assists. Theis had six points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes of play.
“We knew who we were up against, how talented they were, and we knew it was going to be a tough fight,” Tatum said. “Every game was back and forth and it was very tough.” In the second play -off round, Boston meets either the defending champions Milwaukee Bucks or the Chicago Bulls, who lead the Bucks 3-1.
Theis’ national team colleague Maximilian Kleber achieved an impressive success with the Dallas Mavericks thanks to top scorer Luka Doncic in game five against the Utah Jazz. The Mavs won easily 102:77 and lead the series 3:2, the Slovenian Doncic had 33 points (13 rebounds, five assists). Kleber focused on his defensive tasks and remained without a point (five rebounds).
In the third game, the Toronto Raptors scored their second win in a row at the Philadelphia 76ers and at the same time drew 2-3 in the playoff series. Scottie Barnes, who was recently voted the best “Rookie of the Year” of the NBA season, scored 12 points.
Ice hockey: Stanley Cup winner Tampa Bay Lightning as a guest in the White House
US President Joe Biden received the Tampa Bay Lightning ice hockey team at the White House on Monday. The team from the state of Florida had won the Stanley Cup, the championship in the top ice hockey league in the world, two years in a row, in 2020 and 2021. The team has won the NHL three times in its history.
Biden paid tribute to the team’s winning streak and emphasized that the two victories took place under very different conditions: in 2020 at the height of the corona pandemic without an audience and in 2021 on the home ice in front of their own fans.
The team brought a hockey stick and a jersey with Biden’s name and the number 46 when the president visited the government headquarters. Biden is the 46th President of the United States.
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