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Kyrie Irving leads Nets to victory by 50 points
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: defeat for the Wagner brothers
The Wagner brothers just missed out on a surprise success in the North American basketball professional league NBA. With the Orlando Magic, the Berliners lost almost 99:102 against the Phoenix Suns. Bottom side Orlando had a narrow lead against the top team in the league two minutes before the end of the game, but ultimately had to admit defeat. Moritz Wagner contributed twelve points, his younger brother Franz had six points.
Isaiah Hartenstein and the Los Angeles Clippers were beaten away by the Golden State Warriors 97:112 (36:54). After five wins in a row, the Clippers have lost the last two games. Hartenstein had ten points, six rebounds and four assists.
Basketball: Kyrie Irving leads Nets to victory by 50 points
In the NBA, Kyrie Irving led the Brookyln Nets to their first win after four losses in the NBA with a personal best of the season. The basketball star scored 50 points in the 132:121 (69:43) away win against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday (local time).
Irving had 16 points in the final quarter alone and helped the Nets keep the Hornets at bay. In total, the point guard hit nine threes. “That was a master class,” said teammate Kevin Durant. Because of his missing corona vaccination, Irving is still not eligible to play at home games.
Ice hockey: Tim Stützle scored his 13th goal of the season in the Senators’ win
St. Louis (dpa) – The German ice hockey professional Tim Stützle triumphed in the 4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0) away win of his Ottawa Senators against the St. Louis Blues. On Tuesday (local time), the 20-year-old striker scored his 13th goal of the season in the North American professional league NHL and provided two assists. For the second time this season, Stützle was directly involved in three goals in one game.
Born in Viersen, he scored in the first third on the power play to take the lead 1-0. In the 2:1 in the second and 4:1 in the third part of the game, Stützle was there with an assist. The Senators celebrated their first win after five losses.
Nico Sturm also got off the ice successfully on Tuesday. With the Minnesota Wild he won at home against the New York Rangers 5-2 (2-0, 3-2, 0-0). After the guests equalized to make it 2-2 in the second third, the Wild added three goals within eight minutes.
Moritz Seider and Thomas Greiss suffered a clear 2:9 (1:3, 1:4, 0:2) home defeat against the Arizona Coyotes with the Detroit Red Wings. Goalie Greiss came into play for almost four minutes in the second period and had to reach behind him once. The second German NHL goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer had to admit defeat to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4:6 (1:2, 2:1, 1:3) with the Seattle Kraken away. Grubauer conceded a hat trick from Auston Matthews. The Maple Leafs attacker is now the NHL’s top scorer with 46 goals.
Football: Rodgers waves record contract in Green Bay – Wilson moves to Denver
Aaron Rodgers stays with the Green Bay Packers. According to consistent reports, the star quarterback will be extended by four years and become the highest-paid player in NFL history. And a blockbuster change is looming: Russel Wilson is going to Denver. Learn more here.
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