Basketball, NBA: Good day for the German basketball players: Dennis Schröder led his Boston Celtics to victory, Franz Wagner shot the game for Orlando Magic and Maxi Kleber also celebrated another victory with the Dallas Mavericks. In the exciting 88:87 victory of the Celtics over the Philadelphia 76ers, Schröder pulled to the basket 37.1 seconds before the end and scored the decisive 88:84 lead. The national player had a total of 13 points and three assists. In Orlando, Franz Wagner was in focus at the 108: 103 against the Denver Nuggets. The strong rookie sank a 3-point throw 1:45 minutes before the end to make it 106: 103, it was the first lead for Magic in the game, which they never gave up. Orlando was at times behind with 16 points. “That was a good feeling, of course,” said Franz Wagner about the decisive scene. The 20-year-old had a total of 15 points, while his brother Moritz contributed twelve points from the bench in only Magic’s second home win this season.
The Dallas Mavericks of Maxi Kleber made it less exciting in the 139: 107 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Led by superstar Luka Doncic (28 points), the Texans hit 57 of 83 throws from the field, including 18 three-point throws. The hit rate of 68.7 means a franchise record, the previous high was 68.6 from 1983. In the Mavs, who had previously lost five of the last six games, Kleber scored five points. Isaiah Hartenstein, however, suffered a defeat with the Los Angeles Clippers at 115: 124 against the Sacramento Kings. Hartenstein made eleven points.
Tennis, Novak Djokovic: Four days after the preliminary round defeat against the German tennis men, world number one Novak Djokovic and the Serbian team made it to the semi-finals in the Davis Cup. In the quarter-finals in Madrid, Serbia defeated the Kazakh selection 2-1 on Wednesday evening. After his 6: 3, 6: 4 against Alexander Bublik, the 20-time Grand Slam tournament winner Djokovic also won the double alongside Nikola Cacic against Andrej Golubew / Alexander Nedowjesow 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3. The Kazakh Michail Kukuschkin had previously beaten Miomir Kecmanovic after more than three hours 7: 6 (7: 5), 4: 6, 7: 6 (11: 9) and put Serbia under pressure. In the semi-finals on Friday, the Serbian selection will meet Croatia. The German men’s team made it into the top four for the first time since 2007 thanks to a 2-1 win against Great Britain on Tuesday evening. The opponent for the semi-finals on Saturday will be determined on Thursday between the favored Russians and outsiders Sweden.
Bundesliga: With a view to the top game in the Bundesliga against Bayern Munich (6.30 p.m. / Sky), Borussia Dortmund no longer expects the 67,000 spectators planned until recently. Even before the decision by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia on the possible occupancy limit, BVB canceled the sale of the tickets. The Borussia announced on Wednesday.
“All 67,000 tickets available for the Bundesliga top game on the basis of the Corona Protection Ordinance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia had already been sold a few days ago,” said BVB to be expected in the coming days. ” Ticket buyers should get their money back. According to media reports, NRW is planning an upper limit of a third and a cap to a maximum of 25,000 viewers.
Series A: The Italian soccer record champions Juventus Turin achieved a much-needed mandatory victory. At the bottom US Salernitana, coach Massimiliano Allegri’s team won 2-0 (1-0). With the seventh win of the season in the 15th game, the old lady climbed to seventh place in the table. Paulo Dybala (21st) and Alvaro Morata (70th) scored against the promoted team to win. In stoppage time Dybala shot a penalty over the gate (90 + 5).
Atalanta Bergamo won 4-0 (2-0) against promoted FC Venice without the still injured national player Robin Gosens. After the game, owner Luca Percassi announced the early extension of his contract with coach Gian Piero Gasperini until 2024. “This is the right evening to thank the coach and the boys for a work that is bearing fruit. We have a close relationship with coach Gasperini and are happy to announce the contract extension after a home win, “said Percassi at Sky Sport.
DFB-Elf: National soccer player Ilkay Gündogan is preparing for his second career as a coach. The 31-year-old professional from Manchester City is a participant in the pilot project “Players Pathway” in the German Football Association (DFB). DFB director Oliver Bierhoff had “sent him the relevant documents before the outbreak of the corona crisis, what a possible career path of the coaching job in DFB training could look like,” said Gündogan Sports picture: “Now I am aiming for the Trainer-B-plus license.” Other players such as the 2014 world champions Sami Khedira and Christoph Kramer or the Gladbach professional Lars Stindl have also registered for the course, in which many parts can be held online.
He had “been thinking about how I could go on after my career for a long time, and in particular informed me about the job of the coach,” reported Gündogan. He felt “very privileged that I was able to experience or still experience so many top-class coaches myself with Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, Hansi Flick and Jogi Löw”. He wants to “pass this experience on to young footballers”.