NBA: Brunson führt Hartensteins Knicks zum Auftaktsieg

nba: brunson führt hartensteins knicks zum auftaktsieg

Die Knicks gewinnen Spiel eins gegen Indiana

Isaiah Hartenstein ist mit den New York Knicks erfolgreich ins Viertelfinale der Play-offs der Basketball-Profiliga NBA gestartet. Das Team um den deutschen Center gewann dank des einmal mehr überragenden Jalen Brunson mit 121:117 in Spiel eins gegen die Indiana Pacers. Vier Siege sind in der Best-of-seven-Serie nötig, um in die Runde der letzten vier einzuziehen.

Hartenstein kam in 36 Minuten auf 13 Punkte, dazu sammelte er sechs Rebounds und vier Assists. Kurz vor der Pause verwandelte der 26-Jährige einen Wurf von der Mittellinie. Im Mittelpunkt aber stand Teamkollege Brunson: Der Point Guard lief im letzten Viertel heiß, 21 seiner 43 Zähler erzielte der US-Amerikaner im Schlussabschnitt. Brunson gelangen damit im vierten Play-off-Spiel in Folge mindestens 40 Punkte. Das hatten zuvor lediglich Jerry West (1965), Bernard King (1984) und Michael Jordan (1993) geschafft.

“Was auch immer wir von ihm brauchen, er wird es uns geben”, sagte Knicks-Trainer Tom Thibodeau über Brunson: “Was ich an ihm liebe, ist, dass er sich nur für das Team einsetzt.” Die zweite Partie zwischen den Knicks und den Pacers findet in der Nacht zu Donnerstag (2 Uhr MEZ) statt.

Titelverteidiger Denver Nuggets steht dagegen schon unter Druck. Das Team um den zweimaligen MVP Nikola Jokic verlor beim 80:106 auch die zweite Partie in der eigenen Halle gegen die Minnesota Timberwolves. Karl-Anthony Towns und Anthony Edwards spielten bei Minnesota mit jeweils 27 Punkten groß auf. Der Serbe Jokic kam auf 16 Zähler, 16 Rebounds und acht Assists. Die kommenden beiden Spiele finden bei den Timberwolves statt.

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