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Sacramento (AP) - A good performance by national player Dennis Schröder was not enough for the Los Angeles Lakers to win before the All-Star break.
Without the ailing superstar LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who had been missing for a long time as the second star player in the team, Schröder had more responsibility in the 120: 123 against the Sacramento Kings than his previous games for the defending champion.
With 28 points, nine assists and a rebound, the basketball professional lived up to expectations.
However, seconds before the end he missed a basket win, with which the Lakers could have taken the lead.
James did not travel to Sacramento due to ankle problems, but should be able to attend the league's show game in Atlanta on Sunday.
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The Dallas Mavericks also had to do without their best player before the break, but still won 87:78 against the Oklahoma City Thunder without Luka Doncic.
Doncic was absent with problems on his back.
National player Maxi Kleber contributed eight points, seven rebounds and a template for the second win in a row and also booked two blocks.
In the top game of the day, the Philadelphia 76ers won after extra time 131: 123 against the Utah Jazz, in which Donovan Mitchell had to leave the field after two technical fouls and felt very upset and disadvantaged.
James Harden recorded a 132: 114 with the Brooklyn Nets on his first return to Houston against the Rockets and convinced with a triple double from two-digit values in the most important statistics categories.
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