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Thabo Sefolosha helped the Hawks prevail over the Magic 105-98 with 15 points and 4 rebounds in 19 minutes. In the same game, Congolese-Spanish forward Serge Ibaka was the first scorer of Orlando with 25 points (9/15 FG), followed by French guard Evan Fournier’s 22 points. Mario Hezonja offered 5 points in 15 minutes. The Croatian also added 2 asssists and 2 rebounds.
Domantas Sabonis’ Oklahoma City Thunder beat Minnesota Timberwolves 94–112 and the Lithuanian forward had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 24 minutes. Teammate Ersan Ilyasova added 3 more points in 8 minutes. For the Timberwolves, Serbian forward Nemanja Bjelica had a rather good game with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in 28 minutes.
The Nuggets got a close win from the Trail Blazers with 106-97. Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic counted 13 points and 9 rebounds in 22 minutes, Nikola Jokic 5 points and 8 rebounds in 26 minutes and Juancho Hernangomez scored 7 points with 5 rebounds coming from the bench for 28 minutes.