By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Toronto Raptors hosted Cleveland, Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas had a double double (10 p., 17 r.) but the Cavs escaped with the 94-91 win.
Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and hit a go-ahead 3 with 44.3 seconds remaining, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers over the Raptors. LeBron James had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, while for the losing side DeMar DeRozan had 32 points. Austrian center Jacob Poeltl added 7 points and 7 rebounds for the Raptors.
Russell Westbrook had 51 points in a triple-double (13 r., 10 as.) and scored the winning points in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 113-110 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis added 8 points and 4 rebounds and the Turkish duo of Ersan Ilyasova and Enes Kanter had 5 and 4 points respectively. For the Suns Ukrainian center Alex Len added 3 points.
The Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-114 despite a 45 points game by Anthony Davis. Georgian Zaza Pachulia had a double double for the winning side (10 p., 11 r.), while Turk center Omer Asik had 2 points and 3 rebounds for the Pelicans.
Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the Euro-scorers.
Brooklyn – Indiana 103-94 (Boganovic 4 p. – Seraphin 1 r.)
Miami – Charlotte 91-97 (Dragic 14 p. 9 as. – Batum 12 p., Belinelli 12 p.)
Dallas – Houston 98-106 (Nowitzki ill – Capela 4 p. 9 r.)
Utah – Lakers 96-89 (Gobert 13 p. 13 r., Diaw 2 as. – Deng 12 p. 12 r., Mozgov 8 p.)
Detroit – Orlando 108-82 (Marjanovic 2 p., Udrih 13 p. 5 as. – Hezonja 13 p., Vucevic 7 p. 14 r., Ibaka 4 p., Fournier 8 p.,