By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Minessota was defeated at home by the Charlotte Hornets 115-108 with French star Nicolas Batum having 16 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
Italian Marco Belinelli added 12 points on 5/8 field goals, while for the Timberwolves Ricky Rubio finished the game with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists – one of them more than amazing – and Serb Nemanja Bjelica added 6 points.
Croatian Bogdan Bogdanovic’s 29 points were not enought for Brooklyn which was defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers (125-118). Russian center Timofey Mozgov scored 20 for the winners, even if he was in the wrong end of the poster in this Bojan’dunk, and had also 5 rebounds, British Luol Deng scored 8 points.
Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
Cleveland – Toronto 121-117 (Valanciunas 14 p. 9 r.)
Miami – Atlanta 90-93 (Dragic DNP-Sprained left ankle – Schroder 18 p. 4 as., Sefolosha 3 p.)
Portland – Chicago 88-113 (Mirotic 8 p. 8 r.)
LA Lakers – Brooklyn 125-118 (Mozgov