By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With the Utah Jazz attempting a late comeback, James Harden casually tossed an alley-oop to Clint Capela from just inside the halfcourt line for a thunderous dunk.
Harden had 31 points and 10 assists, and Swiss big man Capela scored a career-high 20 points and had also 8 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 111-102 victory over the Jazz on Saturday. For the losing side, French center Rudy Gobert had a double double (12 p., 14 r.).
In Milwaukee, the Warriors managed to get the 124-121 win over the Bucks. Kevin Durant scored 33 points, while Thompson had 25 of his 29 in the second half and Georgian center Zaza Pachulia added 4 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
For the Bucks, Bosnian Mirza Teletovic scored 3 points, Jabari Parker had 28 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo put on a show with 30 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, a big block over Draymond Green and a great spin move and after the game called out the fans of his team: “You feed off that energy. You need that as a team … Whoever believes in us and wants us to be great, hopefully they can come to the arena and watch us play.”
Here are the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
New Orleans – Charlotte 121-116 (Asik 5 5. – Belinelli 22 p. 10 r., Batum 13 p. 7 r. 4 as.)
Washington – Miami 111-114 (Gortat 10 p. 16 r., Satoransky 8 p. 4 as. – Dragic 22 p. 6 as.)
Orlando – Dallas 95-87 (Ibaka 15 p. 9 r., Vucevic 12 p. 12 r., Fournier 11 p., 7 r.)
Detroit – Boston 92-94 (Udrih 8 p. 4 as. – Jerebko 9 p. 6 r.)
Memphis – Minessota 93-71 (Gasol 6 p. 7 r. – Rubio 2 p. 7 as., Bjelica 2 p. 4 r.)
LA Clippers – Chicago 102-95 (Mirotic 2 p.)
Philadelphia – Phoenix 120-105 (Ilyasova 11 p., Rodriguez 8 p. 11 as., Saric 10 p. 7 r. 5 as., Luwawu 2 – Len 9 p. 7 r.)
Eastern Conference
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 10-2
2 Atlanta Hawks 9-3
3 Toronto Raptors 8-4
4 Charlotte Hornets 8-4
5 Chicago Bulls 8-5
6 Boston Celtics 7-6
7 Indiana Pacers 6-7
8 Orlando Magic 6-7
Detroit Pistons 6-8
New York Knicks 5-7
Milwaukee Bucks 5-7
Miami Heat 4-8
Brooklyn Nets 4-8
Washington Wizards 3-9
Philadelphia 76ers 3-10
Western Conference
1 LA Clippers 12-2
2 Golden State Warriors 11-2
3 San Antonio Spurs 10-3
4 Oklahoma City Thunder 8-5
5 Memphis Grizzlies 8-5
6 Houston Rockets 8-5
7 Los Angeles Lakers 7-6
8 Portland Trail Blazers 7-7
Utah Jazz 7-7
Denver Nuggets 4-8
Minnesota Timberwolves 4-8
Sacramento Kings 4-9
Phoenix Suns 4-10
New Orleans Pelicans 4-10
Dallas Mavericks 2-10