By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Four double-doubles were registered last night by European players, however the most impressive of them was not enough.
Slovenian Goran Dragic had the best backcourt performance for Miami since the days of LeBron James with 27 points and 17 assists, both of those numbers being season’s best. Still the Celtics got the 112-104 win over the Heat with Sweden’s Jonas Jerebko adding 7 points and 4 rebounds for the winners.
Turkish big man Enes Kanter had 27 points and 10 rebounds in the 112-103 win of the Thunder over the Knicks. Lithuanian rookie Domantas Sabonis added 5 points and Frenchman Joffrey Lauvergne had 5 points and 6 rebounds. For the Knicks, Latvian Kristaps Porzingis scored 21 points, Frenchman Joakim Noah had 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists (two of them to Porzingis) and 4 blocks, Spaniard Willy Hernangomez added 8 points and Lithuanian Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored 4.
Utah beat Minessota 112-103 as French center Rudy Gobert had 16 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks. Veteran Boris Diaw added 7 points and 5 assists and for the losing side Ricky Rubio had 11 points and 3 assists, while Serb Nemanja Bjelica had 8 points and 6 rebounds. Also Lithuanian big man Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto in the 122-95 win over Philadelphia. Austrian Jakob Poeltl added 2 points, while for the losing side Spaniard Sergio Rodriguez had 11 points and 7 assists – one of them between his legs – , Turk Ersan Ilyasova also scored 11 points and had 6 reboumds, while Croatian Dario Saric finished the game with 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Here’s the rest of last night’s results and Euro-scorers.
Washington – Sacramento 101-95 (Gortat 10 p. 7 r. – Koufos 4 p. 7 r., Casspi 2 p. 2 as.)
Memphis – Charlotte 85-104 (Gasol 19 p., 8 r. – Batum 6 p. 4 as., Belinelli 6 p.)
Golden State – Atlanta 105-100 (Pachulia 4 p. 6 r. – Schroder 24 p., 6 as., Sefolosha 9 p. 5 r.)
Eastern Conference
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 13-2
2 Toronto Raptors 11-6
3 Chicago Bulls 10-6
4 Boston Celtics 10-7
5 Charlotte Hornets 10-7
6 Atlanta Hawks 10-8
7 Indiana Pacers 9-9
8 New York Knicks 8-9
Milwaukee Bucks 7-8
Detroit Pistons 8-10
Washington Wizards 6-10
Orlando Magic 6-11
Miami Heat 5-12
Brooklyn Nets 4-12
Philadelphia 76ers 4-14
Western Conference
1 Golden State Warriors 16-2
2 San Antonio Spurs 14-3
3 LA Clippers 14-4
4 Houston Rockets 11-6
5 Memphis Grizzlies 11-7
6 Oklahoma City Thunder 11-8
7 Utah Jazz 10-8
8 Los Angeles Lakers 9-9
Portland Trail Blazers 9-10
Denver Nuggets 7-10
Sacramento Kings 7-11
New Orleans Pelicans 6-12
Minnesota Timberwolves 5-12
Phoenix Suns 5-13
Dallas Mavericks 3-13