By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Kristaps Porzingis scored 22 points, but New York concluded its five-game road trip with a third consecutive loss for its first three-game slide of the season losing to Denver 127-114.
In the first NBA matchup of brothers Willy Hernangomez of the Knicks and Juancho Hernangomez of the Nuggets, Willy finished with 17 points. Juancho didn’t get into the game until the final minute and went 1 for 2 at the free-throw line.
Serb Nikola Jokic flirted with a double double for the winners (10 p. 9 r., 5 as.), Italian Danilo Gallinari added 13 points and Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic scored 5 points off the bench. For the Knicks Frenchman Joakim Noah had 2 points and 4 rebounds. Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
Oklahoma City – Phoenix 114-101 (Kanter 12 p., Sabonis 9 p., Abrines 1 r. – Len 8 p. 7 r.)
Detroit – Indiana 90-105 (Marjanovic 2 p. – Seraphin 2 p.)
Atlanta – Charlotte 99-107 (Schroder 12 p. 6 as., Sefolosha 6 p. – Belinelli 19 p., Batum 7 p. 4 r. 4 st.)
Cleveland – LA Lakers 119-108 (Deng 15 p., Mozgov 2 p.)
Minessota – Houston 109-111 (O/T) (Rubio 7 p. 8 r. 7 as., Bjelica 10 p. – Capela 10 p.)
Golden State – Portland 135-90 (Pachulia 4 p. 7 r.)
Eastern Conference
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 19-6
2 Toronto Raptors 18-8
3 Boston Celtics 14-12
4 Charlotte Hornets 15-13
5 Milwaukee Bucks 13-12
6 New York Knicks 14-13
7 Indiana Pacers 14-14
8 Chicago Bulls 13-13
Detroit Pistons 14-15
Atlanta Hawks 13-14
Washington Wizards 11-14
Orlando Magic 12-16
Miami Heat 9-18
Brooklyn Nets 7-18
Philadelphia 76ers 6-20
Western Conference
1 Golden State Warriors 24-4
2 San Antonio Spurs 21-5
3 Houston Rockets 21-7
4 LA Clippers 20-7
5 Memphis Grizzlies 18-10
6 Utah Jazz 17-10
7 Oklahoma City Thunder 16-11
8 Portland Trail Blazers 13-16
Denver Nuggets 11-16
Sacramento Kings 10-16
Los Angeles Lakers 11-19
New Orleans Pelicans 9-19
Phoenix Suns 8-19
Minnesota Timberwolves 7-19
Dallas Mavericks 6-20