Jokic still hot, Zubac with the double double, Dragic with the win

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Denver held off a furious rally by the Los Angeles Lakers for a 127-121 victory that marked their third straight with center Nikola Jokic, who had 29 points and 15 rebounds, being once again their leader. The Serb is emerging as a focal point of the team, while Italian Danilo Gallinari added 14 points, Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic had 3 points and Spaniard Juacho Hernangomez had 1 rebounds.

For the Lakers, who played without injured Luol Deng, Croatian rookie Ivica Zubac put together his first double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down a team-high 13 rebounds. He also had three blocked shots. Russian big man Timofey Mozgov added 4 points and Spaniard Jose Calderon 2 assists.

Slovenian Goran Dragic had 21 points and eight assists, Wayne Ellington scored 18 off the bench and the Heat overcame another triple-double from James Harden to beat the Houston Rockets 109-103. Swiss Clint Capela returned to action for Houston after his injury but had only 5 rebounds. The rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers are the following.

Brooklyn – Toronto 109-119 (Bogdanovic 11 p. – Valanciunas 7p. 10 r., Poeltl 2 p.)
Chicago – Dallas 98-99 (Zipser 5 p., Mirotic 6 p. – Curry 18 p.)
San Antonio – Minessota 122-114 (Gasol 3 p., Parker 14 p. – Rubio 21 p. 14 as. Bjelica 6 p.)

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