By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
The duo of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis did heavy damage to the Milwaukee Bucks as the Dallas Mavericks prevailed 116 – 101 to get back on a winning track. Milwaukee was minus Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee soreness)
Doncic finished the game with 27 points, nine assists and nine rebounds while Kristaps Porzingis dropped 26 points and got 17 boards. The Latvian big man also hit eight consecutive points with the Mavs down 93 – 89 early in the fourth quarter to help his team grab take a lead they retained for the rest of the match.
Maxi Kleber had 12 points plus five rebounds and Nicolo Melli scored six for Dallas. Thanasis Antetokounmpo played 1 minutes and had two points while Axel Toupane scored one point.
The Utah Jazz bounced back to wins by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 122 – 103 with Rudy Gobert producing a big double-double of 18 points and 21 rebounds.
Bojan Bogdanovic added 11 points and five rebounds for the Jazz and Ersan Ilyasova scored three points. From the Blazers, Jusuf Nurkic had 10 points and six rebounds while Enes Kanter notched eight points and seven boards off the bench.
Nicola Vucevic scored 22 points and got seven rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 122 – 113 for their third straight win.
Lauri Markkanen contributed 18 points to the Chicago’s victory while Daniel Theis had his best game as a Bull with 14 points plus 10 rebounds. Tomas Satoransky added nine points plus seven assists.
The rest of Thursday’s results and Euro scorers:
Oklahoma City Thunder – Cleveland Cavaliers: 102 – 129 (Theo Maledon 14 points, Aleksej Pokusevski 10 points/six rebounds, Svi Mykhailiuk 10 points)
Miami Heat – Los Angeles Lakers 110 – 104 (Dennis Schroder 10 points/10 assists, Goran Dragic 10 points/five rebounds)
Sacramento Kings – Detroit Pistons 113 – 101 (Sekou Doumbouya six points)
Los Angeles Clippers – Phoenix Suns 113 – 103 (Nicolas Batum eight points, Ivica Zubac seven points/five rebounds, Dario Saric two points)