By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With seven games on the schedule in the NBA, two Europeans stood out with their high-scoring performances but both ended up on the losing side.
Dennis Schroder has been finding his form recently with the Boston Celtics and he put on another big performance, this time around with 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers who grabbed a close 91-89 win.
Ricky Rubio logged 16 points, seven assists, five rebounds for the victors while Cedi Osman scored nine points.
Meanwhile, Bojan Bogdanovic banked in 26 points for the Utah Jazz but it wasn’t enough against the Miami Heat who got a 111-105 win. Tyler Herro was the leading scorer for the victors with 27 points.
Rudy Gobert had a double-double of 14 points, 13 rebounds.
Domantas Sabonis scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while also dishing five assists as the Indiana Pacers won 118-113 against Philadelphia. Justin Holiday scored 27 points.
On the losing side, Tobias Harris scored 32 while Furkan Korkmaz had eight points.
Jonas Valanciunas logged 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists in New Orleans’ win over Memphis 112-101 with Tomas Satoransky adding five points, five assists, four boards.
Franz Wagner and Deni Avdija went against each other, scoring eight points each as the latter’s Wizards came out on top.
Meanwhile, Goran Dragic scored 16 points for the Raptors with Svi Mykhailiuk adding seven. However, Killian Hayes shined as well for the winning Detroit Pistons with 13 points, ten assists, seven rebounds.
Clippers got the better of Minnesota with Isaiah Hartenstein putting up 12 points, 12 boards and Ivica Zubac ten points, 12 boards.