By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Luka Doncic hit tying 3-pointers in the final seconds of regulation and the first overtime, finishing with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in the Dallas Mavericks’ 119-115 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Doncic highlighted his 56th career triple-double with that pair of clutch 3-pointers.
Ricky Rubio played in his first game since a knee injury more than a year ago, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113.
Rubio finished with nine points in 10 minutes. The 32-year-old tore his left anterior cruciate while driving to the basket at New Orleans on Dec. 28, 2021. He averaged 13.1 points and 6.6 assists in 34 games last season before getting hurt.
The Cavaliers had listed him as questionable on the pregame injury report, but he came in off the bench with 3:38 left in the first. quarter.
For Portland, the big man from Bosnia, Jusuf Nurkic had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Round up
Philadelphia 76ers – Oklahoma City Thunder 114-133 (Korkmaz 2p)
Brooklyn Nets – Boston Celtics 98-109
Miami Heat – Milwaukee Bucks 108-102 (Mamukelashvili 2p, 5r)
Toronto Raptors – Charlotte Hornets 124-114 (Anunooby 15p, Hernangomez 5p)
Los Angeles Lakers – Dallas Mavericks 115-119 (111-111) OT (Schroder 7p, 3r, 6a – Doncic 35p, 14r, 13a, Ntilikina 5p)
Portland Trail Blazers – Cleveland Cavaliers 113-119 (Nurkic 12p, 12r – Rubio 9p, Osman 2p)
Standings:
West
- Memphis 28-13
- Denver 28-13
- New Orleans 25-17
- Dallas 24-19
- Sacramento 22-18
- Los Angeles Clippers 22-21
- Phoenix 21-22
- Golden State 20-21
- Utah 21-23
- Minnesota 20-22
- Portland 19-22
- Oklahoma 19-23
- Los Angeles Lakers 19-23
- San Antonio 13-29
- Houston 10-31
Luk
- Boston 31-12
- Brooklyn 27-14
- Milwaukee 27-15
- Cleveland 27-16
- Philadelphia 25-16
- New York 23-19
- Indiana 23-19
- Miami 23-20
- Atlanta 19-22
- Toronto 19-23
- Chicago 19-23
- Washington 18-24
- Orlando 16-26
- Detroit 12-23
- Charlotte 11-32