Jonas Valanciunas leads the Pelicans with a monster double-double

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With only four NBA games last night, the Lituanun Jonas Valanciunas stud out big time. The big man led the New Orleans Pelicans to a 115-96 win over the Charlotte Hornets with a monster double-double. He scored 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds.

The Ukrainian Svi Mykhailiuk had a good game on the other side with 15 points.

In Orlando, there was a distinctly German flavor to the game between the Magic and the Knicks. As Paolo Banchero continues to make his case for rookie of the year by scoring 21 points, big-time help arrived with Franz Wagner’s 16 points, and Moritz Wagner’s 11 points and seven rebounds. For the Knicks, Isaiah Hartenstein scored six points.

Nicolas Batum helped out the Los Angeles Clippers with 12 points. The Clippers won against OKC 127-105.

NBA roundup

Orlando Magic – New York Knicks 111-106 (Banchero 21p, 6r, 4a, F. Wagner 16p, M. Wagner 11p, 7r – Hartenstein 6p)
Brooklyn Nets – Cleveland Cavaliers 114-116 (Osman 8p, Rubio 7a)
New Orleans Pelicans – Charlotte Hornets 115-96 (Vanaciunas 20p, 19r, 3a – Mykhailiuk 15p)
Los Angeles Clippers – Oklahoma City Thunder 127-105 (Batum 12p, Zubac 6p, 10r- Dieng 9p, Sar 3p, Saric 1a)

2022-23 STANDINGS

EAST

TEAM W L LAST 10
1 y-MILWAUKEE 52 20
7-3
2 y-BOSTON 50 23
5-5
3 y-PHILADELPHIA 49 23
9-1
4 CLEVELAND 47 28
7-3
5 NEW YORK 42 33
5-5
6 BROOKLYN 39 34
5-5
7 MIAMI 40 34
7-3
8 ATLANTA 36 37
4-6
9 TORONTO 35 38
4-6
10 CHICAGO 34 38
6-4
11 INDIANA 33 40
5-5
12 WASHINGTON 32 41
2-8
13 ORLANDO 30 43
4-6
14 e-CHARLOTTE 23 51
3-7
15 e-DETROIT 16 57
1-9

WEST

TEAM W L LAST 10
1 y-DENVER 49 24
5-5
2 y-MEMPHIS 45 27
7-3
3 SACRAMENTO 43 29
6-4
4 PHOENIX 38 34 5-5
5 LA CLIPPERS 39 35
5-5
6 GOLDEN STATE 38 36
4-6
7 MINNESOTA 37 37
5-5
8 OKLAHOMA CITY 36 37 8-2
9 DALLAS 36 37 4-6
10 LA LAKERS 36 37
6-4
11 NEW ORLEANS 36 37
4-6
12 UTAH 35 37
5-5
13 PORTLAND 32 40
3-7
14 e-SAN ANTONIO 19 54
3-7
15 e-HOUSTON 18 55
4-6

y-clinched a Playoffs berth
e-eliminated from Playoffs

-Top six teams of each conference advance directly to the Playoffs
-Teams seeded 7th to 10th will compete in Play-In tournament

Jonas Valanciunas
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