The race of Goran and Giannis continues

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Antetokounmpo scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half to help Milwaukee rally for a 104-93 win over the New York Knicks.

The Bucks extended their winning streak to four games with the victory, moving to within a half-game of Chicago and Detroit for the seventh and eighth playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. “It is just the competitive nature out of me,” Antetokounmpo said. “When they go on a run and are up 10 or up 12, I get really competitive. I feel I have to go right now. I don’t even think about it. It just comes naturally.”

The Greek freak also added 13 rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Bosnian Mirza Teletovic added 3 points, while for the Knicks Latvian Kristaps Porzingis had 13 points and 8 rebounds and Spaniard Willy Hernangomez added a double double (13 p. 12 r.).

Also Slovenian Goran Dragic scored 22 points and handed out 10 assists for Miami, which moved within a half-game of No. 7 Detroit and No. 8 Chicago in the Eastern Conference standings by beating the Charlotte Hornets 108-101. French Nicolas Batum had 16 points and 7 rebounds and Italian Marco Belinelli 8 points for the losing side.

Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas turned in one of his best performances this season, scoring 25 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, and the Raptors emerged with a 94-87 victory Wednesday night over a New Orleans. Spaniard Serge Ibaka added 12 points for the winners and Austrian Jakob Poeltl had 2. For the losing side Lithuanian Donatas Motiejunas had 5 rebounds and French Alexis Ajinca scored 9 points.

French Rudy Gobert and Gordon Hayward each scored 23 points to help the Jazz beat the Rockets 115-108. Boris Diaw added 4 points and 4 rebounds for the winners, while Swiss Clint Capela had a double double (19 p. 12 r.) for the losing side.

German Dennis Schroder scored 31 points and the Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 110-105 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Swiss Thabo Sefolosha added 9 points and 8 rebounds, while Turk Ersan Ilyasova had 10 points off the bench for the winners and Spaniard Jose Manuel Calderon made his debut. Here’s the rest of last night’s games and the euro-scorers.

Orlando
– Chicago 98-91 (Fournier 20 p., Hezonja 2 p. – Zipser 3 p., Lauvergne 7 p., 8 r.)
Minessota – LA Clippers 107-91 (Rubio 15 p. 12 as., Bjelica 5 r.)
Indiana – Detroit 115-98 (Seraphin 2 p. – Marjanovic 6 p. 5 r.)
San Antonio – Sacramento 114-104 (Parker 2 p. 3 as., Bertans 8 p., Gasol 7 p. – Koufos 12 p. 10 r.)
Golden State – Boston 86-99 (Pachulia 2 p. 6 r. – Jerebko 5 p.)
Denver – Washington 113-123 (Hernangomez 7p. 9 r. – Gortat 11 p. 15 r., Mahinmi 7 p., Satoransky 3 p., Bogdanovic 10 p.)

Eastern Conference

W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PPG OPP PPG DIFF STRK L10
1Cleveland Cavaliers 42 20 .677 26-7 16-13 6-6 28-10 110.8 106.5 +4.3 L2 6-4
2Boston Celtics 41 24 .631 2.5 21-9 20-15 8-4 26-12 107.8 105.3 +2.4 W1 5-5
3Washington Wizards 39 24 .619 3.5 26-9 13-15 6-5 25-16 108.6 106.1 +2.5 W3 7-3
4Toronto Raptors 38 26 .594 5 21-11 17-15 12-2 23-14 107.7 103.8 +3.9 W1 6-4
5Atlanta Hawks 35 29 .547 8 18-15 17-14 5-8 24-15 103.9 104.7 -0.8 W1 4-6
6Indiana Pacers 33 31 .516 10 22-10 11-21 7-6 18-20 105.1 105.8 -0.7 W1 4-6
7Detroit Pistons 31 33 .484 12 20-12 11-21 4-8 18-20 102.1 102.3 -0.2 L1 6-4
8Chicago Bulls 31 33 .484 12 19-13 12-20 6-7 20-18 102.3 103.1 -0.9 L3 5-5
Miami Heat 31 34 .477 12.5 17-14 14-20 6-7 20-20 102.3 101.9 +0.5 W3 7-3
Milwaukee Bucks 30 33 .476 12.5 18-16 12-17 8-4 20-22 105.2 104.8 +0.5 W4 7-3
Charlotte Hornets 28 36 .438 15 17-13 11-23 6-3 17-21 104.7 104.4 +0.3 L1 4-6
New York Knicks 26 39 .400 17.5 15-17 11-22 4-7 17-23 105.6 108.6 -3.0 L1 4-6
Orlando Magic 24 41 .369 19.5 12-21 12-20 7-7 16-23 99.9 105.7 -5.8 W1 4-6
Philadelphia 76ers 23 40 .365 19.5 15-19 8-21 5-6 16-23 101.7 107.9 -6.1 L2 4-6
e –Brooklyn Nets 11 52 .175 31.5 7-24 4-28 0-10 3-34 105.7 114.3 -8.6 L1 2-8

Western Conference

W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PPG OPP PPG DIFF STRK L10
1x –Golden State Warriors 52 12 .813 26-4 26-8 11-2 31-7 117.0 105.3 +11.7 L1 6-4
2x –San Antonio Spurs 50 13 .794 1.5 23-6 27-7 8-4 28-8 106.7 98.5 +8.3 W9 9-1
3Houston Rockets 44 21 .677 8.5 23-9 21-12 9-5 27-11 115.1 108.4 +6.6 L2 6-4
4Utah Jazz 41 24 .631 11.5 22-12 19-12 6-6 24-17 100.5 96.2 +4.3 W4 7-3
5LA Clippers 38 26 .594 14 20-10 18-16 6-5 22-17 107.7 104.9 +2.8 L1 5-5
6Memphis Grizzlies 36 28 .563 16 19-12 17-16 6-4 26-15 101.4 100.5 +0.9 L3 4-6
7Oklahoma City Thunder 35 29 .547 17 23-9 12-20 7-5 22-18 106.3 106.5 -0.2 L4 4-6
8Denver Nuggets 29 35 .453 23 17-16 12-19 5-8 17-22 110.6 111.4 -0.7 L1 5-5
Portland Trail Blazers 27 35 .435 24 16-13 11-22 7-3 18-20 108.2 110.4 -2.2 W3 5-5
Dallas Mavericks 27 36 .429 24.5 19-14 8-22 4-8 17-23 98.3 99.8 -1.5 W3 6-4
Minnesota Timberwolves 26 37 .413 25.5 16-18 10-19 4-7 15-23 104.9 104.9 0.0 W1 6-4
Sacramento Kings 25 39 .391 27 13-19 12-20 4-6 15-22 102.6 105.7 -3.1 L6 3-7
New Orleans Pelicans 25 40 .385 27.5 15-18 10-22 3-9 12-26 102.6 105.8 -3.3 L2 4-6
Phoenix Suns 21 43 .328 31 13-19 8-24 3-8 8-33 107.8 112.8 -5.0 L1 4-6
Los Angeles Lakers 19 45 .297 33 12-18 7-27 4-7 9-29 104.0 111.0 -7.0 L8 1-9
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