By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Boban Marjanovic finished strong in yet another game, with one more double-double! The Serbian giant had 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench, leading Detroit Pistons (37-43) to a 103-90 win against Memphis Grizzlies (43-38). For the opposing side, Marc Gasol scored 13 points.
Atlanta Hawks (42-38) killed the Cleveland Cavaliers (51-29) in the end with a 125-126 win, with Dennis Schroder scoring 13 points for the winners, while Ersan Ilyasova added 6 points and 8 rebounds.
In a historic night for the Oklahoma City Thunder (46-34), during which they beat Denver Nuggets (38-42) and eliminated them from the playoffs, Enes Kanter had 15 points and 8 rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench in his team’s 106-105 victory! Danilo Gallinari led the opposing side with a double-double of 34 points and 10 rebounds.
A career-high game in the NBA by Willy Hernangomez, who finished with a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds, wasn’t enough for the New York Knicks (30-51) that fell to Toronto Raptors (50-31) 110-97. For the winners, Jonas Valanciunas scored 6 points, while for the Knicks side, Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 12 off the bench and Sasha Vujacic scored 2.
Dirk Nowitzki had 11 points in a 111-124 Dallas Mavericks (32-48) loss to Phoenix Suns (24-57), while George Papagiannis added 6 for Sacramento Kings in their 135-128 loss to Houston Rockets (54-26).