By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Latvian star scored a career-high 38 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter to help the Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 116-110. Serbian sensation Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 28 points but they were not enough.
Utah Jazz prevailed over Dallas (104-89) as Spaniard Ricky Rubio saw his shot begin to fall in the second half and finished with 20 points. French star Rudy Gobert added 17 points, 12 rebounds, six blocks and six assists. German icon Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavs with a season-high 18 points.
The Orlando Magic soundly defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 115-99 as Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic, Jonathon Simmons and French Evan Fournier each scored 20 points for Orlando.
Here are last night’s scores and standings.
|
BOSTON CELTICS |
SAN ANTONIO SPURS |
108-94 (Yabusele 3 p., Theis 6 p. – Gasol 11 p. 8 r., Bertans 3 p. 3 as.) |
|
MIAMI HEAT |
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES |
122-125 (Dragic 18 p. 6 r. 6 as. – Bjelica 9 p. 2 r.) |
|
NEW YORK KNICKS |
DENVER NUGGETS |
116-110 (Porzingis 38 p. 7 r., Kanter 12 p. 9 r., Ntilikina 5 p. 2 st., Jokic 28 p. 8 r.) |
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS |
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS |
107-115 (Capela 12 p. 15 r. – Saric 14 p. 5 r., Luwawu-Cabarrot 17 p.) |
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES |
CHARLOTTE HORNETS |
99-104 (Gasol 10 p. 7 r.) |
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS |
ORLANDO MAGIC |
99-115 (Vucevic 20 p. 8 r., Fournier 20 p. 4 as., Hezonja 2 p.) |
|
UTAH JAZZ |
DALLAS MAVERICKS |
104-89 (Gobert 17 p., Rubio 20 p. 6 as., Sefolosha 11 p . – Nowitzki 18 p., Kleber 1 p.) |
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS |
TORONTO RAPTORS |
85-99 (Nurkic 8 p. 6 r. – Poeltl 6 p. 5 r.) |
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS |
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS |
113-141 (Gallinari 19 p. 4 as. – Pachulia 6 p. 2 r., Casspi 6 p.) |
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
742 – 704
|
38
|
||
|
2
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
818 – 755
|
63
|
||
|
3
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
711 – 664
|
47
|
||
|
4
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
654 – 589
|
65
|
||
|
5
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
670 – 635
|
35
|
||
|
6
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
627 – 622
|
5
|
||
|
7
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
720 – 710
|
10
|
||
|
8
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
617 – 617
|
0
|
||
|
9
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
667 – 672
|
-5
|
||
|
10
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
733 – 771
|
-38
|
||
|
11
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
803 – 828
|
-25
|
||
|
12
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
729 – 758
|
-29
|
||
|
13
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
637 – 655
|
-18
|
||
|
14
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
449 – 510
|
-61
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
7
|
1
|
6
|
697 – 753
|
-56
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
704 – 669
|
35
|
||
|
2
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
644 – 603
|
41
|
||
|
3
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
834 – 825
|
9
|
||
|
4
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
968 – 913
|
55
|
||
|
5
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
671 – 652
|
19
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
753 – 688
|
65
|
||
|
7
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
687 – 692
|
-5
|
||
|
8
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
766 – 807
|
-41
|
||
|
9
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
636 – 579
|
57
|
||
|
10
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
728 – 731
|
-3
|
||
|
11
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
759 – 768
|
-9
|
||
|
12
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
615 – 703
|
-88
|
||
|
13
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
611 – 653
|
-42
|
||
|
14
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
576 – 630
|
-54
|
||
|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
786 – 856
|
-70
|
||