By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Tuesday was the night of the Euro-bigs as Porzingis was clutch, Jokic had a career night while Dario Saric had 25 points and 10 rebounds in Phily’s win over Utah.
First, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s heroic efforts fell short as the Cavaliers beat the Bucks 124-119. Giannis had 40 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks in a loss.
Nikola Jokic scored a career high 41 points in a 112-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets. He added 12 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks and is looking better game by game.
Kristaps Porzingis led the Knicks to an impressive come from behing win as the Knicks beat the Hornets 119-113.
“Porzingod” was clutch just when his team needed them the most as he scored the go-ahead bucket. Porzingis ended the game with 28 points, 5 boards, 1 assists and three blocks.
Jonas Valanciunas had 21 points and 10 boards including a three in the Raptors 119-114 win over the Bulls.
Ibaka added 16 points and 4 boards while Jakob Poeltl had 6 points and 3 boards in a win.
Lauri Markkanen only took 6 shots on his way to a 12 point night.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers:
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 124-119 | (Antetokounmpo 40 p. 9 r. 3 a. 4 b.. Teletovic 16 p. 2 r.) |
| INDIANA PACERS | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 112-117 | (Bogdanovic 14 p. 3 r. 1 a. 1 s.) |
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 99-113 | (Gortat 8 p. 5 r., Mahinmi 1 r. – Nowitzki 6 p. 5 r. 1 a.) |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 118-113 | (Porzingis 28 p. 5 r. 1 a. 3 b., Kanter 14 p. 6 r. 1 a. 3 s., Ntilikina 3 p. 3 r. 8 a.) |
| TORONTO RAPTORS | CHICAGO BULLS | 119-114 | (Valanciunas 21 p. 10 r., Ibaka 16 p. 5 r., Poeltl 6 p. 3 r. – Markkanen 12 p. 2 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b., Zipser 2 p. 4 r.) |
| SAN ANTONIO SPURS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 109-95 | (Gasol 19 p. 8 r. 6 a., Betans 3 p.) |
| DENVER NUGGETS | BROOKLYN NETS | 112-104 | (Jokic 41 p. 12 r. 5 a. 2 s. 2 b. – Mozgov 11 p. 6 r.) |
| UTAH JAZZ | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 97-104 | (Gobert 16 p. 15 r. 1 a. 2 s. 4 b., Rubio 11 p. 2 r. 8 a. 2 s., Sefolosha 8 p. 8 r. 2 a. 2 s. a b. – Saric 25 p. 10 r. 1 a., Luwawu Cabbarot 7 p. 2 a.) |
| PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 97-98 | (Gasol 16 p. 5 r. 3 a. 4 b. – Nurkic 6 p. 5 r. 1 s.) |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | 94-86 | (Bogdanovic 7 p. 4 r., Koufos 2 p. 3 r. – Abrines 2 p. 1 r.) |
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#
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TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
11
|
9
|
2
|
1139 – 1039
|
100
|
||
|
2
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
1048 – 1012
|
36
|
||
|
3
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1073 – 1074
|
-1
|
||
|
4
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1060 – 1057
|
3
|
||
|
5
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1089 – 1039
|
50
|
||
|
6
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1090 – 1063
|
27
|
||
|
7
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
1114 – 1096
|
18
|
||
|
8
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1215 – 1208
|
7
|
||
|
9
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1154 – 1169
|
-15
|
||
|
10
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1209 – 1253
|
-44
|
||
|
11
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
1054 – 1087
|
-33
|
||
|
12
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
1012 – 1039
|
-27
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
1231 – 1278
|
-47
|
||
|
14
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
849 – 905
|
-56
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
1134 – 1216
|
-82
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
1304 – 1193
|
111
|
||
|
2
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
1209 – 1136
|
73
|
||
|
3
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
1094 – 1098
|
-4
|
||
|
4
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1119 – 1107
|
12
|
||
|
5
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1018 – 981
|
37
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
1072 – 1009
|
63
|
||
|
7
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1172 – 1167
|
5
|
||
|
8
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1169 – 1168
|
1
|
||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
1075 – 1038
|
37
|
||
|
10
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
1065 – 1073
|
-8
|
||
|
11
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1090 – 1105
|
-15
|
||
|
12
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
939 – 874
|
65
|
||
|
13
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
1153 – 1263
|
-110
|
||
|
14
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
12
|
2
|
10
|
1190 – 1285
|
-95
|
||
|
15
|
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