By Eurohoops team/info@eurohoops.net
On a Monday night full of close games and dazzling performances, Euro-ballers came to play once again.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks won their third straight game as they beat the Grizzlies 110-103 at home.
The “Greek Freak” put together another MVP performance on his way to 27 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Spanish star Marc Gasol had 16 points, 10 boards and 6 assists for the losing side.
The developing story of LeBron James’ comments about Dennis Smith Jr and therefore French rookie Ftank Ntilikina translated into the court.
The MSG crowd constantly booed James and the Knicks player seemed to feed of their energy as they amounted to a 23-point lead (73-50). U
LeBron and the Cavaliers came back and won the game (104-101) after all behind a three-point shooting clinic in the fourth.
Cedi Osman had 3 points in five minutes and played some quality defense sparking the Cavs comeback run.
For the losing side, Latvian star, Krstaps Porzingis had 20 points, to go along with 7 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals and a block. Enes Kanter had 20 points, 16 boards and 4 assists but it was his postgame comments that drew most of the attention.
Frank Ntilikina had a career-high 6 steals along with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers.
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | SACRAMENTO KINGS | 110-92 | (Gortat 18 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 b., Mahinmi 2 p. 9 r. 2 a.. Satoransky 2 r. – Bogdanovic 5 p. 2 r. 2 a., Koufos 2 p. 3 r., Papagiannis 2 p. 1 r.) |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 101-104 | (Porzingis 20 p. 7 r. 1 a. 2 s. 1 b., Kanter 20 p. 16 r. 4 a., Ntilikina 7 p. 3 r. 2 a. 6 s.) |
| MILWAUKEE BUCKS | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 110-103 | Antetokounmpo 27 p. 9 r. 7 a. 2 a. 2 b. – Gasol 16 p. 10 r. 6 a.) |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | ATLANTA HAWKS | 106-105 | (Schroder 11 p. 2 r. 5 a. 2 s., Belinelli 14 p. 3 r. 3 a. 4 s.) |
| PHOENIX SUNS | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 93-100 | (Len 1 p. 6 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b., Bender 15 p. 5 r.) |
| UTAH JAZZ | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 98-109 | (Rubio 3 p. 2 a., Sefolosha 13 p. 2 r. 1 a. – Bjelica 5 p. 4 r.) |
| PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | DENVER NUGGETS | 99-82 | (Nurkic 17 p. 5 r. 1 a. – Jokic 6 p. 7 r. 3 a. 3 s. 1 b. |
| GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | ORLANDO MAGIC | 110-100 | (Pachiia 4 p. 8 r., Casspi 4 p. 6 r. 2 a. – Vucevic 20 p. 5 r. 4 a. 1 s., Fournier 16 p. 2 r. 2 a. 2 s., Hezonja 2 p. 2 a.) |
| LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 105-109 | (Saric 2 p. 3 r. 2 a. 2 s., Luwawu-Cabbarot 4 p. 2 a.) |
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
14
|
12
|
2
|
1431 – 1316
|
115
|
|||
|
2
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
1385 – 1316
|
69
|
|||
|
3
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
1448 – 1377
|
71
|
|||
|
4
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
1305 – 1252
|
53
|
|||
|
5
|
14
|
8
|
6
|
1537 – 1509
|
28
|
|||
|
6
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1356 – 1367
|
-11
|
|||
|
7
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1378 – 1364
|
14
|
||
|
8
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
1537 – 1575
|
-38
|
||
|
9
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
1295 – 1318
|
-23
|
|||
|
10
|
13
|
6
|
7
|
1325 – 1340
|
-15
|
|||
|
11
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
1512 – 1527
|
-15
|
|||
|
12
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
1241 – 1259
|
-18
|
|||
|
13
|
13
|
5
|
8
|
1438 – 1489
|
-51
|
|||
|
14
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
1030 – 1143
|
-113
|
|||
|
15
|
14
|
2
|
12
|
1437 – 1546
|
-109
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
1555 – 1440
|
115
|
|||
|
2
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
1674 – 1508
|
166
|
|||
|
3
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
1339 – 1295
|
44
|
|||
|
4
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
1414 – 1439
|
-25
|
|||
|
5
|
14
|
8
|
6
|
1504 – 1498
|
6
|
|||
|
6
|
14
|
8
|
6
|
1481 – 1467
|
14
|
|||
|
7
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1315 – 1299
|
16
|
||
|
8
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1365 – 1290
|
75
|
|||
|
9
|
13
|
6
|
7
|
1351 – 1280
|
71
|
|||
|
10
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
1376 – 1404
|
-28
|
|||
|
11
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
1446 – 1482
|
-36
|
|||
|
12
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
1289 – 1269
|
20
|
|||
|
13
|
15
|
5
|
10
|
1591 – 1727
|
-136
|
|||
|
14
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
1230 – 1374
|
-144
|
|||
|
15
|
14
|
2
|
12
|
1393 – 1508
|
-115
|
|||