NBA Euro-Watch: Giannis, Porzingis lead teams to wins

By George Efkarpides /info@eurohoops.net

On an 11-game Wednesday night, Euro-ballers continued to do what matters most. Help their teams get wins.

The Bucks are now 4-0 in the “Eric Bledsoe” era as they beat the Pistons 99-95. Giannis was a force, especially on the defensive end, on his way to  21 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 3 steals and 4 blocks.

Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks are back to their winning ways as they downed the Jazz 106-101.

“Porzingod” had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks for the winning side while Ricky Rubio had 13 points, 2 boards, 4 assists and a steal in a loss.

Jonas Valanciunas may have had his hands full on the defensive end with DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis but the Lithuanian big man was a force offensively. He finished the game with 21 points on 9-0f-9 free-throws adding 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a block as the Raptors beat the Pelicans 125-116 in New Orleans.

Marc Gasol’s 35 points and 13 rebounds weren’t enough for the Conley-less Grizzlies as the visiting Indiana Pacers got the away win 116-113.

Domantas Sabonis continued his impressive sophomore campaign as he scored 13 points to go along with 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points, 3 boards and an assist in a win.

Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers.

ATLANTA HAWKS SACRAMENTO KINGS 126-80 (Schroder 21 p. 8 a., Belinelli 10 p. 2 r. 5 a. 1 s., Illyasova 1 p. 8 r. 2 a.- Bogdanovic 7 p. 2 r. , Koufos 7 p. 4 r. 1 s., Papagiannis 4 p. 2 r. 1 s.)
MIAMI HEAT WASHINGTON WIZARDS 93-102 (Dragic 21 p. 4 r. 2 a. 1 s.- Gortat 2 p. 5 r. 2 s., Mahinmi 2 p. 2 r.)
NEW YORK KNICKS UTAH JAZZ 106-101 (Porzingis 22 p. 8 r. 2 a. 2 b., Kanter 14 p. 4 r. 1 a., Ntilikina 7 p. 4 r. 2 s.- Rubio 13 p. 2 r. 4 a. 1 s., Sefolosha 5 p. 3 r.)
CHARLOTTE HORNETS CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 107-115 (Batim 16 p. 5 r. 5 a. 2 s.)
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES INDIANA PACERS 113-116 (Gasol 35 p. 13 r. 5 a. 5 b.- Bogdanovic 16 p. 3 r. 1 a., Sabonis 13 p. 6 r. 4 a.)
MILWAUKEE BUCKS DETROIT PISTONS 99-95 (Antetokounmpo 21 p., 6 r. 1 as., 3 st., 4 b.)
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES SAN ANTONIO SPURS 98-86 (Bjelica 11 p. 4 r. 2 a. 1 s. 1 b – Gasol  13 p. 8 r. 4 a., Lauvergne 7 p. 5 r.)
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS TORONTO RAPTORS 116-125 (Valanciunas 21 p. 6 r. 2 a. 1 b., Ibaka 12 p. 4 r. 1 s. 1 b., Poeltl 3 p. 1 r. 3 b.)
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER CHICAGO BULLS 92-79 (Abrines 4 p. 4 r. – Markkanen 16 p. 6 r. 2 a. 2 s. 1 b., Zipser 2 p. 4 r. 1 a.)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ORLANDO MAGIC 99-94 (Nurkic 11 p. 8 r. 5 a. – Fournier 22 p. 3 r. 2 a. 1 b., Vucevic 11 p., 10 r. 4 a., Hezonja 1 r.)
LOS ANGELES LAKERS PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 109-115 (Saric 7 p. 6 r. 3 b., Luwawu-Cabbarot 7 p. 4 r. 4 a.)

 

 

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
BOSTON CELTICS
15
13
2
1540 – 1418
122
2
DETROIT PISTONS
14
10
4
1480 – 1415
65
3
TORONTO RAPTORS
14
9
5
1559 – 1481
78
4
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
14
9
5
1550 – 1470
80
5
NEW YORK KNICKS
14
8
6
1484 – 1465
19
6
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
14
8
6
1455 – 1462
-7
7
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
13
7
6
1404 – 1423
-19
8
ORLANDO MAGIC
15
8
7
1631 – 1608
23
9
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
15
8
7
1652 – 1682
-30
10
INDIANA PACERS
15
7
8
1628 – 1640
-12
11
MIAMI HEAT
14
6
8
1418 – 1442
-24
12
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
13
5
8
1348 – 1374
-26
13
BROOKLYN NETS
14
5
9
1540 – 1598
-58
14
ATLANTA HAWKS
15
3
12
1563 – 1626
-63
15
CHICAGO BULLS
12
2
10
1109 – 1235
-126
WESTERN
1
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
14
11
3
1674 – 1508
166
2
HOUSTON ROCKETS
15
11
4
1668 – 1569
99
3
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
14
9
5
1512 – 1525
-13
4
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
15
9
6
1522 – 1484
38
5
DENVER NUGGETS
14
8
6
1481 – 1467
14
6
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
14
8
6
1464 – 1384
80
7
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
15
8
7
1620 – 1623
-3
8
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
14
7
7
1428 – 1415
13
9
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
14
7
7
1443 – 1359
84
10
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
14
6
8
1446 – 1482
-36
11
UTAH JAZZ
15
6
9
1477 – 1510
-33
12
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
13
5
8
1394 – 1378
16
13
PHOENIX SUNS
15
5
10
1591 – 1727
-136
14
SACRAMENTO KINGS
14
3
11
1310 – 1500
-190
15
DALLAS MAVERICKS
15
2
13
1484 – 1605
-121
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