By George Efkarpides /info@eurohoops.net
In an 11-game Monday night, Euro-ballers led their teams to wins, in fashion.
Bojan Bogdanovic helped the Pacers beat the Magic 105-97 in Orlando. The Croatian international was “hot” from deep hitting 5-of-7 threes on his way to 26 points, 7 boards and 2 steals. Domantas Sabonis chipped in with 10 points, 4 rebounds an assist.
For the losing side, Nicola Vucevic was superb with 25 points, 13 rebounds 2 assists, a steal and a block while Evan Fournier had 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and a block.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s efforts fell short as the Wizards beat the Bucks 99-88 in Milwaukee.
The “Greek Freak” had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks some which were highlight reel plays.
The “Polish Hammer”, Marcin Gortat had 11 points and 7 boards for the winning side.
Kristaps Porzingis got the Knicks back to their winning ways as the Knicks beat the Clippers 107-85.
Enes Kanter enjoyed another double-double (12 p.- 16 r.) adding one assist, two steals and a block.
Nikola Jokic won the “Serbian duel” against Bogdan Bogdanovic, 114-98. After being ejected in last night’s game against the Lakers, “the Joker” was magnificent.
He finished the game with 16 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block in 34 minutes.
Juancho Hernangomez added 11 points and 4 boards in a win as he works his way back into the rotation.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 10 points in a loss.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers:
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 118-102 | Batum 17 p. 4 r. 2 a. 2 s. – Bjelica 7 p. 3 r. 1 b.) |
| DETROIT PISTONS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 88-116 | (Caderon 14 p. 4 r. 2 a. 1 s., Osman 7 p. 4 r. 1 a.) |
| ORLANDO MAGIC | INDIANA PACERS | 97-105 | (Vucevic 15 p. 13 r. 2 a. 1 s. 1 b., Fournier 16 p. 3 r. 4 a. 1 b. – Bogdanovic 26 p. 7 r. 2 s., Sabonis 10 p. 4 r. 1 a.) |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | UTAH JAZZ | 107-86 | (Saric 5 p. 7 r. 2 a. 1 s., Luwawu Cabarrot 6 p. 3 r. 1 a. – Rubio 13 p. 4 r. 2 a. 3 s. 1 b., Sefolosha 7 p. 3 r. 1 a. 3 s.) |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 107-85 | (Porzingis 25 p. 7 r. 2 a. 2 s. 2 b., Kanter 12 p. 16 r. 1 a. 2 s. 1 b., Ntilikina 1 s., Hernangomez 3 p.) |
| MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 92-100 | (Gasol 19 p. 12 r. 7 a. 1 s. 2 b. – Nurkic 10 p. 7 r. 1 b.) |
| MILWAUKEE BUCKS | WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 88-99 | (Antetokounmpo 23 p. 8 r. 4 a. 3 b. – Gortat 11 p. 7 r., Mahinmi 2 p. 4 r. 1 a.) |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | 114-107 | (Abrines 7 p. 1 r. 1 a.) |
| DALLAS MAVERICKS | BOSTON CELTICS | 102-110 | (Nowitzki 14 p. 12 r. 2 a. 1 b., Kleber 4 r. – Theis 3 r.) |
| SAN ANTONIO SPURS | ATLANTA HAWKS | 96-85 | (Gasol 6 p. 7 r., Bertans 2 r. 1 s., Lauvergne 2 p. 4 r. 1 a. 1 s. – Shroder 14 p. 3 r. 9 a. 2 b., Belinelli 11 p. 2 r. 2 a. 2 s.) |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | DENVER NUGGETS | 98-114 | (Bogdanovic 10 p. 3 r., Koufos 16 p. 4 t. 1 s. 3 b. – Jokic 16 p. 14 r. 3 a. 1 s. 1 b., Hernangomez 11 p. 4 r. 1 s.) |
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#
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TEAM
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PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
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+/-
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|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
18
|
16
|
2
|
1852 – 1707
|
145
|
||
|
2
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
16
|
11
|
5
|
1766 – 1656
|
110
|
||
|
3
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
1768 – 1735
|
33
|
||
|
4
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1828 – 1749
|
79
|
||
|
5
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1886 – 1883
|
3
|
||
|
6
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
16
|
9
|
7
|
1675 – 1657
|
18
|
||
|
7
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
16
|
9
|
7
|
1742 – 1742
|
0
|
||
|
8
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1960 – 1932
|
28
|
||
|
9
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
16
|
8
|
8
|
1622 – 1672
|
-50
|
||
|
10
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
17
|
8
|
9
|
1813 – 1838
|
-25
|
||
|
11
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
1688 – 1686
|
2
|
||
|
12
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
1604 – 1650
|
-46
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
16
|
6
|
10
|
1769 – 1823
|
-54
|
||
|
14
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
14
|
3
|
11
|
1337 – 1468
|
-131
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
17
|
3
|
14
|
1747 – 1832
|
-85
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
1915 – 1768
|
147
|
||
|
2
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
2004 – 1827
|
177
|
||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
1722 – 1670
|
52
|
||
|
4
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1850 – 1806
|
44
|
||
|
5
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1822 – 1830
|
-8
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1748 – 1652
|
96
|
||
|
7
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
1848 – 1876
|
-28
|
||
|
8
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
1603 – 1620
|
-17
|
||
|
9
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
1651 – 1577
|
74
|
||
|
10
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
17
|
7
|
10
|
1795 – 1828
|
-33
|
||
|
11
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
18
|
7
|
11
|
1942 – 2087
|
-145
|
||
|
12
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
18
|
7
|
11
|
1795 – 1820
|
-25
|
||
|
13
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
16
|
5
|
11
|
1679 – 1705
|
-26
|
||
|
14
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
17
|
4
|
13
|
1584 – 1798
|
-214
|
||
|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
18
|
3
|
15
|
1784 – 1905
|
-121
|
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