By George Efkarpides /info@eurohoops.net
You knew ti was coming. The Bucks had been struggling lately and after the heated episode between Giannis Antetokounmpo and assistant coach Sean Sweeney, the Bucks were bound to come out with some fire.
Milwaukee dominated wire-to-wire and ended up beating Sacramento 112-87 behind an astonishing performance by Giannis Antetokoumpo.
The Greek Freak had 32 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 5 steals and a block in only 26 minutes.
For the losing side, Bogdan Bogdanovic had 7 points, an assist and 2 steals.
In Utah, the injury-plagued Utah Jazz hosted the Denver Nuggets and Quinn Snyder;s team proved that system basketball can overcome individual absences.
The Jazz turned a 1-point deficit at the half to a a 29-point win (106-77) with Ricky Rubio showing flashes of brilliance with 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and a block
Swedish forward Jonas Jerebko who drew the start had 15 points including 3 three-pointerrs to go with 8 boards 2 assists and a block in a win.
For the losing side, Nikola Jokic (7 p. 6 r. 6 a.) couldn’t find his rhythm offensively while Juancho Hernangomez had 7 points and 10 boards.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers:
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | MIAMI HEAT | 108-97 | Calderon 2 r. 3 a. 1 s., – Dragic 7 p. 2 r. 4 a. 1 s. |
| CHICAGO BULLS | PHOENIX SUNS | 99-104 | Markkanen 12 p. 6 r. 4 a., Zipser 2 r. – Bender 4 r. 2 a. |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 89-92 | Gortat 9 p. 7 r. 1 a., Mahimni 2 p. 8 r. 1 a., Satoransky 7 p. 5 r.6 a. 1 s. |
| UTAH JAZZ | DENVER NUGGETS | 106-77 | Rubio 13 p. 4 r. 5 a. 1 s. 1 b., Sefolosha 2 p. 3 r. 1 a. 2 s., Jerebko 15 p. 8 r. 2 a. 1 b. – Jokic 7 p. 6 r. 6 a. 1 s. 1 b., Hernangomez 7 p. 10 r. 1 b. |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 87-112 | Bogdanovic 7 p. 1 a. 2 s., Koufos 2 p. 7 r. 1 a. – Antetokounmpo 32 p. 5 r. 4 a. 5 s. 1 b. |
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#
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TEAM
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PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
22
|
18
|
4
|
2284 – 2130
|
154
|
|||
|
2
|
19
|
13
|
6
|
1985 – 1941
|
44
|
|||
|
3
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
2326 – 2279
|
47
|
|||
|
4
|
19
|
12
|
7
|
2082 – 1949
|
133
|
|||
|
5
|
19
|
11
|
8
|
2064 – 2047
|
17
|
|||
|
6
|
21
|
12
|
9
|
2286 – 2253
|
33
|
|||
|
7
|
20
|
11
|
9
|
2149 – 2075
|
74
|
|||
|
8
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
19
|
10
|
9
|
1955 – 1987
|
-32
|
||
|
9
|
20
|
10
|
10
|
2080 – 2093
|
-13
|
|||
|
10
|
20
|
10
|
10
|
2014 – 2046
|
-32
|
|||
|
11
|
19
|
8
|
11
|
2002 – 2016
|
-14
|
|||
|
12
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
2254 – 2331
|
-77
|
|||
|
13
|
20
|
7
|
13
|
2204 – 2274
|
-70
|
|||
|
14
|
20
|
4
|
16
|
2044 – 2164
|
-120
|
|||
|
15
|
19
|
3
|
16
|
1797 – 2028
|
-231
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
20
|
16
|
4
|
2274 – 2068
|
206
|
|||
|
2
|
21
|
15
|
6
|
2454 – 2234
|
220
|
|||
|
3
|
20
|
13
|
7
|
2033 – 1971
|
62
|
|||
|
4
|
21
|
13
|
8
|
2167 – 2074
|
93
|
|||
|
5
|
21
|
12
|
9
|
2251 – 2257
|
-6
|
|||
|
6
|
20
|
11
|
9
|
2165 – 2167
|
-2
|
|||
|
7
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
20
|
11
|
9
|
2126 – 2129
|
-3
|
||
|
8
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
21
|
10
|
11
|
2132 – 2085
|
47
|
||
|
9
|
19
|
8
|
11
|
1938 – 1864
|
74
|
|||
|
10
|
19
|
8
|
11
|
2012 – 2018
|
-6
|
|||
|
11
|
20
|
8
|
12
|
2115 – 2155
|
-40
|
|||
|
12
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
1877 – 1917
|
-40
|
|||
|
13
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2352 – 2533
|
-181
|
|||
|
14
|
21
|
6
|
15
|
1989 – 2215
|
-226
|
|||
|
15
|
21
|
5
|
16
|
2084 – 2195
|
-111
|
|||