By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Greek Freak also made a season-high 17 free throws and had 13 rebounds for Milwaukee. The Kings fought back and overcame a 20-point, second-half deficit before falling to the Bucks 109-104.
After Antetokounmpo’s two free throws, Serb star Bogdan Bogdanovic who scored in total 9 points, connected on a 3-pointer to pull the Kings within three points. After the Bucks came up empty again, Bogdanovic made two free throws to cut the lead to one with less than 2 minutes remaining.
John Henson’s hook shot and two free throws by Antetokounmpo put the Bucks up 106-101. Middleton sealed the win with two free throws. “We’ve got to do a better job keeping the lead and finishing the game up”, said Giannis.
Spaniard Marc Gasol scored 27 and passed 10,000 career points despite being listed as questionable after injuring his left foot in Friday’s loss to San Antonio, but LeBron James scored 34 points, including seven in the final 1:22, and Cleveland beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-111 for their 11th straight victory.
German icon Dirk Nowitzki made five of Dallas’ 16 3-pointers, and the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-82 on Saturday for Carlisle’s 700th career win.
Dirk’s German heir Dennis Schroder scored 24 points, reserve Luke Babbitt had 20 and the short-handed Hawks beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-102 on Saturday.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers
|
BOSTON CELTICS |
PHOENIX SUNS |
116-111 |
Theis 6 p. 2 r. – Bender 6 p. |
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS |
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS |
108-82 |
Kleber 3 p. 8 r. Nowitzki 16 p., 3 r. |
|
BROOKLYN NETS |
ATLANTA HAWKS |
102-114 |
Ilyasova 9 p. 11 r., Schroder 24 p. 6 as. Belinelli 9 p. |
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS |
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES |
116-111 |
Calderon 1 as., Osman 1 r. – Gasol 27 p. 6 r. 4 as. |
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS |
DETROIT PISTONS |
108-103 |
Saric 17 p. 7 r., Luwawu Cabarrot 3 p. – Marjanovic 6 p. 2 r. |
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS |
SACRAMENTO KINGS |
109-104 |
Antetokounmpo 33 p. 13 r. – Bogdanovic 9 p., Koufos 1 r. |
|
DENVER NUGGETS |
LOS ANGELES LAKERS |
115-100 |
Hernangomez 5 p. 5 r. |
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS |
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS |
116-123 |
Asik 1 p. 7 r. – Nurkic 8 p. 4 r. |
Standings
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
24
|
20
|
4
|
2508 – 2338
|
170
|
||
|
2
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
23
|
16
|
7
|
2563 – 2504
|
59
|
||
|
3
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
2328 – 2177
|
151
|
||
|
4
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
22
|
14
|
8
|
2310 – 2265
|
45
|
||
|
5
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
22
|
13
|
9
|
2387 – 2371
|
16
|
||
|
6
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
21
|
12
|
9
|
2167 – 2182
|
-15
|
||
|
7
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
22
|
12
|
10
|
2371 – 2284
|
87
|
||
|
8
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
21
|
11
|
10
|
2195 – 2179
|
16
|
||
|
9
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2498 – 2491
|
7
|
||
|
10
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
22
|
11
|
11
|
2205 – 2261
|
-56
|
||
|
11
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
23
|
9
|
14
|
2487 – 2572
|
-85
|
||
|
12
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
2215 – 2247
|
-32
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2415 – 2492
|
-77
|
||
|
14
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
22
|
5
|
17
|
2272 – 2387
|
-115
|
||
|
15
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
21
|
3
|
18
|
2013 – 2246
|
-233
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
21
|
17
|
4
|
2392 – 2165
|
227
|
||
|
2
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
23
|
17
|
6
|
2714 – 2469
|
245
|
||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
22
|
15
|
7
|
2232 – 2145
|
87
|
||
|
4
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
22
|
13
|
9
|
2352 – 2339
|
13
|
||
|
5
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2374 – 2300
|
74
|
||
|
6
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2478 – 2470
|
8
|
||
|
7
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2498 – 2517
|
-19
|
||
|
8
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2372 – 2300
|
72
|
||
|
9
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
21
|
9
|
12
|
2157 – 2092
|
65
|
||
|
10
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
2201 – 2252
|
-51
|
||
|
11
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2338 – 2397
|
-59
|
||
|
12
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
24
|
8
|
16
|
2570 – 2780
|
-210
|
||
|
13
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
22
|
7
|
15
|
2162 – 2232
|
-70
|
||
|
14
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
23
|
7
|
16
|
2200 – 2430
|
-230
|
||
|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
23
|
6
|
17
|
2296 – 2386
|
-90
|
||