By George Efkarpides /info@eurohoops.net
The Toronto Raptors led wire-to-wire and ended up beating the Phoenix Suns 126-113. Serge Ibaka was a force on offense and defense with 19 points, 6 boards, an assist, a steal and 3 blocks.
Jona Valanciunas chipped in with 4 points, 8 boards and 2 steals while Jakob Poeltl continued to put up impressive numbers of bench with 13 points, 5 boards and a block.
For the losing side, Alex Len had 14 points, 7 boards, a steal and a block but it was Devin Booker’s injury that hurt the Suns more than anything.
Russel Westbrook’s triple-double helped the Thunder beat the Jazz 100-94 despite a 17-point deficit.
The reigning MVP had 34 points, 13 boards and 14 assists while Alex Abrines added 2 points, 1 rebound and a steal in a win.
For the losing side, in his second game back, Rudy Gobert played 27 minutes and had 5 points, 6 boards, a steal and a block.
Ricky Rubio did a little bit of everything with 7 points, 4 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Thabo Sefolosha had 11 points, 8 boards and 4 steals against his former team while Jonas Jerebko had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in a loss.
Finally, Bradley Beal dropped a carer-high 51 points in the Wizards statement win 106-92 in Portland.
Maricn Gortat had 4 points, 7 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals in a win.
Jusuf Nurkic was doing work with 15 points, 9 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks before leaving the game with an apparent ankle injury.
Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers:
| TORONTO RAPTORS | PHOENIX SUNS | 126-113 | Ibaka 19 p. 6 r. 1 a. 1 s. 3 b., Valanciunas 4 p. 8 r. 2 s., Poeltl 13 p. 5 r. 1 b. – Len 14 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 b., Bender 1 r. |
| OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | UTAH JAZZ | 100-94 | Abrines 2 p. 1 r. 1 s. – Rubio 7 p. 4 r. 5 a. 2 s., Gobert 5 p. 6 r. 1 s. 1 b., Sefolosha 11 p. 8 r. 4 s. 2 b., Jerebko 4 p. 4 r. 2 s. |
| PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 92-106 | Nurkic 15 p. 9 r. 2 a. 3 b. – Gortat 4 p. 7 r. 7 a. 2 s., Mahinmi 2 p. 4 r. 3 s., Satoransky 7 p. 4 r. 3 a. |
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#
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TEAM
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PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
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+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
25
|
21
|
4
|
2619 – 2438
|
181
|
|||
|
2
|
24
|
17
|
7
|
2676 – 2595
|
81
|
|||
|
3
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
22
|
15
|
7
|
2454 – 2290
|
164
|
||
|
4
|
23
|
14
|
9
|
2403 – 2361
|
42
|
|||
|
5
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2488 – 2486
|
2
|
|||
|
6
|
22
|
12
|
10
|
2267 – 2293
|
-26
|
|||
|
7
|
24
|
13
|
11
|
2613 – 2588
|
25
|
|||
|
8
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
24
|
13
|
11
|
2546 – 2492
|
54
|
||
|
9
|
23
|
11
|
12
|
2392 – 2399
|
-7
|
|||
|
10
|
23
|
11
|
12
|
2300 – 2384
|
-84
|
|||
|
11
|
22
|
9
|
13
|
2319 – 2341
|
-22
|
|||
|
12
|
25
|
10
|
15
|
2686 – 2776
|
-90
|
|||
|
13
|
23
|
9
|
14
|
2525 – 2582
|
-57
|
|||
|
14
|
23
|
5
|
18
|
2362 – 2497
|
-135
|
|||
|
15
|
22
|
3
|
19
|
2104 – 2359
|
-255
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
22
|
18
|
4
|
2510 – 2260
|
250
|
|||
|
2
|
25
|
19
|
6
|
2962 – 2679
|
283
|
|||
|
3
|
24
|
16
|
8
|
2415 – 2328
|
87
|
|||
|
4
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2457 – 2461
|
-4
|
|||
|
5
|
25
|
14
|
11
|
2682 – 2671
|
11
|
|||
|
6
|
24
|
13
|
11
|
2466 – 2406
|
60
|
|||
|
7
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
25
|
13
|
12
|
2582 – 2469
|
113
|
||
|
8
|
24
|
12
|
12
|
2613 – 2642
|
-29
|
|||
|
9
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
23
|
11
|
12
|
2347 – 2273
|
74
|
||
|
10
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2307 – 2364
|
-57
|
|||
|
11
|
23
|
8
|
15
|
2257 – 2324
|
-67
|
|||
|
12
|
23
|
8
|
15
|
2433 – 2515
|
-82
|
|||
|
13
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
26
|
9
|
17
|
2798 – 3007
|
-209
|
||
|
14
|
23
|
7
|
16
|
2200 – 2430
|
-230
|
|||
|
15
|
24
|
7
|
17
|
2418 – 2491
|
-73
|
|||