By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Latvian “unicorn” had 30 points, 8 rebounds and one of the biggest buckets of the night.
The Hawks scored five consecutive points, including three free throws from Italian Marco Belinelli, who was fouled as he attempted to hoist a 3-pointer, to make it 103-100 with 1:40 remaining. Porzingis answered with a quick basket at the other end to extend the Knicks’ lead 105-100 before Turk Ersan Ilyasova’s layup drew Atlanta within three with 1:18 to play. The game was ultimately decided on the free throws line with Porzingis sealing it with two made.
Despite sitting out the last eight minutes of the game, German Dennis Schroder scored 21 points to lead Atlanta. Ilyasova added 20 for the Hawks, who are 3-11 away from home. Belinelli finished the night with 13 points.
Serb Nemanja Bjelica missed his ninth straight game with a left mid-foot sprain and Minnesota held on for a 97-92 win over Dallas. German Maxi Kleber tied a career high with 16 points for the losing side.
DeMar DeRozan scored 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter and Toronto held off the Sacramento Kings 102-87 for its sixth straight victory. Spaniard Serge Ibaka scored 20 points for the winners, while Serb Bogdan Bogdanovic had 15 for the Kings.
Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | TORONTO RAPTORS | 87-102 | Bogdanovic 15 p., Koufos 4 p. 8 r. – Ibaka 20 p., Valanciunas 9 p. 8 r., Poeltl 2p. |
| DETROIT PISTONS | BOSTON CELTICS | 81-91 | Marjanovic 2 p. 1 as. – Theis 2 p. 2 r. |
| INDIANA PACERS | DENVER NUGGETS | 126-116 | Bogdnovic 7 p., Sabonis 14 p. 7 r. |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 97-92 | Nowitzki 10 p., Kleber 16 p. – |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 131-124 | Asik 1 r. – Saric 13 p. 11 r., Luwawu Cabarrot 4 p. Korkmaz 5 p. |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | ATLANTA HAWKS | 111-107 | Porzingins 30 p. 8 r. Kanter 8 p. 5 r., Ntilikina 8 p. – Ilyasova 20 p. , Schroder 21 p., Belinelli 13 p. |
Standings
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
28
|
23
|
5
|
2909 – 2714
|
195
|
||
|
2
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
24
|
17
|
7
|
2672 – 2484
|
188
|
||
|
3
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
27
|
19
|
8
|
2984 – 2894
|
90
|
||
|
4
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
25
|
15
|
10
|
2597 – 2595
|
2
|
||
|
5
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
27
|
16
|
11
|
2943 – 2902
|
41
|
||
|
6
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
26
|
14
|
12
|
2682 – 2658
|
24
|
||
|
7
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
26
|
14
|
12
|
2767 – 2704
|
63
|
||
|
8
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
26
|
13
|
13
|
2704 – 2698
|
6
|
||
|
9
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
26
|
13
|
13
|
2814 – 2829
|
-15
|
||
|
10
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
25
|
12
|
13
|
2506 – 2590
|
-84
|
||
|
11
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
25
|
10
|
15
|
2714 – 2778
|
-64
|
||
|
12
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
2995 – 3102
|
-107
|
||
|
13
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
25
|
9
|
16
|
2616 – 2671
|
-55
|
||
|
14
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
26
|
6
|
20
|
2692 – 2828
|
-136
|
||
|
15
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
25
|
5
|
20
|
2423 – 2670
|
-247
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
24
|
20
|
4
|
2746 – 2478
|
268
|
||
|
2
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
27
|
21
|
6
|
3165 – 2864
|
301
|
||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
27
|
19
|
8
|
2741 – 2636
|
105
|
||
|
4
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
27
|
16
|
11
|
2892 – 2870
|
22
|
||
|
5
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
26
|
14
|
12
|
2790 – 2799
|
-9
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
25
|
13
|
12
|
2583 – 2530
|
53
|
||
|
7
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
27
|
14
|
13
|
2976 – 2996
|
-20
|
||
|
8
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
27
|
13
|
14
|
2783 – 2698
|
85
|
||
|
9
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
25
|
12
|
13
|
2544 – 2474
|
70
|
||
|
10
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
25
|
10
|
15
|
2650 – 2718
|
-68
|
||
|
11
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
24
|
9
|
15
|
2527 – 2589
|
-62
|
||
|
12
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
28
|
9
|
19
|
2998 – 3220
|
-222
|
||
|
13
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
26
|
8
|
18
|
2553 – 2641
|
-88
|
||
|
14
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
26
|
8
|
18
|
2498 – 2742
|
-244
|
||
|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
27
|
7
|
20
|
2702 – 2794
|
-92
|
||