By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
James Harden scored 31 points and Chris Paul had 25 and the Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-111 for their 13th straight victory. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals for Milwaukee which has lost three in a row after winning six of seven.
Boston opened the final frame with 16 straight points to pull away from the Memphis Grizzlies for a 102-93 victory, despite Marc Gasol who led Memphis with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Manu Ginobili hit once more a game winner for the Spurs, rallying for a 98-96 victory over the Mavericks despite their amazing German duo. Maxi Kleber had 21 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 19 for Dallas in the final regular season matchup between the Southwest Division rivals.
Last but not least, James had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 60th career triple-double Cleveland beat the short-handed Utah Jazz 109-100. Turk Cedi Osman registered a career high in the NBA with 10 points and former Fenerbahce center Ekpe Udoh started for the Jazz, replacing injured Rudy Gobert (sprained ligament and bone bruise in left knee).
Here are last night’s results.
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 91-93 | Batum 23 p. 5 as. – Nurkic 14 p., 5 r. |
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | UTAH JAZZ | 109-100 | Osman 10 p., Calderon 6 p. Rubio 6 p. 4 r. 4 as., Jerebko 4 p., Sefolosha 12 p. |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | 111-96 | Porzingis DNP (injury) Kanter 10 p., Ntilikina 1 r. – Abrines 1 r. |
| MIAMI HEAT | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 90-85 | Dragic 10 p. – Teodosic 13 p. 6 r. 5 as. |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 115-111 | Giannis 28 p. 9 r. 5 as. 4 st. – Capela DNP (injury) |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | PHOENIX SUNS | 106-108 | Bender 17 p., Len 12p. 19 r. – Bjelica DNP (injury) |
| SAN ANTONIO SPURS | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 98-96 | Gasol 1 r. Bertans 13 p. 7 r., Lauvergne 5 p. Nowitzki 19 p. Kleber 21 p. |
| MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | BOSTON CELTICS | 93-102 | Gasol 30 p. 10 r. – Theis 5 p. |
Standings
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
32
|
25
|
7
|
3315 – 3140
|
175
|
|||
|
2
|
30
|
22
|
8
|
3337 – 3220
|
117
|
|||
|
3
|
27
|
19
|
8
|
2998 – 2776
|
222
|
|||
|
4
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
2975 – 2950
|
25
|
|||
|
5
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
3039 – 3007
|
32
|
|||
|
6
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
3058 – 2985
|
73
|
|||
|
7
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
3136 – 3106
|
30
|
|||
|
8
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
28
|
15
|
13
|
2925 – 2940
|
-15
|
||
|
9
|
29
|
15
|
14
|
2902 – 2957
|
-55
|
|||
|
10
|
28
|
14
|
14
|
3049 – 3060
|
-11
|
|||
|
11
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
3008 – 3107
|
-99
|
|||
|
12
|
30
|
11
|
19
|
3178 – 3303
|
-125
|
|||
|
13
|
29
|
10
|
19
|
3017 – 3079
|
-62
|
|||
|
14
|
28
|
8
|
20
|
2749 – 2964
|
-215
|
|||
|
15
|
29
|
6
|
23
|
2991 – 3152
|
-161
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
28
|
24
|
4
|
3223 – 2917
|
306
|
||
|
2
|
29
|
23
|
6
|
3388 – 3065
|
323
|
|||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
30
|
20
|
10
|
3037 – 2951
|
86
|
||
|
4
|
30
|
17
|
13
|
3229 – 3192
|
37
|
|||
|
5
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
2977 – 2915
|
62
|
|||
|
6
|
29
|
16
|
13
|
3128 – 3118
|
10
|
|||
|
7
|
30
|
15
|
15
|
3325 – 3351
|
-26
|
|||
|
8
|
29
|
14
|
15
|
2962 – 2913
|
49
|
|||
|
9
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
30
|
14
|
16
|
3090 – 3005
|
85
|
||
|
10
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
2905 – 2965
|
-60
|
|||
|
11
|
27
|
10
|
17
|
2871 – 2952
|
-81
|
|||
|
12
|
31
|
10
|
21
|
3307 – 3540
|
-233
|
|||
|
13
|
28
|
9
|
19
|
2693 – 2953
|
-260
|
|||
|
14
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
30
|
9
|
21
|
2911 – 3037
|
-126
|
||
|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
30
|
8
|
22
|
2990 – 3093
|
-103
|
||