By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 32 points, Nikola Mirotic finished with 28 and the surging Bulls beat the Pacers 119-107 on Friday night for their third consecutive win.
Led by Mirotic and Markkanen, Chicago made 18 of 39 3-point attempts in its 10th win in 12 games. Victor Oladipo, who missed his second straight game because of a sore right knee, is doubtful for Sunday’s matchup with Minnesota.
On a night the LA Clippers got Blake Griffin back for the first time in a month from a knee injury in their 121-106 victory Friday over the slumping Los Angeles Lakers, they lost guard Austin Rivers to an Achilles strain. On the other hand, Milos Teodosic is feeling more than great and proved it with 11 points and 7 assists. Griffin scored 24 points.
Last but not least, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to the road win in OKC after a highly debated non-call.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | HOUSTON ROCKETS | 121-103 | Gortat 4 p. 7 r., Satoransky 6 p. 4 as. Mahinmi 3 p. 5 r. |
| TORONTO RAPTORS | ATLANTA HAWKS | 111-98 | Valanciunas 13 p. 11 r. Poeltl 6 p. 10 r. – Ilyasova 6 p. 8 r. Schroder 14 p. 9 as. Belinelli 14 p. |
| MIAMI HEAT | BROOKLYN NETS | 87-111 | Dragic 11 p. 5 as.- Mozgov 1 t. |
| CHICAGO BULLS | INDIANA PACERS | 119-107 | Markkanen 32 p. 7 r. Mirotic 28 p. Zipser 2 p. – Bogdanovic 7 p. Sabonis 14 p. 9 r. |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 120-128 | Nowitzki 13 p. 12 r. Kleber 3 p. |
| OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 95-97 | Giannis 23 p. 12 r. 6 as. – Abrines 1 r. |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | PHOENIX SUNS | 101-111 | Koufos 8 p. 5 r. Boganovic 13 p. – Bender 9 p. Len 3 p. 6 r. |
| GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 100-111 | Pachulia 7 r. – Batum 15 p. |
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 106-121 | Teodosic 11 p. 7 as. |
STANDINGS
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
39
|
29
|
10
|
4030 – 3835
|
195
|
|||
|
2
|
34
|
24
|
10
|
3762 – 3495
|
267
|
|||
|
3
|
35
|
24
|
11
|
3861 – 3758
|
103
|
|||
|
4
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
34
|
19
|
15
|
3564 – 3577
|
-13
|
||
|
5
|
34
|
19
|
15
|
3482 – 3456
|
26
|
|||
|
6
|
36
|
20
|
16
|
3818 – 3738
|
80
|
|||
|
7
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
36
|
19
|
17
|
3868 – 3853
|
15
|
||
|
8
|
35
|
18
|
17
|
3497 – 3566
|
-69
|
|||
|
9
|
35
|
17
|
18
|
3625 – 3629
|
-4
|
|||
|
10
|
34
|
15
|
19
|
3669 – 3706
|
-37
|
|||
|
11
|
35
|
13
|
22
|
3763 – 3851
|
-88
|
|||
|
12
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
35
|
13
|
22
|
3508 – 3705
|
-197
|
||
|
13
|
35
|
13
|
22
|
3654 – 3716
|
-62
|
|||
|
14
|
36
|
12
|
24
|
3773 – 3966
|
-193
|
|||
|
15
|
35
|
9
|
26
|
3636 – 3798
|
-162
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
36
|
28
|
8
|
4120 – 3769
|
351
|
|||
|
2
|
34
|
25
|
9
|
3885 – 3598
|
287
|
|||
|
3
|
36
|
25
|
11
|
3664 – 3536
|
128
|
|||
|
4
|
36
|
22
|
14
|
3909 – 3840
|
69
|
|||
|
5
|
36
|
20
|
16
|
3718 – 3603
|
115
|
|||
|
6
|
35
|
19
|
16
|
3756 – 3702
|
54
|
|||
|
7
|
34
|
18
|
16
|
3469 – 3420
|
49
|
|||
|
8
|
35
|
18
|
17
|
3899 – 3899
|
0
|
|||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
34
|
15
|
19
|
3587 – 3603
|
-16
|
||
|
10
|
36
|
15
|
21
|
3641 – 3657
|
-16
|
|||
|
11
|
37
|
14
|
23
|
3912 – 4147
|
-235
|
|||
|
12
|
35
|
12
|
23
|
3395 – 3691
|
-296
|
|||
|
13
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
34
|
11
|
23
|
3614 – 3743
|
-129
|
||
|
14
|
37
|
12
|
25
|
3723 – 3815
|
-92
|
|||
|
15
|
35
|
11
|
24
|
3411 – 3541
|
-130
|
|||