NBA Euro-watch: Bogdanovic leads Kings past Jokic and the Nuggets

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

The Nuggets were on a tough back-to-back and the Sacramento Kings took full advantage of the fatigue factor. The home side led wire-to-wire and got the win, 106-98. Bogdan Bogdanovic played 33 minutes and had a nice performance scoring 11 points to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal.

For the losing side, Nikola Jokic once again flirted with a triple-double despite another off shooting night. The Joker finished the game with 8 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

The Milwaukee Bucks were coming off a blowout loss to the Toronto Raptors and the “Greek Freak” took his anger on the Wizards. Giannis had 32 points on 12-of-17 shooting and 9-of-10 free-throws, adding 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and a block single handedly carrying the Bucks to a 110-103 victory in Washington.

Marcin Gortat had 17 points, 7 boards and 3 blocks for the losing side.

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Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS	105-121	Pachulia 4 p. 5 r. 1 s., Casspi 8 p. 3 r.  1 a.
BROOKLYN NETS	BOSTON CELTICS	85-87	Theis 8 p. 10 r. 1 s. 2 b.
DETROIT PISTONS	HOUSTON ROCKETS	108-101	Marjanovic 10 p. 5 r. 1 a. 2 b. – Capela 14 p. 11 r. 2 b.
INDIANA PACERS	CHICAGO BULLS	125-86	Sabonis 22 p. 5 r. 1 b. – Markkanen 13 p. 5 r. 2 a., Mirotic 8 p. 2 r., Zipser 4 p. 3 r.
ORLANDO MAGIC	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS	127-131	Fournier 18 p. 1 r. 5 a., Hezonja 16 p. 10 r. 2 a. 1 b. – Osman 6 p. 3 r. 1 a.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS	MILWAUKEE BUCKS	103-110	Gortat 17 p. 7 r. 1 a. 3 b., Satoransky 3 p. 1 a., Mahinmi 6 p. 5 r. 1 a. 1 s. – Antetokounmpo 34 p. 12 r. 7 a. 2 s. 1 b.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS	116-98	Bjelica 2 p. 1 r.
SACRAMENTO KINGS	DENVER NUGGETS	106-98	Bogdanovic 11 p. 2 r. 5 a. 1 s., Koufos 12 p. 7 r. 1 a. 2 s.- Jokic 8 p. 7 r. 10 a.

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	BOSTON CELTICS		43	33	10	4418 – 4197	221
2	TORONTO RAPTORS		37	27	10	4146 – 3847	299
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		39	26	13	4308 – 4201	107
4	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		40	23	17	4258 – 4161	97
5	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		38	21	17	4033 – 4041	-8
6	DETROIT PISTONS		38	21	17	3865 – 3861	4
7	MIAMI HEAT		38	21	17	3832 – 3884	-52
8	INDIANA PACERS		39	20	19	4184 – 4168	16
9	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		38	19	19	4125 – 4102	23
10	NEW YORK KNICKS		39	18	21	4027 – 4060	-33
11	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		38	15	23	3991 – 4027	-36
12	BROOKLYN NETS		39	15	24	4149 – 4238	-89
13	CHICAGO BULLS		40	14	26	4066 – 4316	-250
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		40	12	28	4204 – 4428	-224
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		38	10	28	3932 – 4101	-169
WESTERN
1	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		40	32	8	4631 – 4238	393
2	HOUSTON ROCKETS		38	27	11	4364 – 4070	294
3	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		40	27	13	4052 – 3921	131
4	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		41	25	16	4427 – 4313	114
5	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		39	22	17	4091 – 3932	159
6	DENVER NUGGETS		39	21	18	4189 – 4117	72
7	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		38	20	18	3902 – 3860	42
8	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		38	19	19	4208 – 4218	-10
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		38	17	21	4028 – 4054	-26
10	UTAH JAZZ		39	16	23	3934 – 3965	-31
11	PHOENIX SUNS		41	15	26	4326 – 4610	-284
12	SACRAMENTO KINGS		38	13	25	3708 – 4034	-326
13	DALLAS MAVERICKS		40	13	27	4085 – 4180	-95
14	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		39	12	27	3858 – 3993	-135
15	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		38	11	27	4042 – 4246	-204