By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Swiss big man, however, stole the show with what he had to say after the game.
“We’re confident because we know if we’re doing what we’re supposed to do, we’re going to beat them,” Rockets center Clint Capela told ESPN. “Today, we were ready. I think that if we’re doing what we’re supposed to do on defense — all the switches, the weak side — and keep playing our offense by keeping that mentality all game long, we have the weapons to beat them. We are better than them.”
French star Nic Batum scored a season-high 26 points and Kemba Walker had 22 for Charlotte, which had a two-game winning streak snapped as Miami without Eurobasket MVP Goran Dragic got the 106-105 road win.
With Miami trailing 105-100, Joe Johnson got free for a dunk. The Hornets inbounded the ball to Batum, but Josh Richardson stripped the ball and passed it to Johnson, who knocked down a 3-pointer from the wing to tie it.
“I didn’t see him,” Batum said. “I was facing the (inbounder) and he came in from behind. I had no idea he was behind me. I barely touched the ball. … I don’t have eyes in the back of my head.”
Khris Middleton had his first career-triple double — 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists — for the Giannis-less Bucks in their second straight loss to the Sixers with 116-94 as Frenchman Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 16 points in a rare start as the Sixers (22-20) moved past Milwaukee (23-22).
Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers
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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS |
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER |
124-148 |
Osman 2 p. Calderon 2 p. 1 as. |
|
ATLANTA HAWKS |
CHICAGO BULLS |
97-113 |
Schroder 18 p. 5 as. Ilyasova 9 p. Belinelli 6 p. – Markkanen 19 p. 4 r. 1 as. Mirotic 10 p. 7 r. |
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS |
MIAMI HEAT |
105-106 |
Batum 26 p. 3 r. 6 as. 3 st. |
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NEW ORLEANS PELICANS |
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES |
111-104 |
Gasol 16 p. 5 r. 7 as. |
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PHILADELPHIA 76ERS |
MILWAUKEE BUCKS |
116-94 |
Saric 13 p. 6 r . 7 as. Luwawu-Cabattor 16 p. 3 r. |
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS |
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS |
116-108 |
Capela 18 p. 5 r. – Pachulia 4 p. 4 r. 3 as. |
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES |
TORONTO RAPTORS |
115-109 |
Ibaka 13 p. 5 r. Valanciunas 3 r. Poeltl 6 p. Bjelica 8 p. 6 r. |
|
UTAH JAZZ |
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS |
125-113 |
Gobert 16 p. 7 r., Rubio 12 p. 6 r . 6 as. Jerbeko 7 p. 6 r. – Teodosic 8 p. 4 as. |
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS |
DALLAS MAVERICKS |
117-108 |
Nurkic 10 p. 6 r. – Nowitzki 21 p. 4 r. Kleber 10 p. |
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
46
|
34
|
12
|
4725 – 4505
|
220
|
||
|
2
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
45
|
31
|
14
|
5009 – 4682
|
327
|
||
|
3
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
45
|
27
|
18
|
4937 – 4927
|
10
|
||
|
4
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
46
|
27
|
19
|
4654 – 4686
|
-32
|
||
|
5
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
46
|
26
|
20
|
4932 – 4849
|
83
|
||
|
6
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
42
|
22
|
20
|
4550 – 4501
|
49
|
||
|
7
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
46
|
24
|
22
|
4897 – 4863
|
34
|
||
|
8
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
45
|
23
|
22
|
4711 – 4775
|
-64
|
||
|
9
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
44
|
22
|
22
|
4503 – 4496
|
7
|
||
|
10
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
46
|
21
|
25
|
4807 – 4843
|
-36
|
||
|
11
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
44
|
18
|
26
|
4648 – 4653
|
-5
|
||
|
12
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
46
|
18
|
28
|
4746 – 4983
|
-237
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
46
|
17
|
29
|
4865 – 5004
|
-139
|
||
|
14
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
45
|
13
|
32
|
4736 – 4983
|
-247
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
45
|
13
|
32
|
4660 – 4853
|
-193
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
47
|
37
|
10
|
5441 – 5032
|
409
|
||
|
2
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
44
|
32
|
12
|
5047 – 4703
|
344
|
||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
47
|
30
|
17
|
4744 – 4588
|
156
|
||
|
4
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
48
|
30
|
18
|
5211 – 5044
|
167
|
||
|
5
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
46
|
26
|
20
|
4843 – 4660
|
183
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
46
|
25
|
21
|
4793 – 4741
|
52
|
||
|
7
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
45
|
24
|
21
|
4984 – 4974
|
10
|
||
|
8
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
45
|
23
|
22
|
4843 – 4818
|
25
|
||
|
9
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
46
|
23
|
23
|
4876 – 4860
|
16
|
||
|
10
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
46
|
19
|
27
|
4685 – 4715
|
-30
|
||
|
11
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
46
|
17
|
29
|
4851 – 5160
|
-309
|
||
|
12
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
45
|
16
|
29
|
4479 – 4594
|
-115
|
||
|
13
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
45
|
16
|
29
|
4776 – 4950
|
-174
|
||
|
14
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
46
|
15
|
31
|
4721 – 4819
|
-98
|
||
|
15
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
45
|
13
|
32
|
4395 – 4808
|
-413
|
||