NBA Euro-Watch: Jokic beat Nurkic and Bjelica defeated Milos

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

The Timberwolves went to L.A. without Jimmy Butler and Nemanja Bjelica drew the start. The Serbian wingman had a big game-tying his season high with 18 points including some timely buckets in the fourth quarter.

“Professor Big Shots” added 9 boards, 4 assists and a steal in a win. For the losing side, Milos Teodosic had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and a steal. Here’s the Serbian duel.

Lauri Markkanen had an impressive double-double against arguably the two best big men in the league, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

The “Finnisher” had 14 points to go along with a career-high 17 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 2 blocks but his team’s efforts fell short as the Pelicans downed the Bulls 132-128 after double OT.

DeMarcus Cousins had a historic night with 44 points, 24 boards and 10 assists becoming the first player to put up such numbers since Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Nikola Jokic helped the Nuggets edge the Blazers 103-100 in Denver. The “Joker” had a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards adding 5 assists, a steal and a block.

Jusuf Nurkic enjoyed a big night against his former team despite the loss. The “Bosnian Beast” also had a double-double 19 points & 12 rebounds adding one assist, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Finally, Marc Gasol helped the Grizzlies beat the 76ers at home, 105-101. The Spanish star had 19 points, 6 boards and a steal. On the losing side, Frenchman Timothe Luwawu Cabarrott had 20 points and Dario Saric had a double-double, 22 points and 10 rebounds.

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

CHARLOTTE HORNETS	SACRAMENTO KINGS	112-107	Batum 14 p. 6 r. 3 a. – Bogdanovic 10 p. 2 r. 7 a. 1 s., Koufos 10 p. 7 r. 1 a. 3 s., Papagiannis 6 p. 6 r.
ATLANTA HAWKS	UTAH JAZZ	104-90	Schroder 20 p. 1 r. 2 a., Ilyasova 5 p. 11 r. 1 a. 1 s., Belinelli 11 p. 1 r. 2 a. 1 s., Dorsey 5 p. 2 r. 1 a. – Rubio 2 p. 4 r. 6 a. 1 s., Gobert 6 p. 10 r. 1 a. 3 s. 3 b., Jerebko 7 p. 2 r. 2 a. 1 b.
HOUSTON ROCKETS	MIAMI HEAT	99-90	Capela 14 p. 8 r. 2 a. 1 s.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES	PHILADELPHIA 76ERS	105-101	Gasol 19 p. 6 r. 1 s. – Saric 22 p. 10 r. 2 a. 1 b., Luwawu-Cabbarot 20 p. 2 a. 1 b.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS	PHOENIX SUNS	109-105	Len 9 p. 5 r. 1 a., Bender 7 p. 3 r. 2 a.
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS	CHICAGO BULLS	132-128	Markkanen 14 p. 17 r. 2 a. 1 s. 2 b.
DALLAS MAVERICKS	WASHINGTON WIZARDS	98-75	Nowitzki 8 p. 9 r. 3 a. 1 b., Kleber 3 p. 4 r. 1 a. 2 b. – Gortat 6 p. 10 r. 1 a., Mahinmi 4 p. 2 r., Satoransky 2 p. 2 r. 2 a.
DENVER NUGGETS	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS	104-101	Jokic 16 p. 12 r. 5 a. 1 s. 1 b. – Nurkic 19 p. 12 r. 1 a. 2 s. 3 b.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	126-118	Teodosic 15 p. 3 r. 6 a. 1 s. – Bjelica 18 p. 9 r. 4 a. 1 s.

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	BOSTON CELTICS		47	34	13	4820 – 4608	212
2	TORONTO RAPTORS		45	31	14	5009 – 4682	327
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		45	27	18	4937 – 4927	10
4	MIAMI HEAT		47	27	20	4744 – 4785	-41
5	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		47	26	21	5007 – 4947	60
6	INDIANA PACERS		47	25	22	4991 – 4949	42
7	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		46	24	22	4820 – 4880	-60
8	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		43	22	21	4651 – 4606	45
9	DETROIT PISTONS		45	22	23	4603 – 4597	6
10	NEW YORK KNICKS		47	21	26	4914 – 4970	-56
11	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		45	19	26	4760 – 4760	0
12	CHICAGO BULLS		47	18	29	4874 – 5115	-241
13	BROOKLYN NETS		47	18	29	4966 – 5104	-138
14	ATLANTA HAWKS		46	14	32	4764 – 4943	-179
15	ORLANDO MAGIC		46	14	32	4839 – 5078	-239
WESTERN
1	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		47	37	10	5441 – 5032	409
2	HOUSTON ROCKETS		45	33	12	5146 – 4793	353
3	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		49	31	18	5337 – 5162	175
4	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		48	30	18	4830 – 4682	148
5	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		46	26	20	4843 – 4660	183
6	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		46	25	21	5116 – 5102	14
7	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		47	25	22	4894 – 4845	49
8	DENVER NUGGETS		47	24	23	4980 – 4961	19
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		46	23	23	4961 – 4944	17
10	UTAH JAZZ		47	19	28	4775 – 4819	-44
11	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		46	17	29	4584 – 4695	-111
12	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		46	17	29	4903 – 5057	-154
13	PHOENIX SUNS		47	17	30	4956 – 5269	-313
14	DALLAS MAVERICKS		47	16	31	4819 – 4894	-75
15	SACRAMENTO KINGS		46	13	33	4502 – 4920	-418