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.
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. |
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#
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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
|
||