NBA Euro-watch: Big nights for Saric and Pau Gasol

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

Pau Gasol and the Spurs headed to Memphis without their two stars, Kawhi Leonard and Lamarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol went straight to work.

The Spanish legend came up 1 assist shy of a triple-double finishing with 14 points, 15 boards and 9 assists in a 108-85 win.

Davis Bertans (11 p.), Tony Parker (12 p.) and Joffrey Lauvergne (10 p.) all scored in double-digits for the winning side.

Marc Gasol had 18 points, 7 boards an assist and a steal for Memphis.

The Philadelphia 76ers took care of the Chicago Bulls in a fashionable manner. Rising star, Ben Simons notched his fifth career triple-double while Dario Saric dropped his second straight 22-10 game.

Lauri Markkanen and Nikola Mirotic had 12 and 15 points respectively.

Rudy Gobert helped the Jazz beat the Pistons in overtime. The French center had 15 points, 8 boards and 4 blocks while Ricky Rubio had a double-double, 11 points, 10 rebounds adding 5 assists.

Andre Drummond had a “monster” outing after being snubbed from the all-star team. He finished with 30 points, 23 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 6 blocks.

Boban Marjanovic had 4 points, 6 boards, an assists and a steal in 14 minutes for the losing side.

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

CHARLOTTE HORNETS	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS	96-101	Batum 7 p. 3 r. 5 a. 2 s. 1 b. – Asik 2 r.
DETROIT PISTONS	UTAH JAZZ	95-98	Marjanovic 4 p. 6 r. 1 a. 1 s. – Gobert 15 p. 8 r. 1 a. 4 b., Rubio 11 p. 10 r. 5 a. 1 s., Jerebko 5 p. 2 r. 1 s.
INDIANA PACERS	PHOENIX SUNS	116-101	Sabonis 19 p. 8 r. 3 a. 1 s. 1 b., Bogdanovic 17 p. 7 r. 3 a. 1 s. 1 b. – Bender 4 r. 3 a.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS	CHICAGO BULLS	115-101	Saric 21 p. 10 r. 2 a. 1 s., Luwawu-Cabbarot 12 p. 3 r. 2 a. 1 s. – Markkanen 12 p. 3 r. 2 ., Mirotic 15 p. 3 r., Zipser 1 b.
ATLANTA HAWKS	TORONTO RAPTORS	93-108	Schroder 20 p. 9 r. 2 a. 2 s., Belinelli 8 p. 1 r. 1 a. 1 s., Ilyasova 3 r., Dorsey 5 p. 3 r. 1 s. – Valanciunas 16 p. 13 r. 3 a. 1 s. 3 b., Ibaka 12 p. 3 r. 2 a. 1 s. 1 b.
DALLAS MAVERICKS	HOUSTON ROCKETS	97-104	Nowitzki 7 p. 2 r. 1 a., Kleber 2 p. 1 r. 1 a. 1 s. – Capela 16 p. 13 r. 2 s. 2 b.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES	SAN ANTONIO SPURS	85-108	M. Gasol 18 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 s. – P. Gasol 14 p. 15 r. 9 a., Bertans 11 p. 4 r. 3 a. 1 s. 1 b., Parker 12 p. 1 r. 4 a., Lauvergne 10 p. 8 r. 1 a. 1 b.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	123-114	Nurkic 6 p. 3 r. – Bjelica 9 p. 7 r. 2 s.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	BOSTON CELTICS	102-113	Teodosic 2 p. 3 r. 6 a. – Theis 8 p. 8 r. 2 a. 1 s. 2 b.

 

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	BOSTON CELTICS		49	35	14	5040 – 4818	222
2	TORONTO RAPTORS		46	32	14	5117 – 4775	342
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		46	27	19	5039 – 5041	-2
4	MIAMI HEAT		47	27	20	4744 – 4785	-41
5	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		47	26	21	5007 – 4947	60
6	INDIANA PACERS		48	26	22	5107 – 5050	57
7	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		44	23	21	4766 – 4707	59
8	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		46	24	22	4820 – 4880	-60
9	DETROIT PISTONS		46	22	24	4698 – 4695	3
10	NEW YORK KNICKS		48	21	27	5026 – 5093	-67
11	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		46	19	27	4856 – 4861	-5
12	CHICAGO BULLS		48	18	30	4975 – 5230	-255
13	BROOKLYN NETS		48	18	30	5074 – 5213	-139
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		47	14	33	4938 – 5183	-245
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		47	14	33	4857 – 5051	-194
WESTERN
1	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		48	38	10	5564 – 5144	420
2	HOUSTON ROCKETS		46	34	12	5250 – 4890	360
3	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		50	32	18	5052 – 4869	183
4	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		50	31	19	5451 – 5285	166
5	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		47	27	20	4952 – 4768	184
6	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		47	26	21	5217 – 5198	19
7	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		48	26	22	5017 – 4959	58
8	DENVER NUGGETS		47	24	23	4980 – 4961	19
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		47	23	24	5063 – 5057	6
10	UTAH JAZZ		48	20	28	4873 – 4914	-41
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		47	18	29	5011 – 5164	-153
12	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		47	17	30	4669 – 4803	-134
13	PHOENIX SUNS		48	17	31	5057 – 5385	-328
14	DALLAS MAVERICKS		48	16	32	4916 – 4998	-82
15	SACRAMENTO KINGS		47	14	33	4607 – 5019	-412