By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net
The French center had 10 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in 25 minutes as the Jazz edged the Spurs 101-99 in Utah.
In the absence of LaMarcus Aldridge, Pau Gasol shined with 15 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists for the losing side.
Lauri Markkanen scored 21 points and the Bulls seemed to have the win in hand against the Magic until the fourth quarter.
Mario Hezonja put on a fourth quarter show to help the Magic rally back against Chicago but with the game tied, Zach LaVine stole the ball and got the go ahead dunk.
The Croatian finished with 24 points while Evan Fournier had 22 in a 101-105 loss.
The New Orleans Pelicans got their second straight road win in Emeka Okafor’s return to action, 118-103 in Detroit.
Nikola Mirotic scored 21 points, adding 12 rebounds for the winning side.
Finally, Dario Saric had another outstanding offensive performance leading all scorers as the 76ers beat the Knicks 108-92 at home.
“The Homie” scored 24 points including four triples.
Enes Kanter led the way for New York with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:
| DETROIT PISTONS | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 103-118 | Mirotic 21 p. 12 r. 1 a. 1 s. |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | NEW YORK KNICKS | 108-92 | Saric 24 p. 4 r. 1 a. – Kanter 17 p. 13 r. 3 a. 1 s., Ntilikina 1 r. 2 a. |
| BROOKLYN NETS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 101-114 | Gallinari 16 p. 5 r., Teodosic 7 p. 2 r. 4 a. |
| CHICAGO BULLS | ORLANDO MAGIC | 105-101 | Markkanen 21 p. 8 r. 1 b. – Fournier 22 p. 3 r. 5 a. 1 b., Hezonja 24 p. 6 r. 4 s. – |
| UTAH JAZZ | SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 101-99 | Gobert 10 p. 11 r. 2 a. 2 s. 2 b., Jerebko 3 p. 1 r. 1 a. – Gasol 15 p. 15 r. 6 a. 1 s. 2 b., Bertans 12 p. 4 r. 1 s. 3 b., Parker 6 p. 4 r. 1 a., Lauvergne 10 p. 5 r. 2 a. |
| GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | PHOENIX SUNS | 123-89 | Casspi 19 p. 10 r. 2 ., Pachulia 3 p. 6 r. 5 a. 1 s. 1 b. – Bender 3 p. 3 r. 1 b., Len 8 p. 7 r. 2 a. 1 s. |
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#
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TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
55
|
39
|
16
|
6139 – 5682
|
457
|
||
|
2
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
58
|
40
|
18
|
5966 – 5749
|
217
|
||
|
3
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
55
|
33
|
22
|
6050 – 6047
|
3
|
||
|
4
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
56
|
32
|
24
|
6005 – 5902
|
103
|
||
|
5
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
55
|
31
|
24
|
5742 – 5738
|
4
|
||
|
6
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
57
|
32
|
25
|
6085 – 6014
|
71
|
||
|
7
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
54
|
29
|
25
|
5808 – 5701
|
107
|
||
|
8
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
56
|
30
|
26
|
5616 – 5663
|
-47
|
||
|
9
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
56
|
27
|
29
|
5789 – 5801
|
-12
|
||
|
10
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
56
|
23
|
33
|
5939 – 5976
|
-37
|
||
|
11
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
58
|
23
|
35
|
6003 – 6142
|
-139
|
||
|
12
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
56
|
20
|
36
|
5792 – 6104
|
-312
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
58
|
19
|
39
|
6114 – 6360
|
-246
|
||
|
14
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
56
|
18
|
38
|
5914 – 6152
|
-238
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
57
|
18
|
39
|
5926 – 6159
|
-233
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
56
|
43
|
13
|
6473 – 6043
|
430
|
||
|
2
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
55
|
42
|
13
|
6278 – 5808
|
470
|
||
|
3
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
58
|
35
|
23
|
5884 – 5694
|
190
|
||
|
4
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
59
|
35
|
24
|
6467 – 6278
|
189
|
||
|
5
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
57
|
32
|
25
|
6056 – 5854
|
202
|
||
|
6
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
57
|
31
|
26
|
5967 – 5912
|
55
|
||
|
7
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
56
|
30
|
26
|
6005 – 5964
|
41
|
||
|
8
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
56
|
30
|
26
|
6206 – 6219
|
-13
|
||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
55
|
29
|
26
|
5917 – 5876
|
41
|
||
|
10
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
57
|
29
|
28
|
5895 – 5800
|
95
|
||
|
11
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
55
|
23
|
32
|
5886 – 6024
|
-138
|
||
|
12
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
55
|
18
|
37
|
5440 – 5641
|
-201
|
||
|
13
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
57
|
18
|
39
|
5811 – 5944
|
-133
|
||
|
14
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
57
|
18
|
39
|
5949 – 6421
|
-472
|
||
|
15
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
55
|
17
|
38
|
5421 – 5875
|
-454
|
||