NBA Euro-watch: Bjelica outduels Bogdanovic

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

With Jimmy Butler out for an extended period of time, Nemanja Bjelica will be absorbing most of his starter minutes and the Serbian forward wasted no time with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in a 118-100 road win over the Sacramento Kings.

Bogdan Bogdanovic had 11 points, 3 boards, and 6 assists for the losing side while Kosta Koufos finished with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists off the bench

Even though the Houston Rockets were missing starting big-men Clint Capela and Ryan Anderson, they still managed to beat the Jazz 96-85 in Utah.

Rudy Gobert was solid for the home side, scoring 17 points to go along with 6 boards and 2 blocks while Ricky Rubio added 14 points, 3 boards and 4 assists.

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

ATLANTA HAWKS	LOS ANGELES LAKERS	104-123	Schroder 20 p. 3 r. 2 a. 2 s., Dorsey 4 p. 4 r. 1 a. 2 s. – Zubac 10 p. 1 r.
BOSTON CELTICS	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES	109-98	Theis 12 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 s. – Gasol 17 p. 8 r. 1 a. 1 s. 2 b.
BROOKLYN NETS	CHICAGO BULLS	104-87	Markkanen 19 p. 6 r.
NEW YORK KNICKS	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS	111-125	Casspi 3 r., Pachulia 7 p. 4 r. 2 a. 2 s. – Kanter 10 p. 7 r., Ntilikina 13 p. 5 r. 1 a.
TORONTO RAPTORS	DETROIT PISTONS	123-94	Ibaka 19 p. 9 r. 2 s. 1 b., Valanciunas 2 p. 5 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b., Poeltl 8 p. 4 r. 1 a. 3 s. 1 b. –
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS	PHOENIX SUNS	125-116	Mirotic 10 p. 8 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b. – Bender 8 p. 6 r. 7a a., Len 1 p. 2 r. 2 a. 1 s.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER	ORLANDO MAGIC	112-105	Abrines 12 p. 3 r. 1 s. 1 b. – Fournier 19 p. 4 r. 2 a. 1 s., Vucevic 15 p. 7 r. 2 . 1 s. 2 b., Hezonja 4 p. 3 r. 2 s.
DALLAS MAVERICKS	INDIANA PACERS	109-103	Nowitzki 7 p. 7 r. 2 a. 1 s., Kleber 1 r. – Sabonis 5 p. 1 r. 1 a. 1 s., Bogdanovic 19 p. 8 r. 1 a.
UTAH JAZZ	HOUSTON ROCKETS	85-96	Rubio 14 p. 3 r. 5 a. 1 s. 1 b., Gobert 17 p. 6 r. 1 a. 1 s. 2 b., Jerebko 3 p. 8 r. –
SACRAMENTO KINGS	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	100-118	Bjelica 12 p. 7 r. 3 a. 4 s. – Bogdanovic 11 p. 3 r. 6 a. 1 b., Koufos 7 p, 4 r. 2 a. 1 b.

 

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	TORONTO RAPTORS		59	42	17	6618 – 6108	510
2	BOSTON CELTICS		62	43	19	6425 – 6186	239
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		59	35	24	6479 – 6468	11
4	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		60	35	25	6447 – 6334	113
5	INDIANA PACERS		60	34	26	6412 – 6319	93
6	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		59	33	26	6205 – 6206	-1
7	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		58	32	26	6238 – 6132	106
8	MIAMI HEAT		60	31	29	6068 – 6095	-27
9	DETROIT PISTONS		60	28	32	6183 – 6246	-63
10	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		60	27	33	6390 – 6377	13
11	NEW YORK KNICKS		62	24	38	6459 – 6619	-160
12	CHICAGO BULLS		60	20	40	6196 – 6568	-372
13	BROOKLYN NETS		61	20	41	6417 – 6666	-249
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		60	18	42	6339 – 6604	-265
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		61	18	43	6313 – 6599	-286
WESTERN
1	HOUSTON ROCKETS		60	47	13	6839 – 6308	531
2	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		61	47	14	7090 – 6567	523
3	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		61	36	25	6222 – 6027	195
4	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		63	37	26	6918 – 6739	179
5	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		60	34	26	6296 – 6214	82
6	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		60	34	26	6717 – 6696	21
7	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		62	35	27	6591 – 6412	179
8	DENVER NUGGETS		60	33	27	6492 – 6434	58
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		58	31	27	6301 – 6246	55
10	UTAH JAZZ		61	31	30	6265 – 6183	82
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		60	26	34	6474 – 6596	-122
12	DALLAS MAVERICKS		61	19	42	6221 – 6382	-161
13	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		59	18	41	5830 – 6098	-268
14	SACRAMENTO KINGS		59	18	41	5841 – 6307	-466
15	PHOENIX SUNS		62	18	44	6466 – 7016	-550