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.
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. |
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#
|
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
|
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