NBA Euro-watch: Giannis and the Bucks end four-game skid

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By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The Greek Freak scored 35 points and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game losing streak, scoring 36 points off the Philadelphia 76ers’ season-high 26 turnovers in a 118-110 victory. Croatian forward Dario Saric scored 25 points for the losing side.

Skal Labissiere sank a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left and the Sacramento Kings held on to beat the New York Knicks 102-99 with Bogdan Bogdanovic scoring 22 points and making a 20-foot stepback shot to put the Kings up 99-97. Bogdanovic also dished seven assists. Turk Enes Kanter had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks.

Spaniard Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points in a rare start and the New Orleans Pelicans won their eighth in a row, 126-109 over the Dallas Mavericks. German legend Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points for the losing side and once more he made history.

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Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers

ATLANTA HAWKS

PHOENIX SUNS

113-112

Schroder 21 p. 6 t. 6 as. – Bender 6 p. 5 r. 8 as. Len 2 p.

TORONTO RAPTORS

CHARLOTTE HORNETS

103-98

Valanciunas 18 p. 13 r. Ibaka 17 p. 8 r. 3 bl. Poeltl 3 r. 3 bl. – Batum 10 p. 6 r. 8 as.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS

INDIANA PACERS

95-98

Gortat 10 p. 7 r. Satoransky 7 p. 2 as. Mahinmi 8 p. 9 r. – Bojan Bogdanovic 20 p. 4 r. 2 st. Sabonis 8 p. 4 r.

DALLAS MAVERICKS

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS

109-126

Nowitzki 23 p. 7 r. – Mirotic 24 p.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

118-110

Antetokounmpo 35 p. 9 r. 7 as. – Saric 25 p. 6 r. Ilyasova 7 p. Belinelli 10 p. , Luwawu-Cabarot 3p.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

BROOKLYN NETS

123-120

Teodosic 14 p. 4 as.

SACRAMENTO KINGS

NEW YORK KNICKS

102-99

Bogdan Bogdanovic 22 p. 7 as. Dorsey 12 p. 5 r. – Koufos 12 p. 8 r. – Kanter 16 p. 14 r. Ntilikina 7 p. 5 as.

Standings

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
TORONTO RAPTORS
62
45
17
6940 – 6405
535
2
BOSTON CELTICS
64
44
20
6679 – 6415
264
3
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
62
36
26
6822 – 6825
-3
4
INDIANA PACERS
63
36
27
6715 – 6617
98
5
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
64
36
28
6845 – 6747
98
6
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
62
34
28
6667 – 6548
119
7
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
63
34
29
6610 – 6636
-26
8
MIAMI HEAT
63
33
30
6388 – 6423
-35
9
DETROIT PISTONS
63
29
34
6495 – 6553
-58
10
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
64
28
36
6811 – 6827
-16
11
NEW YORK KNICKS
64
24
40
6663 – 6849
-186
12
CHICAGO BULLS
62
21
41
6407 – 6786
-379
13
ORLANDO MAGIC
63
20
43
6665 – 6927
-262
14
BROOKLYN NETS
64
20
44
6771 – 7034
-263
15
ATLANTA HAWKS
64
20
44
6642 – 6927
-285
WESTERN
1
HOUSTON ROCKETS
62
49
13
7067 – 6520
547
2
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
63
49
14
7313 – 6777
536
3
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
63
37
26
6628 – 6512
116
4
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
62
36
26
6964 – 6921
43
5
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
66
38
28
7243 – 7063
180
6
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
63
36
27
6450 – 6264
186
7
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
65
37
28
6926 – 6746
180
8
DENVER NUGGETS
63
35
28
6846 – 6775
71
9
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
62
34
28
6766 – 6696
70
10
UTAH JAZZ
63
33
30
6479 – 6382
97
11
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
62
28
34
6721 – 6821
-100
12
SACRAMENTO KINGS
64
20
44
6349 – 6849
-500
13
DALLAS MAVERICKS
64
19
45
6540 – 6727
-187
14
PHOENIX SUNS
65
19
46
6804 – 7355
-551
15
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
62
18
44
6134 – 6423
-289
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