By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The Serbian beast, Nikola Jokic paced the Nuggets to a great win with his 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, registering yet another triple-double this season!
Nicolas Batum is in excellent form and proved so once again in Hornets’ win over Schroder’s Hawks, with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists. The German player had 17 points and 8 assists for the opposing side.
The Toronto Raptors’ big men Jonas Valanciunas, Serge Ibaka and Jakoc Poeltl totally destroyed the Pacers, adding 16 points (17 rebs), 13 points (11 rebs) and 4 points respectively. Bojan Bogdanovic finished the game with 6 points for the opposing side.
Dario Saric had yet another great night with a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds, as Ersan Ilyasova and Marco Belinelli added 9 and 10 points to the Sixers’ win. Enes Kanter shared 14 points for the Knicks.
The Trail Blazers caused an upset to the Cavs, with Jusuf Nurkic adding 7 points and 10 rebounds, while Ante Zizic shared 2 blocks for the opposing squad.
The Bulls narrowly survived the Grizzlies, with Paul Zipser tapping 4 points to this win, while on the other hand, Marc Gasol finished with a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis.
Another double-double, this time by Swish Clint Capela, as the Rockets smashed the Clippers. Capela scored 19 points along with 12 rebounds. For the Los Angeles side, Milos Teodosic tapped 3 points and 4 assists in 20 minutes on the court.
The Spurs survived the Pelicans down the stretch, as Tony Parker and Pau Gasol shared 8 points each.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:
| TORONTO RAPTORS | INDIANA PACERS | 106-99 | Valanciunas 16 p. 17 r. 4 bl., Ibaka 13 p. 11 r. Poeltl 4 p. 3 r. – Bogdanovic 6 p. 2 as. |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | NEW YORK KNICKS | 118-110 | Saric 21 p. 11 r., Ilyasova 9 p. 8 r., Belinelli 10 p. – Kanter 14 p. 10 r., Ntilikina 3 as. |
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS | ATLANTA HAWKS | 129-117 | Batum 10 p. 10 r. 16 as., Hernangomez 1 r. – Schroder 17 p. 8 as. |
| CHICAGO BULLS | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 111-110 | Zipser 4 p. 3 r. – Gasol 21 p. 10 r. |
| LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | HOUSTON ROCKETS | 96-101 | Teodosic 3 p. 4 as. – Capela 19 p. 12 r. |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 93-98 | Mirotic 6 p. 10 r. – Gasol 8 p. 5 r., Parker 8 p. 4 as. |
| DETROIT PISTONS | DENVER NUGGETS | 113-120 | Jokic 23 p., 12 r. 10 as. |
| PHOENIX SUNS | UTAH JAZZ | 88-116 | Bender 7 p. 6 r. 2 a. – Rubio 12 p. 11 as., Gobert 21 p. 13 r., Jerebko 6 p. 5 r. |
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 105-113 | Zizic 2 bl. – Nurkic 7 p. 10 r. |
Standings:
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
68
|
51
|
17
|
7629 – 7026
|
603
|
||
|
2
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
68
|
46
|
22
|
7122 – 6837
|
285
|
||
|
3
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
69
|
40
|
29
|
7302 – 7198
|
104
|
||
|
4
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
68
|
39
|
29
|
7496 – 7486
|
10
|
||
|
5
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
69
|
39
|
30
|
7416 – 7326
|
90
|
||
|
6
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
67
|
37
|
30
|
7230 – 7078
|
152
|
||
|
7
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
68
|
36
|
32
|
7156 – 7179
|
-23
|
||
|
8
|
MIAMI HEAT
|
69
|
36
|
33
|
7081 – 7082
|
-1
|
||
|
9
|
DETROIT PISTONS
|
68
|
30
|
38
|
6995 – 7099
|
-104
|
||
|
10
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
69
|
30
|
39
|
7402 – 7431
|
-29
|
||
|
11
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
68
|
24
|
44
|
7044 – 7444
|
-400
|
||
|
12
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
69
|
24
|
45
|
7175 – 7440
|
-265
|
||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
68
|
21
|
47
|
7196 – 7495
|
-299
|
||
|
14
|
ORLANDO MAGIC
|
69
|
21
|
48
|
7243 – 7561
|
-318
|
||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
69
|
20
|
49
|
7165 – 7522
|
-357
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
68
|
54
|
14
|
7719 – 7110
|
609
|
||
|
2
|
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
|
68
|
52
|
16
|
7865 – 7325
|
540
|
||
|
3
|
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
|
68
|
42
|
26
|
7200 – 7014
|
186
|
||
|
4
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
70
|
41
|
29
|
7482 – 7257
|
225
|
||
|
5
|
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
|
69
|
40
|
29
|
7577 – 7394
|
183
|
||
|
6
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
68
|
39
|
29
|
7607 – 7583
|
24
|
||
|
7
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
69
|
39
|
30
|
7114 – 6890
|
224
|
||
|
8
|
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
|
69
|
39
|
30
|
7050 – 6850
|
200
|
||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
67
|
37
|
30
|
7319 – 7231
|
88
|
||
|
10
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
69
|
38
|
31
|
7539 – 7451
|
88
|
||
|
11
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
68
|
31
|
37
|
7393 – 7494
|
-101
|
||
|
12
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
68
|
22
|
46
|
6964 – 7116
|
-152
|
||
|
13
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
69
|
22
|
47
|
6872 – 7406
|
-534
|
||
|
14
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
70
|
19
|
51
|
7304 – 7962
|
-658
|
||
|
15
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
68
|
18
|
50
|
6713 – 7083
|
-370
|
||