By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
James Johnson scored a career-high 31 points, Kelly Olynyk added 30 off the bench and Slovenian Eurobasket champ Goran Dragic supported them with 20 points and eight assists.
For the losing side, Serb big man Nikola Jokic had 34 points and 14 rebounds.
In Cleveland, the duel between LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo ended up with the King scoring 40 points as part of his third triple-double in four games and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-117.
The Greek Freak had 37 points and went 11 for 11 at the foul line for Milwaukee, which fell to eighth in the Eastern Conference after Miami defeated Denver.
Philadelphia got a 108-94 win over the Charlotte Hornets with Italian Marco Belinelli scoring 21 points off the bench, while for the losing side Spaniard Willy Hernangomez scored 17 points off the bench, registering a career high.
Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 124-117 | Zizic 13 p. 6 r. Calderon 5 p. 3 r. – Antetokounmpo 37 p. 11 r. 5 as. |
| INDIANA PACERS | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 110-100 | Bogdanovic 6 p. 5 r. 3 as. – Zubac 2 p. 3 r. |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 108-94 | Saric 5 p . Ilyasova 2 p. 5 r. Belinelli 21 p. – Hernangomez 17 p. |
| BROOKLYN NETS | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 118-115 | |
| MIAMI HEAT | DENVER NUGGETS | 149-141 | Dragic 20 p. 8 as. 4 r. – Jokic 34 p. 14 r. |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | CHICAGO BULLS | 110-92 | Kanter 10 p. 13 r. Ntilikina 8 p. 5 as. – Zipser 7 p. 6 r. |
| SAN ANTONIO SPURS | GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 89-75 | Bertans 5 p .Gasol 4 p. 4 r. Parker 2 as. – Pachulia 6 p. 3 r. |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | DETROIT PISTONS | 90-106 | Koufos 5 p. 3 r. |
Standings
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
70
|
52
|
18
|
7876 – 7273
|
603
|
|||
|
2
|
70
|
47
|
23
|
7303 – 7028
|
275
|
|||
|
3
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
70
|
41
|
29
|
7734 – 7712
|
22
|
||
|
4
|
71
|
41
|
30
|
7514 – 7407
|
107
|
|||
|
5
|
70
|
40
|
30
|
7525 – 7428
|
97
|
|||
|
6
|
69
|
39
|
30
|
7458 – 7288
|
170
|
|||
|
7
|
71
|
38
|
33
|
7322 – 7314
|
8
|
|||
|
8
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
70
|
37
|
33
|
7395 – 7420
|
-25
|
||
|
9
|
70
|
31
|
39
|
7188 – 7289
|
-101
|
|||
|
10
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
71
|
30
|
41
|
7597 – 7663
|
-66
|
||
|
11
|
71
|
26
|
45
|
7409 – 7633
|
-224
|
|||
|
12
|
70
|
24
|
46
|
7245 – 7668
|
-423
|
|||
|
13
|
71
|
23
|
48
|
7544 – 7836
|
-292
|
|||
|
14
|
70
|
21
|
49
|
7326 – 7653
|
-327
|
|||
|
15
|
70
|
20
|
50
|
7282 – 7644
|
-362
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
70
|
56
|
14
|
7955 – 7331
|
624
|
|||
|
2
|
71
|
53
|
18
|
8157 – 7621
|
536
|
|||
|
3
|
70
|
44
|
26
|
7422 – 7210
|
212
|
|||
|
4
|
72
|
43
|
29
|
7735 – 7495
|
240
|
|||
|
5
|
71
|
41
|
30
|
7256 – 7026
|
230
|
|||
|
6
|
70
|
40
|
30
|
7217 – 6987
|
230
|
|||
|
7
|
70
|
40
|
30
|
7816 – 7779
|
37
|
|||
|
8
|
71
|
40
|
31
|
7798 – 7640
|
158
|
|||
|
9
|
69
|
37
|
32
|
7541 – 7474
|
67
|
|||
|
10
|
71
|
38
|
33
|
7774 – 7701
|
73
|
|||
|
11
|
70
|
31
|
39
|
7584 – 7696
|
-112
|
|||
|
12
|
72
|
23
|
49
|
7157 – 7708
|
-551
|
|||
|
13
|
70
|
22
|
48
|
7185 – 7352
|
-167
|
|||
|
14
|
70
|
19
|
51
|
6929 – 7295
|
-366
|
|||
|
15
|
71
|
19
|
52
|
7413 – 8086
|
-673
|
|||