NBA Euro-watch: Victorious Dragic in double-overtime show

2018-03-20T10:25:49+00:00 2018-03-20T10:25:49+00:00.

Aris Barkas

20/Mar/18 10:25

Eurohoops.net

After three hours of game, Miami set a franchise single-game scoring record by beating the Nuggets 149-141 in double overtime.

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.

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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

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