By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net
The Croatian stud took over the game with his scoring and passing as he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists helping the Sixers win their ninth straight game against the Knicks.
Turkish big-man Enes Kanter posted another double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds for the losing side.
Spanish point-guard Ricky Rubio fell two boards shy of a triple-double finishing with 14 points, 8 boards and 10 assists in a tough 97-94 home loss to the Boston Celtics.
French center Rudy Gobert posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards for the Jazz.
French rookie Guerschon Yabusele made his second career start and provided the game-winning assist to go along with his 3 points for Boston.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 105-118 | Batum 6 p. 2 r. 5 a – Zizic 1 a., Calderon 4 p. 2 a., Osman 3 p. 1 r. |
| ORLANDO MAGIC | BROOKLYN NETS | 104-111 | Hezonja 23 p. 7 r. 3 a. 1 s., Vucevic 24 p. 15 r. 5 a. – |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | NEW YORK KNICKS | 118-101 | Saric 26 p. 14 r. 5 a.2 s., Ilyasova 4 p. 8 r. 2 a. 1 s., Belinelli 14 p. 2 r. 2 a. 1 s. – Kanter 17 p. 14 r. 1 a. 1 b., Ntilikina 3 p. 6 r. 1 a. |
| MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 108-103 | Gasol 8 p. 3 r 6 a. 2 s. – Nurkic 12 p. 8 r. 2 a. 3 s. 3 b. |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | ATLANTA HAWKS | 126-114 | Bjelica 14 p. 6 r. 3 a. 1 s. – Dorsey 5 p. 1 r. 1 a. |
| UTAH JAZZ | BOSTON CELTICS | 94-97 | Gobert 10 p. 11 r. 2 a. 1 s. 2 b., Rubio 14 p. 8 r. 10 a., Jerebko 3 p. 7 r. – Yabusele 3 p. 1 r. 1 a. |
| PHOENIX SUNS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 99-111 | Marjanovic 2 r. 1 a. – Bender 2 p. 1 r. 2 a. |
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 103-93 | Kleber 7 p. 5 r. 2 s., Nowitzki 13 p. 7 r. 7 a. 1 a. 1 b. – Zubac 3 r. 1 a. 1 s. 2 b. |
STANDINGS
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
75
|
55
|
20
|
8434 – 7830
|
604
|
|||
|
2
|
BOSTON CELTICS
|
75
|
52
|
23
|
7811 – 7508
|
303
|
||
|
3
|
75
|
45
|
30
|
8304 – 8253
|
51
|
|||
|
4
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
74
|
44
|
30
|
8056 – 7804
|
252
|
||
|
5
|
75
|
44
|
31
|
7920 – 7795
|
125
|
|||
|
6
|
74
|
41
|
33
|
7928 – 7841
|
87
|
|||
|
7
|
75
|
40
|
35
|
7745 – 7709
|
36
|
|||
|
8
|
74
|
39
|
35
|
7837 – 7860
|
-23
|
|||
|
9
|
74
|
34
|
40
|
7628 – 7678
|
-50
|
|||
|
10
|
76
|
34
|
42
|
8192 – 8191
|
1
|
|||
|
11
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
76
|
27
|
49
|
7941 – 8212
|
-271
|
||
|
12
|
74
|
24
|
50
|
7633 – 8156
|
-523
|
|||
|
13
|
75
|
24
|
51
|
7986 – 8288
|
-302
|
|||
|
14
|
74
|
22
|
52
|
7719 – 8074
|
-355
|
|||
|
15
|
75
|
21
|
54
|
7778 – 8193
|
-415
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
75
|
61
|
14
|
8520 – 7814
|
706
|
|||
|
2
|
74
|
54
|
20
|
8435 – 7917
|
518
|
|||
|
3
|
75
|
46
|
29
|
7951 – 7746
|
205
|
|||
|
4
|
75
|
44
|
31
|
8044 – 7802
|
242
|
|||
|
5
|
75
|
43
|
32
|
8349 – 8322
|
27
|
|||
|
6
|
75
|
43
|
32
|
7687 – 7458
|
229
|
|||
|
7
|
76
|
43
|
33
|
8356 – 8188
|
168
|
|||
|
8
|
UTAH JAZZ
|
75
|
42
|
33
|
7754 – 7510
|
244
|
||
|
9
|
75
|
41
|
34
|
8214 – 8129
|
85
|
|||
|
10
|
75
|
40
|
35
|
8231 – 8140
|
91
|
|||
|
11
|
74
|
33
|
41
|
8018 – 8122
|
-104
|
|||
|
12
|
75
|
24
|
51
|
7452 – 8005
|
-553
|
|||
|
13
|
75
|
23
|
52
|
7696 – 7888
|
-192
|
|||
|
14
|
75
|
21
|
54
|
7415 – 7850
|
-435
|
|||
|
15
|
76
|
19
|
57
|
7888 – 8639
|
-751
|
|||