By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Eric Bledsoe scored 11 of his 39 points in overtime, and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a huge comeback by the Los Angeles Lakers to win 124-122. The Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo added 27 points and 16 rebounds, while Ivica Zubac scored 15 points for the home team.
The Bosnian Beast Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Trail Blazers held off the Clippers 105-96 who had Italian Danilo Gallinari back in action and he scored 11 points, but Serb star Milos Teodosic was missing and he may not play again until the end of the season.
Another Serb, Nikola Jokic, had 23 points and 16 rebounds to help Denver beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-125. The Nuggets were 2-4 on their road trip and desperately needed the win for the Western Conference playoff race. Denver entered the night two games out of the No. 8 spot. After this win, they climbed to the 8th position.
Last but not least, Turk veteran Ersan Ilyasova scored 21 points and the Philadelphia 76ers won their ninth straight game with a 101-91 victory over the Atlanta Hawks despite missing All-Star center who Joel Embiid suffered an orbital eye fracture and a concussion.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers
| ORLANDO MAGIC | CHICAGO BULLS | 82-90 | Vucevic 12 p. 14 r. Hezonja 5 p. 4 r. -Markkanen 13 p. 8 r. |
| ATLANTA HAWKS | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 91-101 | Dorsey 10 p. – Saric 6 p. 4 r. Ilyasova 21 p. 16 r. Korkmaz 1 r. Belinelli 11 p. 6 r. |
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 107-102 | Calderon 5 p .- Mirotic 20 p. 7 r. |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | PHOENIX SUNS | 104-103 | Capela 6 p. 8 r. – Bender 7 p. |
| OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | DENVER NUGGETS | 125-126 | Abrines 6 p. – Jokic 23 p. 16 r. 6 as. |
| DALLAS MAVERICKS | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 92-93 | Bjelica 6 p. 3 r. – Nowitzki 7 p. 6 r. Kleber 10 p. 6 r. |
| UTAH JAZZ | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 107-97 | Gobert 9 p. 10 r. Jerebko 8 p. – Gasol 28 p. 5 r. |
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 122-124 | Zubac 16 p. 5r. -Antetokounmpo 27 p. 16 r. 4 as. |
| PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 105-96 | Nurkic 21 p. 12 r. 4 bl. – Gallinari 11 p. Marjanovic 10 p. 9 r. |
STANDINGS
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
75
|
55
|
20
|
8434 – 7830
|
604
|
|||
|
2
|
75
|
52
|
23
|
7811 – 7508
|
303
|
|||
|
3
|
76
|
46
|
30
|
8411 – 8355
|
56
|
|||
|
4
|
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
|
75
|
45
|
30
|
8157 – 7895
|
262
|
||
|
5
|
76
|
45
|
31
|
8026 – 7898
|
128
|
|||
|
6
|
75
|
41
|
34
|
8020 – 7944
|
76
|
|||
|
7
|
76
|
41
|
35
|
7848 – 7801
|
47
|
|||
|
8
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
76
|
41
|
35
|
8077 – 8089
|
-12
|
||
|
9
|
75
|
35
|
40
|
7731 – 7770
|
-39
|
|||
|
10
|
76
|
34
|
42
|
8192 – 8191
|
1
|
|||
|
11
|
76
|
27
|
49
|
7941 – 8212
|
-271
|
|||
|
12
|
76
|
25
|
51
|
7815 – 8341
|
-526
|
|||
|
13
|
75
|
24
|
51
|
7986 – 8288
|
-302
|
|||
|
14
|
75
|
22
|
53
|
7801 – 8164
|
-363
|
|||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
76
|
21
|
55
|
7869 – 8294
|
-425
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
76
|
62
|
14
|
8624 – 7917
|
707
|
|||
|
2
|
75
|
54
|
21
|
8542 – 8033
|
509
|
|||
|
3
|
76
|
44
|
32
|
7790 – 7557
|
233
|
|||
|
4
|
77
|
44
|
33
|
8449 – 8280
|
169
|
|||
|
5
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
77
|
44
|
33
|
8268 – 8031
|
237
|
||
|
6
|
76
|
43
|
33
|
7861 – 7607
|
254
|
|||
|
7
|
76
|
43
|
33
|
8451 – 8429
|
22
|
|||
|
8
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
76
|
41
|
35
|
8357 – 8265
|
92
|
||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
75
|
33
|
42
|
8140 – 8246
|
-106
|
||
|
10
|
76
|
24
|
52
|
7555 – 8111
|
-556
|
|||
|
11
|
76
|
23
|
53
|
7788 – 7981
|
-193
|
|||
|
12
|
76
|
21
|
55
|
7512 – 7957
|
-445
|
|||
|
13
|
77
|
19
|
58
|
7991 – 8743
|
-752
|
|||