NBA Euro-watch: Bogdanovic and Pacers upset the Warriors

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Bojan Bogdanovic and the Pacers saved an upset to the Warriors, with the Croatian guard leading his team to the victory with 28 points and three rebounds. For Golden State, Zaza Pachulia shared five points.

Nikola Jokic was one assist shy-from a triple-double against the Timberwolves, with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Fellow Serbian Nemanja Bjelica scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed three assists.

Clint Capela shared a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds in Rockets‘ narrow win against Trail Blazers, while Jusuf Nurkic registered a double-double of his own for Portland with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Another double-double, this time by Rudy Gobert, who pushed the Jazz past the Clippers with 15 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Jonas Jerebko’s 13 points and Ricky Rubio’s nine.

Cedi Osman was positive in the Cavaliers‘ win over Wizards, with eight points, three assists, two rebounds and two steals.

Timofey Mozgov shared six points in Nets‘ victory over the Bucks, that overshadowed Giannis Antetokounmpo’s near triple-double of 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

Last night’s Euro-scorers and scores:

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS	INDIANA PACERS	106-126	Pachulia 5 p. 1 r. – Bogdanovic 28 p. 3 r.
BROOKLYN NETS	MILWAUKEE BUCKS	119-111	Mozgov 6 p. – Antetokounmpo 19 p. 10 r. 7 as.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS	HOUSTON ROCKETS	94-96	Nurkic 14 p. 11 r., Papagiannis 2 p. 2 st. – Capela 11 p. 10 r.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS	115-119	Gortat 10 p. 7 r. 1 as., Satoransky 5 p. 4 as. – Osman 8 p. 3 as. 2 r. 2 st.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	UTAH JAZZ	95-117	Marjanovic 9 p. 4 r. – Gobert 15 p. 10 r., Rubio 9 p. 2 r. 2 as., Jerebko 13 p.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	DENVER NUGGETS	96-100	Bjelica 10 p. 7 r. 3 as. – Jokic 16 p. 14 r. 9 as.

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Standings:

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	TORONTO RAPTORS		78	56	22	8735 – 8130	605
2	BOSTON CELTICS		78	53	25	8101 – 7809	292
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		79	49	30	8740 – 8663	77
4	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		78	48	30	8512 – 8200	312
5	INDIANA PACERS		79	47	32	8367 – 8215	152
6	MIAMI HEAT		79	43	36	8173 – 8095	78
7	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		79	42	37	8419 – 8438	-19
8	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		79	42	37	8440 – 8389	51
9	DETROIT PISTONS		78	37	41	8062 – 8090	-28
10	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		79	34	45	8501 – 8537	-36
11	CHICAGO BULLS		78	27	51	8048 – 8549	-501
12	NEW YORK KNICKS		78	27	51	8123 – 8424	-301
13	BROOKLYN NETS		79	26	53	8406 – 8737	-331
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		78	24	54	8091 – 8431	-340
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		79	22	57	8147 – 8598	-451
WESTERN
1	HOUSTON ROCKETS		79	64	15	8923 – 8215	708
2	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		79	57	22	8988 – 8469	519
3	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		79	48	31	8372 – 8151	221
4	UTAH JAZZ		79	46	33	8216 – 7909	307
5	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		79	45	34	8112 – 7875	237
6	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		79	45	34	8484 – 8246	238
7	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		78	44	34	8678 – 8633	45
8	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		79	44	35	8642 – 8501	141
9	DENVER NUGGETS		79	44	35	8692 – 8590	102
10	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		79	42	37	8622 – 8572	50
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		78	34	44	8455 – 8559	-104
12	SACRAMENTO KINGS		79	25	54	7829 – 8403	-574
13	DALLAS MAVERICKS		79	24	55	8090 – 8293	-203
14	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		78	21	57	7705 – 8193	-488
15	PHOENIX SUNS		79	20	59	8195 – 8954	-759