By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net
Spanish international, Nikola Mirotic was unstoppable as he hit 12-of-15 shots on his way to 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and a block in a 119-102.
The Pelicans will look to sweep the series this Saturday.
The Philadelphia 76ers took advantage of Joel Embiid’s return and took a 2-1 series lead over the Heat with a 128-108 win in Miami.
Croatian star, Dario Saric scored 23 points, adding 7 boards and 4 assists while Italian veteran, Marco Belinelli was superb once again with 21 points, 4 boards and 5 assists off the bench.
Slovenian all-star, Goran Dragic scored 23 points and added 8 assists for the losing side.
Finally, the Golden State Warriors took care of business against the Spurs, 110-97 in San Antonio and are now one win away from completing the sweep.
French legend, Tony Parker scored 16 points for the losing side.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:
| MIAMI HEAT | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 108-128 | Dragic 23 p. 2 r. 8 a. 1 s. – Saric 21 p. 7 r. 4 a., Belinelli 21 p. 4 r. 5 a. 1 s., Ilyasova 8 p. 3 r. 1 b. |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 119-102 | Mirotic 30 p. 8 r. 2 . 3 s. 1 b. – Nurkic 5 p. 7 r. 2 a. 2 s. |
| SAN ANTONIO SPURS | GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 97-110 | Gasol 6 p. 7 r. 1 b., Bertans 5 p. 4 r. 2 a., Parker 16 p. 1 r. 2 a. 1 s. |