By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net
Despite Ricky Rubio’s early exit due to a hamstring injury, the Jazz beat the Thunder 96-91 and will face the Houston Rockets in the second round. French center Rudy Gobert provided another double-double with 12 points and 13 boards for the winning side.
In Indiana, the Pacers faced elimination and took care of business against the Cavaliers, 121-87. Lithuanian big-man, Domantas Sabonis came off the bench for 19 points and 6 rebounds while Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic added 10 points for the Pacers.
Game 7 will take place in Cleveland this Sunday.
Earlier, in Washington, the Raptors closed out the series with a 102-92 win over the Wizards. Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Spanish big Serge Ibaka had 7 points and 3 rebounds for the winning side.
Polish center Marcin Gortat had 2 points and 7 boards for Washington.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers:
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | TORONTO RAPTORS | 92-102 | Gortat 2 p. 7 r. 2 a. 1 b., Satoransky 2 p. 1 r., Mahinmi 4 p. – Valanciunas 14 p. 12 r. 1 s. 2 b., Ibaka 7 p. 3 r. 1 a. 1 b., Poeltl 7 p. 7 r. 1 a. |
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | INDIANA PACERS | 121-87 | Calderon 1 r. 1 a. 1 s. Zizic 2 p., Osman 2 p. 1 s. – Bogdanovic 10 p. 4 r. 1 a., Sabonis 19 p. 6 r. |
| UTAH JAZZ | OKLAHOMA CITH THUNDER | 96-91 | Gobert 12 p. 13 r. 3 s. 3 b. Rubio 1 r. 3 a., Jerebko 2 r. 1 s. – Abrines 6 r. 1 s. 1 b. |