By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Denver held off a furious rally by the Los Angeles Lakers for a 127-121 victory that marked their third straight with center Nikola Jokic, who had 29 points and 15 rebounds, being once again their leader. The Serb is emerging as a focal point of the team, while Italian Danilo Gallinari added 14 points, Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic had 3 points and Spaniard Juacho Hernangomez had 1 rebounds.
For the Lakers, who played without injured Luol Deng, Croatian rookie Ivica Zubac put together his first double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down a team-high 13 rebounds. He also had three blocked shots. Russian big man Timofey Mozgov added 4 points and Spaniard Jose Calderon 2 assists.
Slovenian Goran Dragic had 21 points and eight assists, Wayne Ellington scored 18 off the bench and the Heat overcame another triple-double from James Harden to beat the Houston Rockets 109-103. Swiss Clint Capela returned to action for Houston after his injury but had only 5 rebounds. The rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers are the following.
Brooklyn – Toronto 109-119 (Bogdanovic 11 p. – Valanciunas 7p. 10 r., Poeltl 2 p.)
Chicago – Dallas 98-99 (Zipser 5 p., Mirotic 6 p. – Curry 18 p.)
San Antonio – Minessota 122-114 (Gasol 3 p., Parker 14 p. – Rubio 21 p. 14 as. Bjelica 6 p.)
Eastern Conference
| W-L | ||
| 1 Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 11 |
| 2 Toronto Raptors | 28 | 13 |
| 3 Boston Celtics | 26 | 15 |
| 4 Atlanta Hawks | 24 | 17 |
| 5 Washington Wizards | 21 | 19 |
| 6 Indiana Pacers | 21 | 19 |
| 7 Milwaukee Bucks | 20 | 20 |
| 8 Chicago Bulls | 21 | 22 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 20 | 21 |
| Detroit Pistons | 19 | 24 |
| New York Knicks | 18 | 24 |
| Orlando Magic | 17 | 26 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 13 | 26 |
| Miami Heat | 12 | 30 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 8 | 33 |
Western Conference
| W-L | ||
| 1 Golden State Warriors | 35 | 6 |
| 2 San Antonio Spurs | 32 | 9 |
| 3 Houston Rockets | 32 | 12 |
| 4 LA Clippers | 29 | 14 |
| 5 Utah Jazz | 27 | 16 |
| 6 Memphis Grizzlies | 25 | 18 |
| 7 Oklahoma City Thunder | 25 | 18 |
| 8 Denver Nuggets | 17 | 23 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 18 | 25 |
| Sacramento Kings | 16 | 24 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 16 | 26 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 14 | 27 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 14 | 28 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 15 | 31 |
| Phoenix Suns | 13 | 28 |