By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Giannis Antetokounmpo started the season with an amazing show, having 31 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, but it was not enough for the Bucks to get the win. Despite the game of the Greek freak, the Hornets got the 107-96 road win.
Bosnian Mirza Teletovic added 6 points for the losing side, while Frenchman Nicola Batum had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists and Italian Marco Bellineli 7 for the winners.
The Pelicans were defeated in New Orleans by the Nuggets. Anthony Davis had a 50 points game for the losing side but Denver prevailed 107-102 with Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic having 23 points and 9 rebounds, Italian Danilo Gallinari added 15 points and Serb Nikola Jokic had 5 points and 7 rebounds. Turkish center Omer Asik added 2 points for the Pelicans and French Alexis Ajinca had 1 rebounds.
The best winning performance by a European belongs to Jonas Valanciunas as the Raptors beat the Detroit 109-91.
The rest of last night’s result and the Euro-scorers are the following.
Orlanto – Miami 96-108 (Fournier 20 p., Vucevic 17 p. 14 r., Ibaka 14 p. – Dragic 16 p. 6 r. 6 as.)
Indiana – Dallas 130-121 (Nowitzki 22 p. 8 r.)
Boston – Brooklyn 120-117 (Jerebko 4 p. – Bogdanovic 21 p.)
Memphis – Minessota 102-98 (M.Gasol 18 p. – Bjelica 3 p., Rubio 4 p. 8 as.)
Phoenix – Sacramento 94-113 (Bender 10 p., Len 8 p. – Koufos 2 p., Casspi 4p.)
LA Lakers – Houston 120-114 (Mozgov 12 p. 8 r., Deng 7 p.)
Philadelphia – Oklahoma City 97-103 (Kanter 17 p., Ilyasova 10 p., Sabonis 5 p., Abrines 3 p. – Saric 5 p., 7 r., Rodriguez 12 p., 9 as.)