Gasol and Parker beat Harden’s triple double, Rubio is back

2016-11-13T12:15:20+00:00 2016-11-13T12:15:20+00:00.

Aris Barkas

13/Nov/16 12:15

Eurohoops.net

James Harden had a triple-double for a second straight game against the Spurs, finishing with 25 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, but San Antonio got the 106-100 win with Pau Gasol and Tony Parker being the keys.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

James Harden had a triple-double for a second straight game against the Spurs, finishing with 25 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, but San Antonio got the 106-100 win with Pau Gasol and Tony Parker being the keys.

The French star missed three games with knee soreness last week, and the Spurs lost consecutive home games for the first time since December 2014. On Saturday night, he scored a season-high 16 points. On the other hand the Spaniard added 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Swiss center Clint Capela had a double double for Houston (12 p. 10 r.).

At Milwaukee Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks as the Bucks beat Memphis 106-96. It was a Euro-duel with Spaniard Marc Gasol finishing the game with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

At Minessota the Timberwolves got beaten by the Clippers (119-105) despite Ricky Rubio’s return to action after his elbow injury with 7 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Serb Nemanja Bjelica added 8 points and 4 assists for the losing side.

In Chicago the Bulls beat Washington 106-95 with Spaniard Nikola Mirotic having a double-double (17 p. 11 r.). For the losing side Polish center Marcin Gortat also had a double-double (18 p., 14 r.) and Czech guard Tomas Satoransky was for the first time a starter as both John Wall and Bradley Beal missed the game. He finished the night with 12 points and 9 assists.

In Atlanta German Dennis Schroder (16 p., 8 as., 5 r.) won one more duel against Spaniard Sergio Rodriguez (13 p. 4 as.) as the Hawks got the 117-96 win. Swiss Thabo Sefolosha added 7 points for the winners, while Croatian Dario Saric (12 p. 7r.) and Turk Ersan Ilyasova (9 p. 5 r.) tried to help the Sixers.

Here are the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.

New Orleans – LA Lakers 99-126 (Asik 2 p. 5 r., Ajinca 6 p. 7 r. – Mozgov 8 p. 5 r., Deng 4 r., Calderon 3 p.)
Indiana – Boston 99-105 (Jerebko 5 r.)
Toronto – New York 118-107 (Valanciunas 13 p., 8 r. – Porzingis 21 p., Noah 4 p. 18 r., Kuzminskas 2 p. 4 r.)
Phoenix – Brooklyn 104-122 (Len 10 p. 11 r. – Bogdanovic 7 p. 5 r.)
Denver – Detroit 95-106 (Gallinari 18 p., Nurkic 2 r., Hernangomez 7 p., Nurkic 6 p. – Udrih 9 p. 5 as.)
Miami – Utah 91-102 (Dragic DNP left ankle injury – Gobert 12 p. 12 r.)

Eastern Conference

1 Cleveland Cavaliers 7-1
2 Atlanta Hawks 7-2
3 Toronto Raptors 7-2
4 Charlotte Hornets 6-2
5 Chicago Bulls 6-4
6 Boston Celtics 5-4
7 Milwaukee Bucks 5-4
8 Detroit Pistons 5-5
Brooklyn Nets 4-5
Indiana Pacers 4-6
New York Knicks 3-6
Orlando Magic 3-6
Miami Heat 2-6
Washington Wizards 2-7
Philadelphia 76ers 1-8

Western Conference

1 LA Clippers 9-1
2 Golden State Warriors 7-2
3 San Antonio Spurs 7-3
4 Oklahoma City Thunder 6-3
5 Utah Jazz 7-4
6 Los Angeles Lakers 6-4
7 Portland Trail Blazers 6-4
8 Houston Rockets 5-4
Memphis Grizzlies 4-5
Sacramento Kings 4-7
Denver Nuggets 3-6
Phoenix Suns 3-7
Dallas Mavericks 2-6
Minnesota Timberwolves 2-6
New Orleans Pelicans 1-9

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