By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Serbian big man Nikola Jokic had 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Italian Danilo Gallinari scored 23, and the Nuggets beat the LA Clippers 106-102.
This was the 14th game in the season in which Jokic was a starter, Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic was missing, but the Serb proved that he is ready to step up and get a big role in the team.
Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic came from the bench and led Brooklyn with 26 points, while French star Nicolas Batum had 24 points for Charlotte as the Nets beat the Hornets 120-118.
The Greek freak was not enough in Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Bucks, still the Wizards got the 107-102 road win. Polish center Marcin Gortat had 4 points and 12 rebounds for the losing side.
Last but not least, Spaniard Nikola Mirotic came from the bench and had 20 points and 7 rebounds in Chicago’s win over the Pacers (90-85) who got two points from French big man Kevin Seraphin. Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
Sacramento – Philadelphia 102-100 (Koufos 6 p., Casspi 2 p. – Rodriguez 18 p. 5 as., Saric 12 p. 9 r., Ilyasova 17 p.)
Portland – Toronto 91-95 (Valanciunas 12 p. 12 r.)
Minessota – Atlanta 104-90 (Rubio 3 p. 10 as., Bjelica 8 p. 5 r. – Sefolosha 13 p., Schroder 8 p. 4 as.)
Houston – Phoenix 131-115 (Len 6 p. 6 r.)
New Orleans – Dallas 111-104 (Nowitzki 10 p.)
Orlando – Memphis 112-102 (Ibaka 16 p. 6 r., Vucevic 13 p. 9 r. – Gasol 11 p. 4 r.)
Detroit – Cleveland 106-90
Eastern Conference
| W | L | ||
| 1 Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 7 | |
| 2 Toronto Raptors | 22 | 8 | |
| 3 Boston Celtics | 18 | 13 | |
| 4 Charlotte Hornets | 17 | 14 | |
| 5 New York Knicks | 16 | 14 | |
| 6 Atlanta Hawks | 15 | 16 | |
| 7 Chicago Bulls | 15 | 16 | |
| 8 Milwaukee Bucks | 14 | 15 | |
| Indiana Pacers | 15 | 17 | |
| Washington Wizards | 14 | 16 | |
| Detroit Pistons | 15 | 18 | |
| Orlando Magic | 15 | 18 | |
| Miami Heat | 10 | 21 | |
| Brooklyn Nets | 8 | 22 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 7 | 23 |
Western Conference
| W | L | |
| 1 Golden State Warriors | 27 | 5 |
| 2 San Antonio Spurs | 25 | 6 |
| 3 Houston Rockets | 23 | 9 |
| 4 LA Clippers | 22 | 11 |
| 5 Oklahoma City Thunder | 19 | 12 |
| 6 Memphis Grizzlies | 20 | 13 |
| 7 Utah Jazz | 18 | 13 |
| 8 Sacramento Kings | 14 | 17 |
| Denver Nuggets | 13 | 18 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 13 | 20 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 12 | 21 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 12 | 22 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 10 | 21 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 9 | 22 |
| Phoenix Suns | 9 | 22 |