By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic hit 13 of 18 shots, scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Magic to a 115-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, while Spaniard Serge Ibaka had 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Magic snapped a four-game losing streak.
“We needed that,” Vucevic said. “We needed a game like that to see that we can do it. We’ve had a lot of games where we were playing pretty well, and the (other) team would make a run and we would kind of fall apart”. French guard Evan Fournier added 8 points and Croatian Mario Hezonja had 3.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 19 points and had also 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block as the Bucks scored 42 first-quarter points in their 116-108 victory over the Heat. Against the Greek freak, Slovenian Goran Dragic also had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Utah – Detroit 110-77 (Gobert 6 p. 11 r., Diaw 6 p. 5 as. -Marjanovic 6 p. 4 r., Udrih 9 p. 7 as.)
Sacramento – Cleveland 108-120 (Casspi 2 p., Koufos 2 p.)
Atlanta – Boston 101-103 (Schroder 4 p. 3 as., Sefolosha 3 p. 3 r. – Jerebko 2 r.)
Minessota – Oklahoma City 96-86 (Rubio 14 p. 14 as., Bjelica 8 p. – Sabonis 7 p., Kanter 21 p. 10 r., Lauvergne 2 r.)
Houston – Memphis 105-110 (Gasol 14 p. 6 r. 6 as.)
Toronto – Brooklyn 132-113 (Valanciunas 14 p. 10 r., Poeltl 4 p. – Bogdanovic 23 p.)
Philadelphia – Charlotte 102-93 (Ilyasova 12 p., Saric 15 p., Rodriguez 11 p., Luwawu 2 p. – Batum 19 p. 5 r. 2 as., Belinelli 6 r.)
Eastern Conference
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 29-10
2 Toronto Raptors 26-13
3 Boston Celtics 25-15
4 Atlanta Hawks 22-17
5 Milwaukee Bucks 20-18
6 Indiana Pacers 20-19
7 Charlotte Hornets 20-20
8 Washington Wizards 19-19
Chicago Bulls 19-21
New York Knicks 18-22
Detroit Pistons 18-24
Orlando Magic 17-24
Philadelphia 76ers 12-25
Miami Heat 11-30
Brooklyn Nets 8-31
Western Conference
1 Golden State Warriors 34-6
2 San Antonio Spurs 31-8
3 Houston Rockets 31-11
4 LA Clippers 27-14
5 Utah Jazz 25-16
6 Memphis Grizzlies 25-17
7 Oklahoma City Thunder 24-17
8 Portland Trail Blazers 18-24
Sacramento Kings 16-23
New Orleans Pelicans 16-24
Denver Nuggets 15-23
Minnesota Timberwolves 14-26
Los Angeles Lakers 15-28
Dallas Mavericks 12-27
Phoenix Suns 12-27