By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With the first dose of the Sunday games played early, the four remaining also had a strong European flavour.
Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 20th triple-double of the season and the Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 122-118, but also Turkish big man Enes Kanter had 29 points and 12 rebounds while Spaniard Alex Abrines added 13 points. Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis had 7 points and Frenchman Joffrey Lauvergne added one rebound.
At Memphis, Doug McDermott scored a career-high 31 points, including the final two free throws of the Chicago Bulls‘ 108-104 victory over Memphis, despite 24 points and 11 rebounds by Spaniard Marc Gasol. German Paul Zipser was once again a starter and had 5 points for the inury plagued Bulls.
At Brooklyn, James Harden had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in his 12th triple-double of the season and the Rockets easily ended their first losing streak by beating the Nets 137-112. Croatian Bogdan Bogdanovic had 8 points for the losing side.
The Detroit ended a three-game skid with a 102-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. For the losing side Russian Timofey Mozgov had 8 points, Brit Luol Deng 2 points and 7 rebounds and Croatian Ivica Zubac 4 points and 5 rebounds.
Eastern Conference
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 29-10
2 Toronto Raptors 27-13
3 Boston Celtics 25-15
4 Atlanta Hawks 23-17
5 Washington Wizards 20-19
6 Milwaukee Bucks 20-19
7 Indiana Pacers 20-19
8 Chicago Bulls 21-21
Charlotte Hornets 20-20
Detroit Pistons 19-24
New York Knicks 18-23
Orlando Magic 17-25
Philadelphia 76ers 12-26
Miami Heat 11-30
Brooklyn Nets 8-32
Western Conference
1 Golden State Warriors 34-6
2 San Antonio Spurs 31-9
3 Houston Rockets 32-11
4 LA Clippers 28-14
5 Utah Jazz 26-16
6 Oklahoma City Thunder 25-17
7 Memphis Grizzlies 25-18
8 Portland Trail Blazers 18-24
Sacramento Kings 16-24
Denver Nuggets 15-23
New Orleans Pelicans 16-25
Minnesota Timberwolves 14-27
Los Angeles Lakers 15-30
Dallas Mavericks 13-27
Phoenix Suns 13-27