Bogdanovic, Gobert, Giannis dominate

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

The European duo of Bojan Bogdanovic and Rudy Gobert made things happen in abundance in the Utah Jazz 121 – 111 win over the Sacramento Kings.

Bogdanovic finished with 30 points on 6/9 3-pointers and 10/15 shots overall while Gobert scored a season-high 28 points on near-perfect shooting (9/11 field goals, 10/11 free throws) and grabbed 15 rebounds.

For the Kings, Bogdan Bogdanovic dropped 11 points off the bench and Nemanja Bjelica added 10 points.

The Milwaukee Bucks captured their sixth straight win by beating the Brooklyn Nets 117 – 97 on the road behind 29 points and 12 rebounds by Giannis Antetokounmpo. It was the 36th double-double of the 2019-2020 season for the Greek Freak.

Timothe-Luwawu Cabarrot had 10 points, Dzanan Musa seven points plus six boards while Rodions Kurucs scored six points for the Nets. From the Bucks, Ersan Ilyasova dropped two points.

Dario Saric (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Ricky Rubio (eight points, nine assists, five rebounds) helped the Phoenix Suns leave Boston with a 119 – 123 win over the Celtics. Elie Okobo played 12 minutes for the Suns without scoring any points.

The Celtics were outgunned by the Phoenix and Devin Booker (39 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) in particular. Daniel Theis was once again a starter and posted 12 points plus five rebounds while Enes Kanter had eight points and five boards.

After scoring 24 points in a win over the Chicago Bulls, Furkan Korkmaz provided the Philadelphia 76ers 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench in a victory against the New York Knicks.

Frank Ntilikina had five points for the Knicks.

The rest of Saturday’s results and Euro-scorers:

New Orleans Pelicans – Los Angeles Clippers 130 – 133 (Ivica Zubac three points)

Atlanta Hawks – Detroit Pistons 103 – 136 (Sekou Doumbouya four points)

Minnesota Timberwolves – Toronto Raptors 112 – 122 (Serge Ibaka 12 points, six rebounds, Marc Gasol four points)

Chicago Bulls – Cleveland Cavaliers 118 – 116 (Lauri Markkanen 17 points – Tomas Satoransky six points, eight assists – Cedi Osman 17 points)

Golden State Warriors – Orlando Magic 109 – 95 (Nikola Vucevic 13 points, 13 rebounds – Evan Fournier 12 points)

Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers 115 – 124

Oklahoma City Thunder – Portland Trail Blazers 119 – 106 (Dennis Schroder 15 points, Mario Hezonja four points)

Standings (via NBA.com)