By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Dennis Schroder scored 21 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 114 – 93. Lebron James led the Lakers with 27 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists for his 96th career triple-double.
A couple of days after scoring a career-high-tying 47 points vs. the Utah Jazz, Nikola Jokic dropped a season-low 13 points while also posting 10 rebounds and six assists.
Marc Gasol went 0 – 6 from the field in 20 minutes and finished with two points.
The Denver Nuggets have begun building a winning streak again, this time defeating the Atlanta Hakws 112 – 91. Bojan Bogdanovic contributed 21 points and six rebounds to his team’s victory while Rudy Gobert had a 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Clint Capela dominated the boards with 17 rebounds but shot 3-14 from the field for six points. Danilo Gallinari also had problems to connect to the basket, finishing with five points on 1-6 from the field.
The Golden State Warriors‘ firepower was too much for the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic had 27 points, six rebounds and six assists in the Mavs‘ 147 – 116 blowout loss to Kelly Oubre (40 points), Steph Curry (28 points and co.)
Kristaps Porzingis completed the game with 25 points while Maxi Kleber had two points and seven rebounds.
The rest of Thursday’s results and Euro scorers:
Philadelphia 76ers – Portland Trail Blazers 105 – 121 (Enes Kanter 17 points/18 rebounds, Furkman Korkmaz 13 points/five rebounds)
Memphis Grizzlies – Houston Rockets 103 – 115 (Rodions Kurucs four points)