Jonas Valanciunas leads the Pelicans with a monster double-double

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With only four NBA games last night, the Lituanun Jonas Valanciunas stud out big time. The big man led the New Orleans Pelicans to a 115-96 win over the Charlotte Hornets with a monster double-double. He scored 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds.

The Ukrainian Svi Mykhailiuk had a good game on the other side with 15 points.

In Orlando, there was a distinctly German flavor to the game between the Magic and the Knicks. As Paolo Banchero continues to make his case for rookie of the year by scoring 21 points, big-time help arrived with Franz Wagner’s 16 points, and Moritz Wagner’s 11 points and seven rebounds. For the Knicks, Isaiah Hartenstein scored six points.

Nicolas Batum helped out the Los Angeles Clippers with 12 points. The Clippers won against OKC 127-105.

NBA roundup

Orlando Magic – New York Knicks 111-106 (Banchero 21p, 6r, 4a, F. Wagner 16p, M. Wagner 11p, 7r – Hartenstein 6p)
Brooklyn Nets – Cleveland Cavaliers 114-116 (Osman 8p, Rubio 7a)
New Orleans Pelicans – Charlotte Hornets 115-96 (Vanaciunas 20p, 19r, 3a – Mykhailiuk 15p)
Los Angeles Clippers – Oklahoma City Thunder 127-105 (Batum 12p, Zubac 6p, 10r- Dieng 9p, Sar 3p, Saric 1a)

2022-23 STANDINGS

EAST

TEAM	W	L	LAST 10
1 y-MILWAUKEE	52	20	7-3
2 y-BOSTON	50	23	5-5
3 y-PHILADELPHIA	49	23	9-1
4 CLEVELAND	47	28	7-3
5 NEW YORK	42	33	5-5
6 BROOKLYN	39	34	5-5
7 MIAMI	40	34	7-3
8 ATLANTA	36	37	4-6
9 TORONTO	35	38	4-6
10 CHICAGO	34	38	6-4
11 INDIANA	33	40	5-5
12 WASHINGTON	32	41	2-8
13 ORLANDO	30	43	4-6
14 e-CHARLOTTE	23	51	3-7
15 e-DETROIT	16	57	1-9

WEST

TEAM	W	L	LAST 10
1 y-DENVER	49	24	5-5
2 y-MEMPHIS	45	27	7-3
3 SACRAMENTO	43	29	6-4
4 PHOENIX	38	34	5-5
5 LA CLIPPERS	39	35	5-5
6 GOLDEN STATE	38	36	4-6
7 MINNESOTA	37	37	5-5
8 OKLAHOMA CITY	36	37	8-2
9 DALLAS	36	37	4-6
10 LA LAKERS	36	37	6-4
11 NEW ORLEANS	36	37	4-6
12 UTAH	35	37	5-5
13 PORTLAND	32	40	3-7
14 e-SAN ANTONIO	19	54	3-7
15 e-HOUSTON	18	55	4-6

y-clinched a Playoffs berth
e-eliminated from Playoffs

-Top six teams of each conference advance directly to the Playoffs
-Teams seeded 7th to 10th will compete in Play-In tournament