By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The only Denver player who didn’t join the long-range barrage was the Serb big man, who was too busy setting career highs with 12 assists and 21 rebounds to go with 17 points in his second career triple-double.
The Nuggets tied the 3-point mark set by the Rockets in December against New Orleans when the Spanish rookie sank his sixth three at the 2-minute mark. Hernangomez scored a season-high 27 points to go with a season-best 10 boards.
French Even Fournier scored 24 points, the last of those coming on that big 3 with 1:01 left, and the Magic beat the Heat 116-107. Orlando got 17 points from Spanird Serge Ibaka, Croatian Mario Hezonja had 11 points and Montenegrin Nik Vucevic finished with 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Magic, which went 2-0 in Miami for the first time since 2007-08. Slovenian Goran Dragic scored 22 points for the losing side.
The fired-up 76ers beat the Hornets 105-99 behind 18 points and 11 rebounds from Croatian Dario Saric. Turk Ersan Ilyasova added 5 points and 10 rebounds, Spaniard Sergio Rodriguez had 8 points and 4 rebounds, while French Timothe Luwawu Cabarro scored 5 points for the winners. French Nicolas Batum scored 16 points and Italian Marco Belinelli had 8 for the losing side.
The Atlanta Hawks scored the final 12 points to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-104 after overtime. German guard Dennis Schroder scored 22 for the Hawks. Here’s the rest of last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
Indiana – San Antonio 106-110 (Seraphin 12 – Parker 12 p.)
Brooklyn – Memphis 103-112 (Bogdanovic 11 p. – Gasol 19 p. 9 r. 8 as.)
Washington – Oklahoma City 120-98 (Gortat 12 p., Satoransky 2 r. – Sabonis 6 p., Lauvergne 17 p., Abrines 4 p.)
Milwaukee – Detroit 102-89 (Antetokounmpo 8 p. 6 as. 4 r., Teletovic 2 r. – Marjanovic 4 r.)
Dallas – Boston 98-111 (Nowitzki 18 p. 5 r. – Jerebko 3 p.)
Utah – LA Clippers 72-88 (Gobert 10 p. 14 r., Diaw 4 p. 4 r.)
Phoenix – New Orleans 108-110 (Len 10 p. 7 r. – Ajinca 5 p., Motiejunas 4 p. 7 r.)
Eastern Conference
| W | L | |
| 1Cleveland Cavaliers | 37 | 16 |
| 2Boston Celtics | 36 | 19 |
| 3Washington Wizards | 33 | 21 |
| 4Atlanta Hawks | 32 | 23 |
| 5Toronto Raptors | 32 | 23 |
| 6Indiana Pacers | 29 | 26 |
| 7Chicago Bulls | 26 | 29 |
| 8Detroit Pistons | 26 | 30 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 24 | 30 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 24 | 31 |
| Miami Heat | 24 | 32 |
| New York Knicks | 23 | 33 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 21 | 34 |
| Orlando Magic | 21 | 36 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 9 | 46 |
Western Conference
| W | L | |
| 1Golden State Warriors | 46 | 9 |
| 2San Antonio Spurs | 42 | 13 |
| 3Houston Rockets | 40 | 17 |
| 4LA Clippers | 34 | 21 |
| 5Utah Jazz | 34 | 22 |
| 6Memphis Grizzlies | 34 | 23 |
| 7Oklahoma City Thunder | 31 | 25 |
| 8Denver Nuggets | 25 | 30 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 23 | 32 |
| Sacramento Kings | 23 | 32 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 22 | 33 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 22 | 34 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 21 | 34 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 19 | 37 |
| Phoenix Suns | 17 | 39 |