Harden in the last second beat Nuggets and Jokic

2017-03-21T10:16:42+00:00 2017-03-21T10:16:42+00:00.

Aris Barkas

21/Mar/17 10:16

Eurohoops.net

Houston needed a miracle and James Harden provided it. The “beard” drove the length of the floor for a layup with 2.4 seconds left to lift the Houston Rockets over the Denver Nuggets 125-124.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

It was the top play of the night and stole the thunder of Nikola Jokic. While Harden had 39 points, 11 assists and was three rebounds shy of his 20th triple-double of the season, the Serb big man of the Nuggets had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists. Spaniard Juancho Hernangomez added 15 points and 5 rebounds, Italian Danilo Gallinari missed one more game while Swiss Clint Capela had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners.

The invigorated Magic rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit, then outlasted the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 in overtime. Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic led the Magic with 26 points and 13 rebounds, but Frenchman Evan Fournier was also impressive with 19 points, while Croatian Mario Hezonja added 2 rebounds. For the losing side Croatian Dario Saric had 18 points, French Timothe Luwawu Cabarro added 2 points and 3 rebounds, while Spaniard Sergio Rodriguez had 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Here’s the rest of last night’s games and the euro-scorers.

Charlotte – Atlanta 105-90 (Batum 16 p. 6 as., Belinelli 6 p. – Ilyasova 13 p., Sefolosha 11 p., Schroder 20 p. 6 as., Calderon 2 p.)
Boston – Washington 110-102 (Gortat 4 p. 4 r., Mahinmi 4 r., Bogdanovic 14 p. Satoransky 1 st.)
Oklahoma City – Golden State 95-111 (Sabonis 4 p., Kanter 15 p. 10 r., Abrines 2 p. – Pachulia 2 p. 2 r.)
LA Clippers – New York 114-105 (Porzingis 18 p. 11 r., Hernangomez 8 p. 9 r., Kuzminskas 8 p., Vujacic 3 p.)
Indiana – Utah 107-100 (Gobert 16 p. 14 r., Diaw 2 p. 4 r.)

Eastern Conference

W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PPG OPP PPG DIFF STRK L10
1x –Cleveland Cavaliers 46 23 .667 28-7 18-16 7-7 30-11 110.4 106.3 +4.1 W1 5-5
2Boston Celtics 45 26 .634 2 24-9 21-17 9-5 29-13 107.4 104.9 +2.5 W1 6-4
3Washington Wizards 42 28 .600 4.5 27-10 15-18 6-6 26-18 108.8 106.8 +2.0 L2 6-4
4Toronto Raptors 41 29 .586 5.5 23-12 18-17 12-2 25-16 106.9 103.1 +3.8 W2 5-5
5Atlanta Hawks 37 33 .529 9.5 19-17 18-16 5-9 25-16 103.4 104.5 -1.1 L4 3-7
6Indiana Pacers 36 34 .514 10.5 25-10 11-24 7-7 20-23 104.1 105.0 -0.8 W1 5-5
7Milwaukee Bucks 34 35 .493 12 20-16 14-19 9-4 21-22 104.6 104.5 +0.1 L1 8-2
8Detroit Pistons 34 36 .486 12.5 23-14 11-22 5-9 20-22 101.7 102.1 -0.4 W1 5-5
Miami Heat 34 36 .486 12.5 20-15 14-21 6-7 21-21 102.9 102.1 +0.8 L1 7-3
Chicago Bulls 33 37 .471 13.5 20-15 13-22 6-7 21-20 101.8 103.1 -1.3 W1 3-7
Charlotte Hornets 31 39 .443 15.5 20-15 11-24 9-3 20-23 104.8 104.1 +0.7 W2 5-5
New York Knicks 27 43 .386 19.5 16-18 11-25 4-9 18-26 105.3 108.7 -3.4 L2 3-7
Philadelphia 76ers 26 44 .371 20.5 17-19 9-25 6-6 17-24 102.4 107.6 -5.1 L1 4-6
Orlando Magic 26 45 .366 21 13-22 13-23 7-8 17-25 100.1 106.5 -6.4 W2 4-6
e –Brooklyn Nets 13 56 .188 33 8-27 5-29 2-11 5-35 105.8 113.9 -8.1 L2 3-7

Western Conference

W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PPG OPP PPG DIFF STRK L10
1y –Golden State Warriors 56 14 .800 29-4 27-10 11-2 32-9 116.1 104.8 +11.4 W4 6-4
2x –San Antonio Spurs 53 16 .768 2.5 26-7 27-9 8-5 30-11 106.5 98.6 +7.9 W1 7-3
3x –Houston Rockets 49 22 .690 7.5 26-9 23-13 9-6 30-12 115.5 108.6 +6.8 W2 7-3
4Utah Jazz 43 28 .606 13.5 23-12 20-16 6-7 25-18 100.3 96.5 +3.8 L3 6-4
5LA Clippers 42 29 .592 14.5 23-11 19-18 6-5 23-19 107.8 104.7 +3.1 W2 6-4
6Oklahoma City Thunder 40 30 .571 16 26-10 14-20 8-5 25-19 106.7 106.0 +0.7 L1 5-5
7Memphis Grizzlies 40 30 .571 16 21-14 19-16 7-4 27-16 101.4 100.4 +1.0 W4 5-5
8Denver Nuggets 33 37 .471 23 20-17 13-20 5-8 20-24 111.3 111.0 +0.3 L2 6-4
Portland Trail Blazers 32 37 .464 23.5 17-14 15-23 7-3 20-21 108.3 110.0 -1.7 W3 8-2
Dallas Mavericks 30 39 .435 25.5 20-15 10-24 4-8 17-24 98.1 100.2 -2.0 W1 6-4
New Orleans Pelicans 29 41 .414 27 18-18 11-23 4-9 15-26 103.6 106.0 -2.4 W2 6-4
Minnesota Timberwolves 28 41 .406 27.5 18-18 10-23 4-7 16-24 104.9 105.5 -0.5 L3 5-5
Sacramento Kings 27 43 .386 29 14-21 13-22 5-6 16-25 102.9 106.4 -3.4 L2 2-8
Phoenix Suns 22 48 .314 34 13-23 9-25 3-10 9-36 107.3 112.5 -5.2 L4 4-6
e –Los Angeles Lakers 20 50 .286 36 12-21 8-29 5-7 10-31 104.6 111.9 -7.3 L5 1-9

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