NBA Euro-watch: Clutch Porzingis and a career night for Jokic

2017-11-08T06:36:40+00:00 2017-11-08T06:36:40+00:00.

Aris Barkas

08/Nov/17 06:36

Eurohoops.net
Feb 18, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; New York Knick forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) react in the skills challenge during NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Porzingis was clutch, Jokic scored a career-high 41 and Giannis’ 40 point effort fell short in a Tuesday night full of NBA drama.

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Tuesday was the night of the Euro-bigs as Porzingis was clutch, Jokic had a career night while Dario Saric had 25 points and 10 rebounds in Phily’s win over Utah.

First, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s heroic efforts fell short as the Cavaliers beat the Bucks 124-119. Giannis had 40 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks in a loss.

Nikola Jokic scored a career high 41 points in a 112-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets. He added 12 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks and is looking better game by game.

Kristaps Porzingis led the Knicks to an impressive come from behing win as the Knicks beat the Hornets 119-113.

“Porzingod” was clutch just when his team needed them the most as he scored the go-ahead bucket. Porzingis ended the game with 28 points, 5 boards, 1 assists and three blocks.

Jonas Valanciunas had 21 points and 10 boards including a three in the Raptors 119-114 win over the Bulls.

Ibaka added 16 points and 4 boards while Jakob Poeltl had 6 points and 3 boards in a win.

Lauri Markkanen only took 6 shots on his way to a 12 point night.

Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers:

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS MILWAUKEE BUCKS 124-119 (Antetokounmpo 40 p. 9 r. 3 a. 4 b.. Teletovic 16 p. 2 r.)
INDIANA PACERS NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 112-117 (Bogdanovic 14 p. 3 r. 1 a. 1 s.)
WASHINGTON WIZARDS DALLAS MAVERICKS 99-113 (Gortat 8 p. 5 r., Mahinmi 1 r. – Nowitzki 6 p. 5 r. 1 a.)
NEW YORK KNICKS CHARLOTTE HORNETS 118-113 (Porzingis 28 p. 5 r. 1 a. 3 b., Kanter 14 p. 6 r. 1 a. 3 s., Ntilikina 3 p. 3 r. 8 a.)
TORONTO RAPTORS CHICAGO BULLS 119-114 (Valanciunas 21 p. 10 r., Ibaka 16 p. 5 r., Poeltl 6 p. 3 r. – Markkanen 12 p. 2 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b., Zipser 2 p. 4 r.)
SAN ANTONIO SPURS LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 109-95 (Gasol 19 p. 8 r. 6 a., Betans 3 p.)
DENVER NUGGETS BROOKLYN NETS 112-104 (Jokic 41 p. 12 r. 5 a. 2 s. 2 b. – Mozgov 11 p. 6 r.)
UTAH JAZZ PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 97-104 (Gobert 16 p. 15 r. 1 a. 2 s. 4 b., Rubio 11 p. 2 r. 8 a. 2 s., Sefolosha 8 p. 8 r. 2 a. 2 s. a b. –  Saric 25 p. 10 r. 1 a., Luwawu Cabbarot 7 p. 2 a.)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 97-98 (Gasol 16 p. 5 r. 3 a. 4 b. – Nurkic 6 p. 5 r. 1 s.)
SACRAMENTO KINGS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 94-86 (Bogdanovic 7 p. 4 r., Koufos 2 p. 3 r. – Abrines 2 p. 1 r.)
#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
11
9
2
1139 – 1039
100
2
10
7
3
1048 – 1012
36
3
10
6
4
1073 – 1074
-1
4
NEW YORK KNICKS
10
6
4
1060 – 1057
3
5
TORONTO RAPTORS
10
6
4
1089 – 1039
50
6
10
6
4
1090 – 1063
27
7
10
5
5
1114 – 1096
18
8
11
5
6
1215 – 1208
7
9
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
11
5
6
1154 – 1169
-15
10
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
11
5
6
1209 – 1253
-44
11
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
10
4
6
1054 – 1087
-33
12
10
4
6
1012 – 1039
-27
13
BROOKLYN NETS
11
4
7
1231 – 1278
-47
14
CHICAGO BULLS
9
2
7
849 – 905
-56
15
11
2
9
1134 – 1216
-82
WESTERN
1
11
8
3
1304 – 1193
111
2
11
8
3
1209 – 1136
73
3
10
7
3
1094 – 1098
-4
4
11
7
4
1119 – 1107
12
5
10
6
4
1018 – 981
37
6
10
6
4
1072 – 1009
63
7
11
6
5
1172 – 1167
5
8
11
6
5
1169 – 1168
1
9
10
5
5
1075 – 1038
37
10
10
5
5
1065 – 1073
-8
11
11
5
6
1090 – 1105
-15
12
9
4
5
939 – 874
65
13
11
4
7
1153 – 1263
-110
14
12
2
10
1190 – 1285
-95
15

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