By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Thrusday night featured some very interesting NBA match-ups.
The Houston Rockets managed to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-113 mostly due to heroic efforts by James Harden and Clint Capela.
“The Beard” had a triple double (35 p. 11 r. 13 a.) but it was Clint Capela who came up big just when his team needed him the most.
The Swiss big-man scored the teams final 6 points and came up with some crucial blocks on defense. He finished with 19 points, 13 boards, 1 assists and 3 blocks.
Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets past the OKC Thunder (102-94). He had a double-double, 15 points to go along with 11 boards, 3 assists and a steal.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers.
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 111-95 | (Gortat 8 p. 5 r. 1 a., Mahimni 2 p. 1 r.) |
| TORONTO RAPTORS | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 122-118 | (Valanciunas 7 p. 13 r. 2 a. 1 s., Ibaka 19 p. 8 r. 3 a. 2 b., Poeltl 6 p. 6 r. 2 a. 1 s.) |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 117-113 | (Capela 17 p. 13 r. 1 a. 4 b.) |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 109-108 | (Bogdanovic 9 p. 3 r. 2 a. 1 s. 1 b., Koufos 8 p. 12 r. 3 a. 1 b. – Saric 13 p. 10 r. 2 a., Luwawu Cabbarot 4 p. 1 a.) |
| DENVER NUGGETS | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | 102-94 | (Jokic 15 p. 11 r. 3 a. 1 s. – Abrines 1 p. 1 r.) |
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
1246 – 1135
|
111
|
|||
|
2
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
1162 – 1109
|
53
|
|||
|
3
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1211 – 1157
|
54
|
|||
|
4
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1202 – 1162
|
40
|
|||
|
5
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1159 – 1169
|
-10
|
|||
|
6
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1181 – 1183
|
-2
|
|||
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1225 – 1191
|
34
|
|||
|
8
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1154 – 1169
|
-15
|
|||
|
9
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1138 – 1154
|
-16
|
|||
|
10
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
1312 – 1322
|
-10
|
|||
|
11
|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
1322 – 1370
|
-48
|
||
|
12
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
1054 – 1087
|
-33
|
|||
|
13
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
1231 – 1278
|
-47
|
|||
|
14
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
849 – 905
|
-56
|
|||
|
15
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
1134 – 1216
|
-82
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
1326 – 1249
|
77
|
||
|
2
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
1429 – 1294
|
135
|
|||
|
3
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1116 – 1078
|
38
|
|||
|
4
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1119 – 1107
|
12
|
|||
|
5
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
1195 – 1223
|
-28
|
|||
|
6
|
DENVER NUGGETS
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
1274 – 1261
|
13
|
||
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
1169 – 1107
|
62
|
|||
|
8
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
1075 – 1038
|
37
|
|||
|
9
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
1287 – 1290
|
-3
|
|||
|
10
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
1090 – 1105
|
-15
|
|||
|
11
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
1256 – 1291
|
-35
|
|||
|
12
|
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
1119 – 1070
|
49
|
||
|
13
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
1268 – 1389
|
-121
|
|||
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
1047 – 1146
|
-99
|
|||
|
15
|
12
|
2
|
10
|
1190 – 1285
|
-95
|
|||