By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net
While most players had their minds on tomorrow’s Thanksgiving festivities, Euro-ballers put on a show.
Goran Dragic helped the Heat end the Celtics’ 16-game winning streak by a final score of 104-98.
The 2017 Eurobasket Champion had 27 points (9-of-10 free-throws) to go with 5 boards, 4 assists and a steal.
German big-man Daniel Theis had 3 points and a rebound in 10 minutes.
Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks amounted a miraculous come-back against the Raptors (108-100). New York entered the third quarter trailing 59-48 but entered the fourth leading 89-67 capitalizing on a historic 28-0 run.
“The Unicorn” had 22 points, 12 boards, an assist and 3 blocks.
For the losing side, Jonas Valanciunas ( 8 p. 6 r. 3 b.) and Serge Ibaka (9 p. 2 r. 4 b.) couldn’t help their team get over the top.
Marc Gasol continues to be a one-man show in Memphis with Mike Conley on the sidelines. The Spanish all-star had another double-double, 14 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and a block, but a miraculous shot by Harrison Barnes resulted in Memphis’ sixth straight loss (95-94).
Dirk Nowitzki had 13 points, 8 boards, an assist, 2 steals and a block in a win.
Finally, Bogdan Bogdanovic’s performance against the Lakers was a thing of beauty. The Serbian star put on a show in a 113-102 win over the Lakers finishing with 14 points, 7 assists (career high), an assist and two steals.
Here are last night’s results and the Euro-scorers:
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS | WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 129-124 | (Batum 2 p. 3 r. 1 a. – Gortat 8 p. 11 r. 3 a. 2 b., Mahinmi 3 p. 5 r. 1 a. 1 s.) |
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | BROOKLYN NETS | 119-109 | (Calderon 5 p. 1 r. 2 a. 1 s., Osman 2 p. 1 r. -) |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 101-81 | (Saric 11 p. 7 r. 2 a. 1 s. 1 b., Luwawu Cabbarot 7 p. 1 r., Korkmaz 2 p. – Nurkic 14 p. 11 r. 1 a. 2 b.) |
| ATLANTA HAWKS | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 103-116 | Schroder 19 p. 3 r. 7 a. 1 s., Belinelli 20 p. 3 r. 2 a. 2 s., Illyasova 1 r. 1 a.) |
| MIAMI HEAT | BOSTON CELTICS | 104-98 | (Dragic 27 p. 5 r. 4 a. 1 s. – Theis 3 p. 1 r.) |
| NEW YORK KNICKS | TORONTO RAPTORS | 108-100 | (Porzingis 22 p. 12 r. 1 a. 3 b., Kanter 11 p. 4 r. 5 a. 1 s. 2 b., Ntilikina 7 p. 1 r. 1 a. – Ibaka 9 p. 2 r. 1 a. 4 b., Valanciunas 8 p. 6 r. 1 a. 3 b., Poeltl 1 r. 1 b.) |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | DENVER NUGGETS | 125-95 | (Capela 8 p. 8 r. – Jokic 17 p. 6 r. 3 a. 2 s. 1 b., Hernangomez 9 . 3 r. 1 a.) |
| MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 94-95 | (Gasol 14 p. 10 r. 4 a. 1 b. – Nowitzki 13 p. 8 r. 1 a. 2 s. 1 b., Kleber 6 p. 3 r.) |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | ORLANDO MAGIC | 124-118 | (Bjelica 1 s. – Vucevic 11 p. 14 r. 4 a. 1 b., Fournier 19 p. 1 r. 1 a.) |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 107-90 | (Gasol 17 p. 9 r. 1 a. 1 s. 3 b., Lauvergne 2 p. 4 r., Bertans 3 p. 2 r. 1 a.) |
| OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 108-91 | (Abrines 1 s. – Pachulia 2 p. 3 r. Casspi 11 p. 6 r.) |
| PHOENIX SUNS | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 107-113 | (Bender 11 p. 6 r. 2 a. 2 s.1 b.) |
| UTAH JAZZ | CHICAGO BULLS | 110-80 | (Rubio 10 p. 3 r. 2 a. 2 s. 1 b., Sefolosha 7 p. 3 r. 2 s. – Markkanen 3 p. 7 r., Zipser 4 p. 1 r.) |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 113-102 | (Bogdanovic 14 p. 1 r. 7 a. 2 s., – Zubac) |
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
19
|
16
|
3
|
1950 – 1811
|
139
|
|||
|
2
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
1768 – 1735
|
33
|
|||
|
3
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
1866 – 1764
|
102
|
||
|
4
|
18
|
11
|
7
|
2005 – 1992
|
13
|
|||
|
5
|
NEW YORK KNICKS
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1783 – 1757
|
26
|
||
|
6
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
1843 – 1823
|
20
|
|||
|
7
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1960 – 1932
|
28
|
|||
|
8
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1952 – 1878
|
74
|
|||
|
9
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
1735 – 1779
|
-44
|
|||
|
10
|
17
|
8
|
9
|
1817 – 1810
|
7
|
|||
|
11
|
17
|
8
|
9
|
1708 – 1748
|
-40
|
|||
|
12
|
18
|
8
|
10
|
1931 – 1962
|
-31
|
|||
|
13
|
17
|
6
|
11
|
1878 – 1942
|
-64
|
|||
|
14
|
16
|
3
|
13
|
1511 – 1681
|
-170
|
|||
|
15
|
18
|
3
|
15
|
1850 – 1948
|
-98
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
2040 – 1863
|
177
|
|||
|
2
|
18
|
13
|
5
|
2095 – 1935
|
160
|
|||
|
3
|
18
|
11
|
7
|
1812 – 1777
|
35
|
|||
|
4
|
18
|
11
|
7
|
1946 – 1948
|
-2
|
|||
|
5
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1945 – 1931
|
14
|
|||
|
6
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1829 – 1753
|
76
|
|||
|
7
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1955 – 1966
|
-11
|
|||
|
8
|
17
|
8
|
9
|
1759 – 1668
|
91
|
|||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
18
|
8
|
10
|
1898 – 1922
|
-24
|
||
|
10
|
19
|
8
|
11
|
1905 – 1900
|
5
|
|||
|
11
|
17
|
7
|
10
|
1697 – 1715
|
-18
|
|||
|
12
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
2049 – 2200
|
-151
|
|||
|
13
|
17
|
6
|
11
|
1795 – 1808
|
-13
|
|||
|
14
|
17
|
4
|
13
|
1584 – 1798
|
-214
|
|||
|
15
|
19
|
4
|
15
|
1879 – 1999
|
-120
|
|||