NBA Euro-watch: Jokic puts on a show

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

While many players seemed a little bit full from last night’s Thanksgiving festivities, Euro-ballers and especially “Bigs” came to play.

First, Jusuf Nurkic helped the Blazers seal a tough win (129-127) over the Nets in Brooklyn. The Bosnian center had 29 points to go with 15 boards,  29 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 4 blocks while coming up clutch just when his team needed him.

Later on, in a match-up that featured six Euro-ballers due to Kanter being inactive, the Hawks managed to beat the New York Knicks (116-104) behind Dennis Schroder superb performance. The German point guard dropped 26 points to go with 2 boards, 8 assists and a steal.

Kristaps Porzingis had 28 points for the losing side and Willy Hernangomez had 6 points, 7 boards an assist and a block in 18:31 of action. Frank Ntilikina played some exceptional defense down the stretch keeping the Knicks in the game.

The French rookie had 5 points, 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 highlight-reel blocks.

The biggest Euro-matchup of the day was the duel between two of the most skilled and versatile big men in the game, Nikola Jokic and Marc Gasol.

The Spanish center continued to ball out in absence of Mike Conley and finished with a career-high 14 assists to go with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals despite the 92-104 loss.

On the other hand, Nikola Jokic put on a show for the crowd in Denver and finished just 2 assists away from a triple-double ( 28 p. 13 r. 8 a.). Juanch Hernangomez is starting to find his old form as he played 17 minutes and had 3 points, boards and a steal in a win.

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

BROOKLYN NETS PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 125-127 Nurkic 29 p. 15 r. 3 a. 1 s 4 b.
ATLANTA HAWKS NEW YORK KNICKS 116-104 Schroder 26 p. 2 r. 8 a. 1 s., Belinelli 15 p. 2 r. 5 a. 1 a., Illyasova 10 p. 6 r. 1 s. – Porzingis 28 p. 4 r. 2 a. 2 b., Hernangomez 6 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 b., Ntilikina 5 p. 4 r. 3 a. 2 b.
BOSTON CELTICS ORLANDO MAGIC 118-103 Yabusele 2 r. – Vucevic 12 p. 11 r. 2 a 3 s. 1 b., Fournier 7 p. 5 r. 1 a. 1 s., Hezonja 2 p. 1 r. 1 a.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS CHARLOTTE HORNETS 100-99 Calderon 3 p. 2 r. 1 a.
INDIANA PACERS TORONTO RAPTORS 107-104 Bogdanovic 19 p. 1 r. 1 s., Sabonis 13 p. 6 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b.- Valanciunas 6 p. 5 r., Ibaka 10 p. 7 r. 1 a. 1 s. 1 b., Poeltl 6 p. 2 r.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES MIAMI HEAT 97-109 Dragic 20 p. 4 r. 6 a. 2 s.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER DETROIT PISTONS 98-99 Abrines 1 r. 1 a. 1 s.
DENVER NUGGETS MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 99-89 Jokic 28 p. 13 e. 8 a. 1 s., Hernangomez 3 p. 5 r. 1 s. – Gasol 15 p. 6 r. 14 a. 2 s,
PHOENIX SUNS NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 91-115 Bender 2 p. 2 r. – Asik 6 p.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS CHICAGO BULLS 143-94 Pachulia 11 p. 5 r. 6 a. 2 s., Casspi 6 p. 4 r. 4 a. 2 s. 1 b., Markkanen 14 p. 6 r. 1 s. 1 b.

 

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
BOSTON CELTICS
20
17
3
2068 – 1914
154
2
DETROIT PISTONS
18
12
6
1867 – 1833
34
3
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
19
12
7
2105 – 2091
14
4
TORONTO RAPTORS
18
11
7
1970 – 1871
99
5
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
17
10
7
1843 – 1823
20
6
INDIANA PACERS
19
11
8
2067 – 2036
31
7
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
18
10
8
1952 – 1878
74
8
NEW YORK KNICKS
18
10
8
1887 – 1873
14
9
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
17
9
8
1735 – 1779
-44
10
MIAMI HEAT
18
9
9
1817 – 1845
-28
11
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
18
8
10
1916 – 1910
6
12
ORLANDO MAGIC
19
8
11
2034 – 2080
-46
13
BROOKLYN NETS
18
6
12
2003 – 2069
-66
14
ATLANTA HAWKS
19
4
15
1966 – 2052
-86
15
CHICAGO BULLS
17
3
14
1605 – 1824
-219
WESTERN
1
HOUSTON ROCKETS
18
14
4
2040 – 1863
177
2
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
19
14
5
2238 – 2029
209
3
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
18
11
7
1812 – 1777
35
4
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
19
11
8
1956 – 1878
78
5
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
19
11
8
2070 – 2057
13
6
DENVER NUGGETS
19
11
8
2049 – 2023
26
7
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
19
11
8
2043 – 2057
-14
8
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
18
8
10
1857 – 1767
90
9
UTAH JAZZ
19
8
11
1905 – 1900
5
10
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
19
8
11
2000 – 2035
-35
11
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
18
7
11
1789 – 1819
-30
12
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
17
6
11
1795 – 1808
-13
13
PHOENIX SUNS
20
7
13
2140 – 2315
-175
14
SACRAMENTO KINGS
18
5
13
1697 – 1900
-203
15
DALLAS MAVERICKS
19
4
15
1879 – 1999
-120
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