By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Greek Freak also made a season-high 17 free throws and had 13 rebounds for Milwaukee. The Kings fought back and overcame a 20-point, second-half deficit before falling to the Bucks 109-104.
After Antetokounmpo’s two free throws, Serb star Bogdan Bogdanovic who scored in total 9 points, connected on a 3-pointer to pull the Kings within three points. After the Bucks came up empty again, Bogdanovic made two free throws to cut the lead to one with less than 2 minutes remaining.
John Henson’s hook shot and two free throws by Antetokounmpo put the Bucks up 106-101. Middleton sealed the win with two free throws. “We’ve got to do a better job keeping the lead and finishing the game up”, said Giannis.
Spaniard Marc Gasol scored 27 and passed 10,000 career points despite being listed as questionable after injuring his left foot in Friday’s loss to San Antonio, but LeBron James scored 34 points, including seven in the final 1:22, and Cleveland beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-111 for their 11th straight victory.
German icon Dirk Nowitzki made five of Dallas’ 16 3-pointers, and the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-82 on Saturday for Carlisle’s 700th career win.
Dirk’s German heir Dennis Schroder scored 24 points, reserve Luke Babbitt had 20 and the short-handed Hawks beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-102 on Saturday.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers
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116-111 |
Theis 6 p. 2 r. – Bender 6 p. |
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108-82 |
Kleber 3 p. 8 r. Nowitzki 16 p., 3 r. |
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102-114 |
Ilyasova 9 p. 11 r., Schroder 24 p. 6 as. Belinelli 9 p. |
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116-111 |
Calderon 1 as., Osman 1 r. – Gasol 27 p. 6 r. 4 as. |
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108-103 |
Saric 17 p. 7 r., Luwawu Cabarrot 3 p. – Marjanovic 6 p. 2 r. |
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MILWAUKEE BUCKS |
SACRAMENTO KINGS |
109-104 |
Antetokounmpo 33 p. 13 r. – Bogdanovic 9 p., Koufos 1 r. |
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115-100 |
Hernangomez 5 p. 5 r. |
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116-123 |
Asik 1 p. 7 r. – Nurkic 8 p. 4 r. |
Standings
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#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
24
|
20
|
4
|
2508 – 2338
|
170
|
|||
|
2
|
23
|
16
|
7
|
2563 – 2504
|
59
|
|||
|
3
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
2328 – 2177
|
151
|
|||
|
4
|
22
|
14
|
8
|
2310 – 2265
|
45
|
|||
|
5
|
22
|
13
|
9
|
2387 – 2371
|
16
|
|||
|
6
|
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
|
21
|
12
|
9
|
2167 – 2182
|
-15
|
||
|
7
|
22
|
12
|
10
|
2371 – 2284
|
87
|
|||
|
8
|
21
|
11
|
10
|
2195 – 2179
|
16
|
|||
|
9
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2498 – 2491
|
7
|
|||
|
10
|
22
|
11
|
11
|
2205 – 2261
|
-56
|
|||
|
11
|
23
|
9
|
14
|
2487 – 2572
|
-85
|
|||
|
12
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
2215 – 2247
|
-32
|
|||
|
13
|
BROOKLYN NETS
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2415 – 2492
|
-77
|
||
|
14
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
22
|
5
|
17
|
2272 – 2387
|
-115
|
||
|
15
|
21
|
3
|
18
|
2013 – 2246
|
-233
|
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| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
21
|
17
|
4
|
2392 – 2165
|
227
|
|||
|
2
|
23
|
17
|
6
|
2714 – 2469
|
245
|
|||
|
3
|
22
|
15
|
7
|
2232 – 2145
|
87
|
|||
|
4
|
22
|
13
|
9
|
2352 – 2339
|
13
|
|||
|
5
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2374 – 2300
|
74
|
|||
|
6
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
2478 – 2470
|
8
|
|||
|
7
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2498 – 2517
|
-19
|
|||
|
8
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
2372 – 2300
|
72
|
|||
|
9
|
21
|
9
|
12
|
2157 – 2092
|
65
|
|||
|
10
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
2201 – 2252
|
-51
|
||
|
11
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
2338 – 2397
|
-59
|
|||
|
12
|
24
|
8
|
16
|
2570 – 2780
|
-210
|
|||
|
13
|
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
|
22
|
7
|
15
|
2162 – 2232
|
-70
|
||
|
14
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
23
|
7
|
16
|
2200 – 2430
|
-230
|
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|
15
|
DALLAS MAVERICKS
|
23
|
6
|
17
|
2296 – 2386
|
-90
|
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