NBA Euro-watch: Vucevic shined in New York

2017-12-04T05:49:18+00:00 2017-12-04T05:49:18+00:00.

Aris Barkas

04/Dec/17 05:49

Eurohoops.net

With Kristaps Porzingis missing, things were simple for Nikola Vucevic in Madison Square Garden.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The Montenegrin big man scored 34 points, eight straight in a decisive 10-0 fourth-quarter run, and the Magic beat the Knicks 105-100.

“Throughout the game I (felt) good. In the fourth quarter, I know it’s a time when we need to win a game, we needed to close the game,” Vucevic said. “So, I wanted to keep my aggressiveness and carry my team (until) the end.” French guard Evan Fournier added 20 points for the winners.

Russell Westbrook had his seventh triple-double of the season to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 90-87. Westbrook had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Thunder, who won their second straight. Tony Parker was not used in the game by the Spurs and Latvian Davis Bertans registered a season high with 16 points for the losing side, while also reaching a historic milestone for the franchise.

Eurobasket champ Goran Dragic scored 20 points for Miami. However,  Stephen Curry scored 30 points in 30 minutes, Kevin Durant added 24 and the Golden State Warriors rode a big third-quarter run to pull away and beat the Miami Heat 123-95.

Click here for more NBA news.

Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers.

NEW YORK KNICKS ORLANDO MAGIC 100-105 Kanter 18 p., 12 r. , Ntilikina 9 p. – Vucevic 34 p. 12 r.,  Fournier 20 p.
MIAMI HEAT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 95-123 Dragic 20 p. – Pachulia 8 p., Casspi 10 p.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 112-106
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER SAN ANTONIO SPURS 90-87 Abrines 5 p. – Gasol 5 p., Bertans 16 p., Lauvergne 12 p.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS HOUSTON ROCKETS 118-95  Capela 8 p. 13 r.

 

×