NBA Euro-watch: Sabonis delivers, Vucevic and Hezonja not enough

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Victor Oladipo scored 26 points, Sabonis had 17 off the bench and the Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-97. The Nets waived French guard Yakuba Outtara who was signed to a two-way contract on July 21.

The Pistons got the 114-110 victory over the Orlando Magic who have dropped five straight and 16 of 19 despite the big night of Nikola Vucevic. The Montenegrin big man had 24 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists while Croatian Mario Hezonja had 28 points for Orlando.

In Toronto the Raptors got the win over the Kings as Jonas Valanciunas and Bogdan Bogdanovic were among the standouts.

Last but certainly not least, LeBron James finished with 20 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Washington Wizards 106-99 on Sunday night for their 18th victory in 19 games.

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

TORONTO RAPTORS

SACRAMENTO KINGS

108-93

Valanciunas 13 p. 16 r., Poeltl 9 p. – Bogdanovic 18 p. Koufos 6 p. 6 r. Papagiannis 4 p. 4 r.

DETROIT PISTONS

ORLANDO MAGIC

114-110

Vucevic 24 p. 14 r. 7 as. Hezonja 28 p.

BROOKLYN NETS

INDIANA PACERS

97-109

Bogdanovic 9 p. Sabonis 17 p. 8 r.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

99-106

Gortat 7p. 9 r., Satoransky 2 p. Mahinmi 5 p. – Calderon 7 p. Osman 5 p.

Standings

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
BOSTON CELTICS
32
25
7
3315 – 3140
175
2
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
31
23
8
3443 – 3319
124
3
TORONTO RAPTORS
28
20
8
3106 – 2869
237
4
INDIANA PACERS
30
17
13
3245 – 3203
42
5
DETROIT PISTONS
30
17
13
3089 – 3060
29
6
NEW YORK KNICKS
29
16
13
3039 – 3007
32
7
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
28
15
13
2925 – 2940
-15
8
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
30
16
14
3157 – 3091
66
9
MIAMI HEAT
29
15
14
2902 – 2957
-55
10
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
28
14
14
3049 – 3060
-11
11
BROOKLYN NETS
29
11
18
3105 – 3216
-111
12
ORLANDO MAGIC
31
11
20
3288 – 3417
-129
13
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
29
10
19
3017 – 3079
-62
14
CHICAGO BULLS
28
8
20
2749 – 2964
-215
15
ATLANTA HAWKS
29
6
23
2991 – 3152
-161
WESTERN
1
HOUSTON ROCKETS
28
24
4
3223 – 2917
306
2
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
29
23
6
3388 – 3065
323
3
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
30
20
10
3037 – 2951
86
4
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
30
17
13
3229 – 3192
37
5
DENVER NUGGETS
29
16
13
3128 – 3118
10
6
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
29
16
13
2977 – 2915
62
7
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
30
15
15
3325 – 3351
-26
8
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
29
14
15
2962 – 2913
49
9
UTAH JAZZ
30
14
16
3090 – 3005
85
10
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
28
11
17
2905 – 2965
-60
11
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
27
10
17
2871 – 2952
-81
12
PHOENIX SUNS
31
10
21
3307 – 3540
-233
13
SACRAMENTO KINGS
29
9
20
2786 – 3061
-275
14
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
30
9
21
2911 – 3037
-126
15
DALLAS MAVERICKS
30
8
22
2990 – 3093
-103
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