By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“It’s on our back all of the time that we can’t win at the end of a game,” Saric said. “The last two games we showed up in the fourth quarter how we need to play. How we are tough at the end of the game”. Here are his highlights.
New Year’s Eve included many more high volume performances. James Harden scored 40 points before leaving with the injury late in the fourth quarter, and Paul scored 15 of his 28 points in overtime as the Rockets snapped a five-game skid with a 148-142 double-overtime win over the Los Angeles Lakers and also Lou Williams went on to score 40 points to lead the Clippers to a 106-98 victory over the Hornets.
Just one step behind them, Bradley Beal scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter to lead Washington to a 114-110 win over the Chicago Bulls.
Here are last night’s results and the euro-scorers.
| WASHINGTON WIZARDS | CHICAGO BULLS | 114-110 | Gortat 8 p. 5 r. Satorsansky 3 p., – Markkanen 11 p. 9 r. Mirotic 21 p., Zipser 2 r. |
| INDIANA PACERS | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 90-107 | Bogdanovic 13 p. Sabonis 8 p. 11 r. -Bjelica 4 p. 2 r. |
| BOSTON CELTICS | BROOKLYN NETS | 108-105 | Theis 6 p. 3 r. |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 148-142 | Capela 7 p. 7 r. |
| OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | DALLAS MAVERICKS | 113-116 | Abrines 3 p. – Nowitzki 13 p. 4 r. Kleber 7 p. 5 r. |
| LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 106-98 | Teodosic 8 p. 5 as. – Batum 9 p. 6 r. 5 as. |
| SACRAMENTO KINGS | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | 96-114 | Bogdanovic 8 p. 5 r. 5 as. Koufos 5 r. Papagiannis 5 r. – Gasol 7 p. 2 r. 3 as. |
| PHOENIX SUNS | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 110-123 | Len 3 p. 3 r. – Saric 27 p. 4 r. 2 as. 3 st. Luwawu – Cabarrot 2 p. |
Standings
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
40
|
30
|
10
|
4138 – 3940
|
198
|
|||
|
2
|
34
|
24
|
10
|
3762 – 3495
|
267
|
|||
|
3
|
36
|
24
|
12
|
3962 – 3862
|
100
|
|||
|
4
|
35
|
20
|
15
|
3575 – 3535
|
40
|
|||
|
5
|
37
|
21
|
16
|
3932 – 3848
|
84
|
|||
|
6
|
34
|
19
|
15
|
3564 – 3577
|
-13
|
|||
|
7
|
36
|
19
|
17
|
3614 – 3677
|
-63
|
|||
|
8
|
37
|
19
|
18
|
3958 – 3960
|
-2
|
|||
|
9
|
36
|
18
|
18
|
3730 – 3732
|
-2
|
|||
|
10
|
36
|
17
|
19
|
3899 – 3918
|
-19
|
|||
|
11
|
36
|
13
|
23
|
3868 – 3959
|
-91
|
|||
|
12
|
CHICAGO BULLS
|
36
|
13
|
23
|
3618 – 3819
|
-201
|
||
|
13
|
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
|
36
|
13
|
23
|
3752 – 3822
|
-70
|
||
|
14
|
37
|
12
|
25
|
3884 – 4083
|
-199
|
|||
|
15
|
36
|
10
|
26
|
3740 – 3887
|
-147
|
|||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
37
|
29
|
8
|
4261 – 3897
|
364
|
|||
|
2
|
HOUSTON ROCKETS
|
35
|
26
|
9
|
4033 – 3740
|
293
|
||
|
3
|
37
|
25
|
12
|
3743 – 3629
|
114
|
|||
|
4
|
37
|
23
|
14
|
4016 – 3930
|
86
|
|||
|
5
|
37
|
20
|
17
|
3831 – 3719
|
112
|
|||
|
6
|
36
|
19
|
17
|
3858 – 3809
|
49
|
|||
|
7
|
35
|
18
|
17
|
3558 – 3524
|
34
|
|||
|
8
|
36
|
18
|
18
|
4002 – 4004
|
-2
|
|||
|
9
|
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
|
35
|
16
|
19
|
3693 – 3701
|
-8
|
||
|
10
|
37
|
16
|
21
|
3745 – 3758
|
-13
|
|||
|
11
|
38
|
14
|
24
|
4022 – 4270
|
-248
|
|||
|
12
|
38
|
13
|
25
|
3839 – 3928
|
-89
|
|||
|
13
|
36
|
12
|
24
|
3491 – 3805
|
-314
|
|||
|
14
|
37
|
12
|
25
|
3653 – 3778
|
-125
|
|||
|
15
|
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
|
35
|
11
|
24
|
3756 – 3891
|
-135
|
||