NBA Euro-watch: Schröder power against the Pistons

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Dennis Schroder survived Blake Griffin throwing a ball on his head and put on a 23-point performance to lead the Hawks to an important victory. The German star’s performance was complemented by Turkish big man’s Ersan Ilyasova 19 points.

Cedi Osman is slowly and steadily rising. This time, he added 12 points and 5 rebounds as the Cavs took down Theis’ Celtics. The German star finished with 4 points.

Raptors made things easy against the Hornets, as Jonas Valanciunas was one rebound shy from a double-double with 21 points. Jakob Poeltl and Serge Ibaka added 4 and 10 points each, while for the opposing side Nicolas Batum scored just 2 points.

Bojan Bogdanovic and the Pacers overcame the Knicks of Kanter and Ntilikina, as the Croatian star tapped 20 points for the winning side.

Alex Abrines was positive in Thunder‘s win vs the Grizzlies, with 16 points, while Marc Gasol scored 18 for the losing side.

A double-double by Greek big man Koufos (12 p/10 r) and 13 points by Serbian rising Bogdan Bogdanovic weren’t enough for the Kings, that fell to Bjelica’s Timberwolves.

Swedish forward Jonas Jerebko had 6 points in Jazz‘s win over the Blazers, as Jusuf Nurkic finished with no points.

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

TORONTO RAPTORS	CHARLOTTE HORNETS	123-103	Valanciunas 21 p. 9 r., Poeltl 4 p. 3 r., Ibaka 10 p. 8 r. – Batum 2 p. 3 r. 5 a.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS	BOSTON CELTICS	121-99	Osman 12 p. 5 r., Zizic 2 p. – Theis 4 p. 3 r. 2 a.
DETROIT PISTONS	ATLANTA HAWKS	115-118	Schroder 23 p. 7 a. 3 r., Ilyasova 19 p. 5 r., Dorsey 10 p. 3 r.
NEW YORK KNICKS	INDIANA PACERS	113-121	Kanter 17 p. 11 r., Ntilikina 12 p. 3 r. – Bogdanovic 20 p. 3 r., Sabonis 6 p. 10 r.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER	92-110	Gasol M. 18 p. 6 r. 2 a. – Abrines 16 p. 6 r.
SACRAMENTO KINGS	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	106-111	Bogdanovic 13 p. 8 r., Koufos 12 p. 10 r. – Bjelica 3 p. 3 a. 2 r.
DALLAS MAVERICKS	HOUSTON ROCKETS	97-104	Kleber 10 p. 3 r.
UTAH JAZZ	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS	115-96	Jerebko 6 p. 6 r. – Nurkic 3 r. 2 a.

Standings:

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	TORONTO RAPTORS		55	39	16	6139 – 5682	457
2	BOSTON CELTICS		58	40	18	5966 – 5749	217
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		55	33	22	6050 – 6047	3
4	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		56	32	24	6005 – 5902	103
5	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		55	31	24	5742 – 5738	4
6	INDIANA PACERS		57	32	25	6085 – 6014	71
7	MIAMI HEAT		56	30	26	5616 – 5663	-47
8	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		53	28	25	5700 – 5609	91
9	DETROIT PISTONS		55	27	28	5686 – 5683	3
10	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		56	23	33	5939 – 5976	-37
11	NEW YORK KNICKS		57	23	34	5911 – 6034	-123
12	CHICAGO BULLS		55	19	36	5687 – 6003	-316
13	BROOKLYN NETS		57	19	38	6013 – 6246	-233
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		55	18	37	5813 – 6047	-234
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		57	18	39	5926 – 6159	-233
WESTERN
1	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		56	43	13	6473 – 6043	430
2	HOUSTON ROCKETS		55	42	13	6278 – 5808	470
3	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		57	35	22	5785 – 5593	192
4	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		59	35	24	6467 – 6278	189
5	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		57	32	25	6056 – 5854	202
6	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		57	31	26	5967 – 5912	55
7	DENVER NUGGETS		56	30	26	6005 – 5964	41
8	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		55	29	26	6088 – 6116	-28
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		54	28	26	5803 – 5775	28
10	UTAH JAZZ		56	28	28	5794 – 5701	93
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		55	23	32	5886 – 6024	-138
12	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		55	18	37	5440 – 5641	-201
13	DALLAS MAVERICKS		57	18	39	5811 – 5944	-133
14	PHOENIX SUNS		57	18	39	5949 – 6421	-472
15	SACRAMENTO KINGS		55	17	38	5421 – 5875	-454