NBA Euro-watch: Giannis and the Bucks end four-game skid

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The Greek Freak scored 35 points and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game losing streak, scoring 36 points off the Philadelphia 76ers‘ season-high 26 turnovers in a 118-110 victory. Croatian forward Dario Saric scored 25 points for the losing side.

Skal Labissiere sank a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left and the Sacramento Kings held on to beat the New York Knicks 102-99 with Bogdan Bogdanovic scoring 22 points and making a 20-foot stepback shot to put the Kings up 99-97. Bogdanovic also dished seven assists. Turk Enes Kanter had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks.

Spaniard Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points in a rare start and the New Orleans Pelicans won their eighth in a row, 126-109 over the Dallas Mavericks. German legend Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points for the losing side and once more he made history.

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Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers

ATLANTA HAWKS	PHOENIX SUNS	113-112	Schroder 21 p. 6 t. 6 as. – Bender 6 p. 5 r. 8 as. Len 2 p.
TORONTO RAPTORS	CHARLOTTE HORNETS	103-98	Valanciunas 18 p. 13 r. Ibaka 17 p. 8 r. 3 bl. Poeltl 3 r. 3 bl. – Batum 10 p. 6 r. 8 as.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS	INDIANA PACERS	95-98	Gortat 10 p. 7 r. Satoransky 7 p. 2 as. Mahinmi 8 p. 9 r. – Bojan Bogdanovic 20 p. 4 r. 2 st. Sabonis 8 p. 4 r.
DALLAS MAVERICKS	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS	109-126	Nowitzki 23 p. 7 r. – Mirotic 24 p.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS	PHILADELPHIA 76ERS	118-110	Antetokounmpo 35 p. 9 r. 7 as. – Saric 25 p. 6 r. Ilyasova 7 p. Belinelli 10 p. , Luwawu-Cabarot 3p.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	BROOKLYN NETS	123-120	Teodosic 14 p. 4 as.
SACRAMENTO KINGS	NEW YORK KNICKS	102-99	Bogdan Bogdanovic 22 p. 7 as. Dorsey 12 p. 5 r. – Koufos 12 p. 8 r. – Kanter 16 p. 14 r. Ntilikina 7 p. 5 as.

Standings

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	TORONTO RAPTORS		62	45	17	6940 – 6405	535
2	BOSTON CELTICS		64	44	20	6679 – 6415	264
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		62	36	26	6822 – 6825	-3
4	INDIANA PACERS		63	36	27	6715 – 6617	98
5	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		64	36	28	6845 – 6747	98
6	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		62	34	28	6667 – 6548	119
7	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		63	34	29	6610 – 6636	-26
8	MIAMI HEAT		63	33	30	6388 – 6423	-35
9	DETROIT PISTONS		63	29	34	6495 – 6553	-58
10	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		64	28	36	6811 – 6827	-16
11	NEW YORK KNICKS		64	24	40	6663 – 6849	-186
12	CHICAGO BULLS		62	21	41	6407 – 6786	-379
13	ORLANDO MAGIC		63	20	43	6665 – 6927	-262
14	BROOKLYN NETS		64	20	44	6771 – 7034	-263
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		64	20	44	6642 – 6927	-285
WESTERN
1	HOUSTON ROCKETS		62	49	13	7067 – 6520	547
2	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		63	49	14	7313 – 6777	536
3	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		63	37	26	6628 – 6512	116
4	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		62	36	26	6964 – 6921	43
5	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		66	38	28	7243 – 7063	180
6	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		63	36	27	6450 – 6264	186
7	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		65	37	28	6926 – 6746	180
8	DENVER NUGGETS		63	35	28	6846 – 6775	71
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		62	34	28	6766 – 6696	70
10	UTAH JAZZ		63	33	30	6479 – 6382	97
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		62	28	34	6721 – 6821	-100
12	SACRAMENTO KINGS		64	20	44	6349 – 6849	-500
13	DALLAS MAVERICKS		64	19	45	6540 – 6727	-187
14	PHOENIX SUNS		65	19	46	6804 – 7355	-551
15	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		62	18	44	6134 – 6423	-289