NBA Euro-watch: Triple-doubles for Jokic and Batum

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

The Serbian beast, Nikola Jokic paced the Nuggets to a great win with his 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, registering yet another triple-double this season!

Nicolas Batum is in excellent form and proved so once again in Hornets’ win over Schroder’s Hawks, with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists. The German player had 17 points and 8 assists for the opposing side.

The Toronto Raptors’ big men Jonas Valanciunas, Serge Ibaka and Jakoc Poeltl totally destroyed the Pacers, adding 16 points (17 rebs), 13 points (11 rebs) and 4 points respectively. Bojan Bogdanovic finished the game with 6 points for the opposing side.

Dario Saric had yet another great night with a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds, as Ersan Ilyasova and Marco Belinelli added 9 and 10 points to the Sixers’ win. Enes Kanter shared 14 points for the Knicks.

The Trail Blazers caused an upset to the Cavs, with Jusuf Nurkic adding 7 points and 10 rebounds, while Ante Zizic shared 2 blocks for the opposing squad.

The Bulls narrowly survived the Grizzlies, with Paul Zipser tapping 4 points to this win, while on the other hand, Marc Gasol finished with a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis.

Another double-double, this time by Swish Clint Capela, as the Rockets smashed the Clippers. Capela scored 19 points along with 12 rebounds. For the Los Angeles side, Milos Teodosic tapped 3 points and 4 assists in 20 minutes on the court.

The Spurs survived the Pelicans down the stretch, as Tony Parker and Pau Gasol shared 8 points each.

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

TORONTO RAPTORS INDIANA PACERS 106-99 Valanciunas 16 p. 17 r. 4 bl., Ibaka 13 p. 11 r. Poeltl 4 p. 3 r. – Bogdanovic 6 p. 2 as.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS NEW YORK KNICKS 118-110 Saric 21 p. 11 r., Ilyasova 9 p. 8 r., Belinelli 10 p. – Kanter 14 p. 10 r., Ntilikina 3 as.
CHARLOTTE HORNETS ATLANTA HAWKS 129-117 Batum 10 p. 10 r. 16 as., Hernangomez 1 r. – Schroder 17 p. 8 as.
CHICAGO BULLS MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 111-110 Zipser 4 p. 3 r. – Gasol 21 p. 10 r.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS HOUSTON ROCKETS 96-101 Teodosic 3 p. 4 as. – Capela 19 p. 12 r.
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS SAN ANTONIO SPURS 93-98 Mirotic 6 p. 10 r. – Gasol 8 p. 5 r., Parker 8 p. 4 as.
DETROIT PISTONS DENVER NUGGETS 113-120 Jokic 23 p., 12 r. 10 as.
PHOENIX SUNS UTAH JAZZ 88-116 Bender 7 p. 6 r. 2 a. – Rubio 12 p. 11 as., Gobert 21 p. 13 r., Jerebko 6 p. 5 r.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 105-113 Zizic 2 bl. – Nurkic 7 p. 10 r.

Standings:

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
EASTERN
1
TORONTO RAPTORS
68
51
17
7629 – 7026
603
2
BOSTON CELTICS
68
46
22
7122 – 6837
285
3
INDIANA PACERS
69
40
29
7302 – 7198
104
4
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
68
39
29
7496 – 7486
10
5
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
69
39
30
7416 – 7326
90
6
PHILADELPHIA 76ers
67
37
30
7230 – 7078
152
7
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
68
36
32
7156 – 7179
-23
8
MIAMI HEAT
69
36
33
7081 – 7082
-1
9
DETROIT PISTONS
68
30
38
6995 – 7099
-104
10
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
69
30
39
7402 – 7431
-29
11
CHICAGO BULLS
68
24
44
7044 – 7444
-400
12
NEW YORK KNICKS
69
24
45
7175 – 7440
-265
13
BROOKLYN NETS
68
21
47
7196 – 7495
-299
14
ORLANDO MAGIC
69
21
48
7243 – 7561
-318
15
ATLANTA HAWKS
69
20
49
7165 – 7522
-357
WESTERN
1
HOUSTON ROCKETS
68
54
14
7719 – 7110
609
2
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
68
52
16
7865 – 7325
540
3
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
68
42
26
7200 – 7014
186
4
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
70
41
29
7482 – 7257
225
5
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
69
40
29
7577 – 7394
183
6
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
68
39
29
7607 – 7583
24
7
UTAH JAZZ
69
39
30
7114 – 6890
224
8
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
69
39
30
7050 – 6850
200
9
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
67
37
30
7319 – 7231
88
10
DENVER NUGGETS
69
38
31
7539 – 7451
88
11
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
68
31
37
7393 – 7494
-101
12
DALLAS MAVERICKS
68
22
46
6964 – 7116
-152
13
SACRAMENTO KINGS
69
22
47
6872 – 7406
-534
14
PHOENIX SUNS
70
19
51
7304 – 7962
-658
15
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
68
18
50
6713 – 7083
-370
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