NBA Euro-watch: Saric balling in Philly

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

The Croatian stud took over the game with his scoring and passing as he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists helping the Sixers win their ninth straight game against the Knicks.

Turkish big-man Enes Kanter posted another double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds for the losing side.

Spanish point-guard Ricky Rubio fell two boards shy of a triple-double finishing with 14 points, 8 boards and 10 assists in a tough 97-94 home loss to the Boston Celtics.

French center Rudy Gobert posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards for the Jazz.

French rookie Guerschon Yabusele made his second career start and provided the game-winning assist to go along with his 3 points for Boston.

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

CHARLOTTE HORNETS	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS	105-118	Batum 6 p. 2 r. 5 a – Zizic 1 a., Calderon 4 p. 2 a., Osman 3 p. 1 r.
ORLANDO MAGIC	BROOKLYN NETS	104-111	Hezonja 23 p. 7 r. 3 a. 1 s., Vucevic 24 p. 15 r. 5 a. –
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS	NEW YORK KNICKS	118-101	Saric 26 p. 14 r. 5 a.2 s., Ilyasova 4 p. 8 r. 2 a. 1 s., Belinelli 14 p. 2 r. 2 a. 1 s. – Kanter 17 p. 14 r. 1 a. 1 b., Ntilikina 3 p. 6 r. 1 a.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS	108-103	Gasol 8 p. 3 r 6 a. 2 s. – Nurkic 12 p. 8 r. 2 a. 3 s. 3 b.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES	ATLANTA HAWKS	126-114	Bjelica 14 p. 6 r. 3 a. 1 s. – Dorsey 5 p. 1 r. 1 a.
UTAH JAZZ	BOSTON CELTICS	94-97	Gobert 10 p. 11 r. 2 a. 1 s. 2 b., Rubio 14 p. 8 r. 10 a., Jerebko 3 p. 7 r. – Yabusele 3 p. 1 r. 1 a.
PHOENIX SUNS	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS	99-111	Marjanovic 2 r. 1 a. – Bender 2 p. 1 r. 2 a.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS	DALLAS MAVERICKS	103-93	Kleber 7 p. 5 r. 2 s., Nowitzki 13 p. 7 r. 7 a. 1 a. 1 b. – Zubac 3 r. 1 a. 1 s. 2 b.

STANDINGS

#	TEAM	PTS	MP	W	L	POINTS	+/-
EASTERN
1	TORONTO RAPTORS		75	55	20	8434 – 7830	604
2	BOSTON CELTICS		75	52	23	7811 – 7508	303
3	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS		75	45	30	8304 – 8253	51
4	PHILADELPHIA 76ers		74	44	30	8056 – 7804	252
5	INDIANA PACERS		75	44	31	7920 – 7795	125
6	WASHINGTON WIZARDS		74	41	33	7928 – 7841	87
7	MIAMI HEAT		75	40	35	7745 – 7709	36
8	MILWAUKEE BUCKS		74	39	35	7837 – 7860	-23
9	DETROIT PISTONS		74	34	40	7628 – 7678	-50
10	CHARLOTTE HORNETS		76	34	42	8192 – 8191	1
11	NEW YORK KNICKS		76	27	49	7941 – 8212	-271
12	CHICAGO BULLS		74	24	50	7633 – 8156	-523
13	BROOKLYN NETS		75	24	51	7986 – 8288	-302
14	ORLANDO MAGIC		74	22	52	7719 – 8074	-355
15	ATLANTA HAWKS		75	21	54	7778 – 8193	-415
WESTERN
1	HOUSTON ROCKETS		75	61	14	8520 – 7814	706
2	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		74	54	20	8435 – 7917	518
3	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS		75	46	29	7951 – 7746	205
4	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		75	44	31	8044 – 7802	242
5	NEW ORLEANS PELICANS		75	43	32	8349 – 8322	27
6	SAN ANTONIO SPURS		75	43	32	7687 – 7458	229
7	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES		76	43	33	8356 – 8188	168
8	UTAH JAZZ		75	42	33	7754 – 7510	244
9	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		75	41	34	8214 – 8129	85
10	DENVER NUGGETS		75	40	35	8231 – 8140	91
11	LOS ANGELES LAKERS		74	33	41	8018 – 8122	-104
12	SACRAMENTO KINGS		75	24	51	7452 – 8005	-553
13	DALLAS MAVERICKS		75	23	52	7696 – 7888	-192
14	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		75	21	54	7415 – 7850	-435
15	PHOENIX SUNS		76	19	57	7888 – 8639	-751