By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Spaniard Serge Ibaka scored a season-high 25 points, DeMar DeRozan had 12 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 92-73, clinching the top seed in the East for the first time in team history.
Austrian big man Jakob Poeltl scored 10 points as the Raptors set franchise records for wins in a season (57) and home wins (33).
Spaniard Nikola Mirotic scored a season-high 31 points and tied a season-best with 16 rebounds, and Anthony Davis had 33 points and 11 boards in the Pelicans‘122-103 win over the Phoenix Suns and climbed to the 5th spot in the West.
“The coaches did a great job trying to find me, to get some plays for me,” Mirotic said. “I felt very confident, especially with my defense, and I think when I feel that confident defensively, my offense comes.”
Greek-American Tyler Dorsey had 22 points, including 13 in the second half for the Hawks who beat the Wizards 103-97.
Last but not least, Bogdan Bogdanovic knocked down a 16-footer with just over a second remaining, then tipped the ensuing Memphis inbounds pass to help Sacramento escape with a 94-93 victory Friday night.
Bogdanovic saved the Kings from blowing a double-digit lead in the final four minutes and salvaged a night where the rookie guard from Serbia was 4 of 11 from the field, including missing all five of his 3-pointers for eight points.
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Here’s last night’s action and the euro-scorers.
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113-106 |
Kleber 7 p. 6 r. |
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100-137 |
Hezonja 11 p. 5 r. – Batum 7 p. 6 r. 6 as. Hernangomez 11 p. 12 r. |
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132-130 |
Saric 3 p. 3 r 3 as. Ilyasova 17 p. 11 r. 5 as. Belinelli 23 p. – Osman 7 p. 6 r. |
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97-103 |
Gortat 6 p. 11 r. 4 as. Satoransky 8 p. 5 r. – Dorsey 22 p. |
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111-104 |
Yabusele 6 p. 6 r. – Markkanen 20 p. 5 r. Asik 2 p. 2 r. |
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122-98 |
Ntilikina 8 p. 9 as. – Dragic 15 p. 3 r. |
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TORONTO RAPTORS |
92-73 |
Ibaka 25 p. 8 r. Valanciunas 8 p. 12 r. Poeltl 10 p. 5 r. – Bogdanovic 5 p. 3 r. Sabonis 8 p. 3 r. |
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93-94 |
Bogdanovic 8 p. 4 as. |
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103-122 |
Bender 14 p. 8 r. Len 5 p. 4 r. – Mirotic 31 p. 16 r. |
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96-113 |
Zsubac 13 p. 9 r. – Bjelica 3 p. 3 r. |
STANDINGS
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#
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TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
TORONTO RAPTORS
|
79
|
57
|
22
|
8827 – 8203
|
624
|
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|
2
|
79
|
54
|
25
|
8212 – 7913
|
299
|
|||
|
3
|
79
|
49
|
30
|
8644 – 8330
|
314
|
|||
|
4
|
80
|
49
|
31
|
8870 – 8795
|
75
|
|||
|
5
|
INDIANA PACERS
|
80
|
47
|
33
|
8440 – 8307
|
133
|
||
|
6
|
80
|
43
|
37
|
8271 – 8217
|
54
|
|||
|
7
|
79
|
42
|
37
|
8419 – 8438
|
-19
|
|||
|
8
|
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
|
80
|
42
|
38
|
8537 – 8492
|
45
|
||
|
9
|
79
|
38
|
41
|
8175 – 8196
|
-21
|
|||
|
10
|
80
|
35
|
45
|
8638 – 8637
|
1
|
|||
|
11
|
79
|
28
|
51
|
8245 – 8522
|
-277
|
|||
|
12
|
79
|
27
|
52
|
8152 – 8660
|
-508
|
|||
|
13
|
79
|
26
|
53
|
8406 – 8737
|
-331
|
|||
|
14
|
79
|
24
|
55
|
8191 – 8568
|
-377
|
|||
|
15
|
ATLANTA HAWKS
|
80
|
23
|
57
|
8250 – 8695
|
-445
|
||
| WESTERN | ||||||||
|
1
|
79
|
64
|
15
|
8923 – 8215
|
708
|
|||
|
2
|
79
|
57
|
22
|
8988 – 8469
|
519
|
|||
|
3
|
79
|
48
|
31
|
8372 – 8151
|
221
|
|||
|
4
|
79
|
46
|
33
|
8216 – 7909
|
307
|
|||
|
5
|
79
|
45
|
34
|
8112 – 7875
|
237
|
|||
|
6
|
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
|
79
|
45
|
34
|
8800 – 8736
|
64
|
||
|
7
|
79
|
45
|
34
|
8484 – 8246
|
238
|
|||
|
8
|
80
|
45
|
35
|
8755 – 8597
|
158
|
|||
|
9
|
79
|
44
|
35
|
8692 – 8590
|
102
|
|||
|
10
|
79
|
42
|
37
|
8622 – 8572
|
50
|
|||
|
11
|
79
|
34
|
45
|
8551 – 8672
|
-121
|
|||
|
12
|
SACRAMENTO KINGS
|
80
|
26
|
54
|
7923 – 8496
|
-573
|
||
|
13
|
80
|
24
|
56
|
8196 – 8406
|
-210
|
|||
|
14
|
79
|
21
|
58
|
7798 – 8287
|
-489
|
|||
|
15
|
PHOENIX SUNS
|
80
|
20
|
60
|
8298 – 9076
|
-778
|
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