NBA Euro-watch: Rubio and Gobert shine in OKC

2018-04-19T06:38:57+00:00 2018-04-19T06:38:57+00:00.

Aris Barkas

19/Apr/18 06:38

Eurohoops.net

The Utah Jazz evened the series at 1-1 and stole home court advantage from the Thunder behind spectacular performances by Ricky Rubio and Rudy Gobert.

By George Efkarpides / info@eurohoops.net

Participating in the second game of his first career NBA playoff series, Spanish point-guard Ricky Rubio hit five three-pointers and flirted with a triple-double finishing the game with 22 points, 7 boards, 9 assists in a 102-95 win over the Thunder.

French center Rudy Gobert was dominant on both ends, notching a double-double with 13 points, 15 rebounds, adding 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

LeBron James put on a show with 46 points as Cleveland edged Indiana 100-97 to even the series at 1-1.

Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic had 8 points, 3 boards and 4 assists for the losing side.

Finally, the Houston Rockets cruised to a 2-0 lead over the Timberwolves, 102-82.

Swiss center Clint Capela snatched 16 boards to go along with his 8 points, a block and an assist.

Serbian foward, Nemanja Bjelica only needed 19 minutes to record 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals for the losing side.

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

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS INDIANA PACERS 100-97 Calderon 5 p. 1 s. – Bogdanovic 8 p. 3 r. 4 a. 1 s., Sabonis 6 p. 5 r.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER UTAH JAZZ 95-102 Gobert 13 p. 15 r. 2 a. 2s. 3 b., Rubio 22 p. 7 r. 9 a. 1 s., Jerebko 10 p. 5 r.
HOUSTON ROCKETS MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 102-82 Capela 8 p. 16 r. 1 a. 1 b. – Bjelica 16 p. 8 r. 2 a. 2 s.

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