Sizzling Bjelica and amazing Ibaka

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Nemanja Bjelica made four of Sacramento’s franchise-record 19 3-pointers and finished with 25 points, helping the Kings beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 141-130.

Bogdan Bogdanovic also scored 20 points for Sacramento and combined with his Serbian teammate for a total of 45.

While leading scorer Kawhi Leonard sat out, the Toronto Raptors dominated from the start in routing the Warriors 113-93. Spaniard Serge Ibaka scored 20 points to help the Raptors improve to an NBA-best 23-7, matching the 2014-15 squad for the best start in franchise history.

Slovenian rookie Luka Doncic scored 24 and the Mavericks extended their home winning streak to 11 games while ending a 10-game skid against Atlanta in a 114-107 victory over the Hawks.

German guard Dennis Schroder scored 24 points for Oklahoma City, but Anthony Davis scored 44 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as the New Orleans Pelicans narrowly held on to defeat the Thunder 118-114.

Here are last night’s results and euro-scorers.

NBA 2018-19	December 12th	Score
Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons	108-107	Parker 16 p. 3 as. Hernangomez 13 p. 3 r. Batum 2 p. 3 r. 3 as. – Calderon 4 p. 4 r. Pachulia 4 p. 3 r.
Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks	113-106	Osman 6 p. 5 r. – Kanter 20 p. 10 r. 3 as. Ntilikina 16 p. 3 r. 4 as. Hezonja 2 p.
Indiana Pacers	Milwaukee Bucks	113-97	Sabonis 12 p. 10 r. Bogdanovic 16 p. 4 r. – Giannis 12 p. 10 r. 7 as. Ilyasova 5 p. 5 r.
Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets	124-127	Korkmaz 18 p. 6 as. – Kurucs 13 p.
Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics	125-130	Satoransky 7 p. 3 r. – Theis 8 p. 6 r.
Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers	92-83	Gasol 9 p. 7 r. 5 as. Casspi 2 p. 3 r. – Nurkic 2 p. 10 r.
New Orleans Pelicans	Oklahoma City Thunder	118-114	Schroder 24 p. 3 r. Abrines 5 p.
Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks	114-107	Doncic 24 p. 10 r. 6 as. Kleber 7 p. 3 r. – Dorsey 4 p. 4 r. Len 4 p.
Utah Jazz	Miami Heat	111-84	Gobert 10 p. 11 r. Rubio 5 p. 6 r. 8 as. Sefolosha 6 r.
Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves	141-130	Bjelica 25 p. 5 r. Bogdanovic 20 p. 6 as. Koufos 4 p. – Saric 18 p. 6 r.
Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors	93-113	Jerebko 3 p. 4 r. 4 as. – Ibaka 20 p. 12 r. Valanciunas 6 p. 7 r.

Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G	SRS
Toronto Raptors (1)	23	7	.767	—	115.6	107.0	8.36
Milwaukee Bucks (2)	18	9	.667	3.5	118.1	109.2	9.30
Philadelphia 76ers (3)	19	10	.655	3.5	114.2	112.0	1.62
Indiana Pacers (4)	18	10	.643	4.0	106.4	101.3	3.82
Boston Celtics (5)	17	10	.630	4.5	111.1	103.6	6.77
Charlotte Hornets (6)	14	13	.519	7.5	113.9	110.7	2.54
Detroit Pistons (7)	13	13	.500	8.0	109.0	110.2	-1.91
Orlando Magic (8)	12	15	.444	9.5	104.6	107.9	-2.91
Miami Heat (9)	11	16	.407	10.5	107.2	108.6	-2.59
Washington Wizards (10)	11	17	.393	11.0	112.1	116.9	-4.84
Brooklyn Nets (11)	11	18	.379	11.5	109.3	111.1	-2.31
New York Knicks (12)	8	21	.276	14.5	108.3	114.9	-6.28
Cleveland Cavaliers (13)	7	21	.250	15.0	103.4	111.2	-7.46
Atlanta Hawks (14)	6	21	.222	15.5	107.9	118.0	-9.68
Chicago Bulls (15)	6	22	.214	16.0	101.8	112.9	-9.90