Kings’ Serbian duo gets the job done

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Bogdan Bogdanovic had one of the top performances of his NBA career by notching season-highs 25 points plus 10 assists off the bench to lead the D’Aaron Fox-less Sacramento Kings to a 107 – 99 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

It was the best game of 2019-2020 so far for fellow Serbian player Nemanja Bjelica as well since he contributed season-highs 19 points and 12 rebounds to push Sacramento towards gettiing their fourth victory in five games.

“He needed this kind of game,” Bjelica said on Bogdanovic. “He was feeling good. He made the right decisions in the second half and was doing his stuff.”

Mario Hezonja finished with two points, three rebounds and two assists for the Blazers that are now 4-7 after suffering their fifth defeat in the last six games.

The Indiana Pacers extended their winning streak to 4-0 by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 111 – 85 with Domantas Sabonis finishing with a double-double of 18 points and 16 rebounds, seven of them on offense.

Sabonis was also +27 in +/- as the Pacers improved to 7-4. Danilo Gallinari scored 14 points for the Thunder.

Rudy Gobert had a spotless game of 18 points on 8/10 shots plus 15 rebounds as the Utah Jazz got their fourth straight win by downing the Brooklyn Nets. The French center also scored consecutive baskets in crunch time, including the go-ahead dunk for the 116 – 114 with 55 seconds to play.

Bojan Bogdanovic added 12 points (5/13 shots) for the Jazz. From Brooklyn, Dzanan Musa finished with nine points on 5/6 from the field in 15 minutes off the bench.

In Miami, Goran Dragic helped the Heat defeat the Detroit Pistons 117 – 108 with his 18 points and six assists. Svi Mykhailiuk played six minutes and scored six points for the Pistons.

Alex Len had season-highs 17 points and seven rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Denver Nuggets 125 – 121. Nikola Jokic had a couple of shooting struggles (1/8 3-pointers) en route to finishing with 20 points and seven assists.

He did deliver a quite nasty assist though…

Furkan Korkmaz was the one to celebrate the win in the match of the Philadelphia 76ers against the Cleveland Cavaliers and his Turkish national team teammate Cedi Osman. Korkmaz scored 10 points as a starter in the Sixers’ 98 – 97 victory over the Cavs. Osman finished with four points.

The Los Angeles Lakers were too much for the Phoenix Suns that lost 123 – 115 despite some fine performances by Ricky Rubio (21 points and 10 assists for his fourth season double-double) plus Dario Saric (18 points, seven rebounds).

The rest of Tuesday’s (12/11) results and European scorers:

Chicago Bulls – New York Knicks 120 – 112 (Lauri Markkanen 13 points, eight rebounds – Tomas Satoransky five points, Frank Ntilikina three points, four assists)

Standings, by NBA.com:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM
1Boston Celtics Wins8 Losses1 Win Percentage.889 Games Behind Conference Recordand1 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand0 Away Recordand1 Last Ten Recordand1 Win Streak 8Wins
2Miami Heat Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.5 Conference Recordand0 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand0 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 1Wins
3Milwaukee Bucks Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.5 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand1 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 1Wins
4Philadelphia 76ers Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.5 Conference Recordand0 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand0 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 2Wins
5Toronto Raptors Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.5 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand0 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 1Losses
6Indiana Pacers Wins7 Losses4 Win Percentage.636 Games Behind2.0 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand3 Home Recordand1 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 4Wins
7Charlotte Hornets Wins4 Losses6 Win Percentage.400 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 3Losses
8Cleveland Cavaliers Wins4 Losses6 Win Percentage.400 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand5 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand2 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 1Losses
9Atlanta Hawks Wins4 Losses6 Win Percentage.400 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand4 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 1Wins
10Brooklyn Nets Wins4 Losses6 Win Percentage.400 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand2 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 2Losses
11Chicago Bulls Wins4 Losses7 Win Percentage.364 Games Behind5.0 Conference Recordand5 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 1Wins
12Detroit Pistons Wins4 Losses8 Win Percentage.333 Games Behind5.5 Conference Recordand7 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand5 Last Ten Recordand7 Win Streak 3Losses
13Orlando Magic Wins3 Losses7 Win Percentage.300 Games Behind5.5 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand7 Win Streak 1Losses
14Washington Wizards Wins2 Losses6 Win Percentage.250 Games Behind5.5 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 2Losses
15New York Knicks Wins2 Losses9 Win Percentage.182 Games Behind7.0 Conference Recordand7 Division Recordand3 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand6 Last Ten Recordand8 Win Streak 2Losses

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM
1Los Angeles Lakers Wins8 Losses2 Win Percentage.800 Games Behind Conference Recordand1 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand1 Away Recordand1 Last Ten Recordand2 Win Streak 1Wins
2Utah Jazz Wins8 Losses3 Win Percentage.727 Games Behind0.5 Conference Recordand3 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand0 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 4Wins
3Houston Rockets Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.0 Conference Recordand0 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand1 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 4Wins
4LA Clippers Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.0 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand1 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 2Wins
5Denver Nuggets Wins7 Losses3 Win Percentage.700 Games Behind1.0 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand2 Away Recordand1 Last Ten Recordand3 Win Streak 1Losses
6Dallas Mavericks Wins6 Losses4 Win Percentage.600 Games Behind2.0 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand0 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand1 Last Ten Recordand4 Win Streak 1Losses
7Phoenix Suns Wins6 Losses4 Win Percentage.600 Games Behind2.0 Conference Recordand3 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand1 Last Ten Recordand4 Win Streak 1Losses
8Minnesota Timberwolves Wins6 Losses4 Win Percentage.600 Games Behind2.0 Conference Recordand2 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand2 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand4 Win Streak 1Wins
9San Antonio Spurs Wins5 Losses5 Win Percentage.500 Games Behind3.0 Conference Recordand3 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand2 Last Ten Recordand5 Win Streak 2Losses
10Sacramento Kings Wins4 Losses6 Win Percentage.400 Games Behind4.0 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 2Wins
11Portland Trail Blazers Wins4 Losses7 Win Percentage.364 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand5 Division Recordand1 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 1Losses
12Oklahoma City Thunder Wins4 Losses7 Win Percentage.364 Games Behind4.5 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand3 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand6 Win Streak 2Losses
13Memphis Grizzlies Wins3 Losses7 Win Percentage.300 Games Behind5.0 Conference Recordand4 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand4 Away Recordand3 Last Ten Recordand7 Win Streak 1Wins
14New Orleans Pelicans Wins2 Losses8 Win Percentage.200 Games Behind6.0 Conference Recordand5 Division Recordand3 Home Recordand4 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand8 Win Streak 1Losses
15Golden State Warriors Wins2 Losses9 Win Percentage.182 Games Behind6.5 Conference Recordand8 Division Recordand2 Home Recordand5 Away Recordand4 Last Ten Recordand8 Win Streak 4Losses
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