The Europeans in the NBA: Day 5

Cleveland Cavaliers - Indiana Pacers 74-89

Cavaliers:

Sergey Karasev: Just one minute on the court for the Russian rookie.

Pacers:

Ian Mahinmi (2 points, 7 rebounds): the big man gives his big contribution under the glasses with 7 boards in 19 minutes. Mahinmi scored also 2 points.


Chicago Bulls - Philadelphia 76ers 104-107

Bulls:

Luol Deng (20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists): Losing effort for the British forward. In the loss against the 76ers, Deng scored 20 points (shooting 8/21 from the filed), 7 rebounds and 4 assists in 36 minutes.

Joakim Noah (10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists): The French big man was close to a double double. Noah shot 4 of 11 from the field, pulled down 9 boards, dished 3 assists in 32 minutes of action.


Charlotte Bobcats - New Orleans Pelicans 84-105

Bobcats:

Jeffery Taylor (5 points): The Swedish scored just 5 points in a bad shooting night (1 of 9 from the field). Taylor came off the bench and played 25 minutes.


Memphis Grizzlies - Dallas Mavericks 99-111

Grizzlies:

Marc Gasol (23 points, 5 rebounds): the Spanish big man had a losing effort in the game. Gasol scored 23 points, grabbed 5 rebounds in 35 minutes but Grizzlies lost against Mavericks.

Kostas Koufos (7 points, 8 rebounds): Another solid game for the Greek who came off the bench to score 7 points (3 of 9 from the field) and grab 8 rebounds.

Nick Calathes (2 points): The point guard had enough time to score 2 points in the loss.

Mavericks:

Dirk Nowitzki (24 points, 6 rebounds): The German forward was the MVP of the team and the top scorer with 24 points. Nowitzki added also 6 rebounds and leadership.

Jose Calderon (15 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists): After the awful night in the previous game, Calderon scored in double digit (15 points) in 38 minutes. The Spanish added also 5 assists.

Gal Mekel (1 rebound, 1 assist): After the double digit in scoring, Mekel was scoreless in his 7 minutes of action.


Toronto Raptors - Milwaukee Bucks 97-90

Raptors:

Jonas Valanciunas (7 points, 6 rebounds): 16 minutes of action for the Lithuanian big man who started the game. Valanciunas scored 7 points (3/8) and grabbed 6 rebounds (3 offensive).

Bucks:

Ersan Ilyasova (14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists). The Turkish forward played 23 minutes to score again in double digit (14 points and 50% from the field). Ilyasova added 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Zaza Pachulia (6 points, 3 rebounds): First game in single digit for the Georgian who scored ‘just’ 6 points in 14 minutes (3 of 4 from the field).

Antetokounmpo (2 points, 2 rebounds): 17 minutes on the court coming off the bench for the Greek. Antetokounmpo scored just 2 points and grabbed 2 rebounds.

Miroslav Raduljica (DNP)


Houston Rockets - Utah Jazz 104-93

Rockets:

Omer Asik (4 points, 9 rebounds): the Turkish started the game with Howard. He scored just 4 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 28 minutes of action.

Omri Casspi (DNP)

Donatas Motiejunas (DNP)

Jazz:

Enes Kanter (16 points, 8 rebounds): another start for the big man and another double digit in points. Kanter added also 8 rebounds flirting with a double double. Kanter shot 7 of 13 from the field.

Rudy Gobert (2 points, 2 rebounds): Just 8 minutes for Gobert and 2 points scored from the line


San Antonio Spurs - Portland Trail Blazers 105-111

Spurs:

Tony Parker (17 points, 5 rebounds 9 assists): losing effort for the French Point Guard. Parker scored 17 points, (7/20 from the field) with 5 rebounds and 9 assists in 33 minutes.

Boris Diaw (14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists): The French started from the bench to score again in double digit (14). Diaw also added 5 rebounds and 4 assists and shot 6 of 7.

Marco Belinelli (19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists): best game of the season for the Italian guard. Belinelli came off the bench to score 19 points on a 8 of 12 shooting night. Belinelli also added 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Blazers:

Nicolas Batum (11 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists): Perfect night for the forward who registered a triple double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. One of his best games in the NBA.

Joel Freeland (4 points, 2 rebounds): 8 minutes on the court for the Freeland and 4 points and 2 boards coming from the bench.


Sacramento Kings - Golden State Warriors 87-98

Warriors:

Nemanja Nedovic: Just three minutes on the court for the Serbian and 0 of 2 from the court.

Ognjen Kuzmic: three minutes for the big man and zero point.