The Europeans in the NBA: Day 7
Marc Gasol the MVP. Good effort for Casspi
Minnesota Timberwolves - Cleveland Cavaliers 92-93
Timberwolves:
Nikola Pekovic (8 points, 12 rebounds): another almost double double for the big man. Pekovic had a bad shooting night (3 of 12) and collected 8 points and 12 rebounds.
Ricky Rubio (4 points, 5 assists): Rubio missed all his seven shots and finished with 4 points from the line. In 25 minutes the Spanish dished also 5 assists.
Alexey Shved (2 points): the Russian came off the bench to play just 8 minutes. Shved missed both his shots and finished with 2 points.
Cavaliers:
Sergey Karasev (DNP)
Golden State Warriors - Philadelphia 76ers 110-90
Warriors:
Nemanja Nedovic (2 points): First basket in the NBA for the Serbian point guard. Nedovic ended with 2 points and 1 of 3 from the field.
Ognjen Kuzmic (2 rebounds): 9 minutes on the field for the big man who was scoreless. Two rebounds for Kuzmic.
Boston Celtics - Memphis Grizzlies 88-95
Grizzlies:
Marc Gasol (14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists): Marc Gasol played a solid game and the Grizzlies won. Gasol flirted with a double double in points and rebounds and shot 6 of 10 from the field
Kostas Koufos (3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists): The Greek big man played 12 minutes and made his only shot attempts. Koufos had chance also to grab 2 rebounds and dish 2 assists.
Nick Calathes (DNP)
Houston Rockets - Los Angeles Clippers 118-137
Rockets:
Omri Casspi (19 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists): losing effort for the Israeli forward who led the Rockets in scoring coming off the bench. Casspi added also 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
Donatas Motiejunas (4 minutes): Garbage time for the Lithuanian who did not score a point.
Clippers:
Byron Mullens (12 points, 4 rebounds): first game of the year in double digit for the British. Mullens scored 12 points in 15 minutes.