Utah continued a great series against Dallas, and Croatian basketball player Bojan Bogdanovic was brilliant, scoring 32 points in 32 minutes, which is his highest this season.
As many as 17 were scored in the third quarter which the hosts won 33-23. Bogdanovic scored 10/16 from shots in play, 7/11 from three-pointers, while he was 5/5 from the free-throw line. He also recorded two assists.
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“The coaches told me that they want me to shoot more, to be aggressive,” said the Croatian basketball player.
“I try to be my own and I try to be aggressive regardless of the shot percentage,” Bogdanovic added.
“We are much better off when he is so aggressive,” said Mike Conley who scored 22 points and nine assists.
Along with Bogdanovic and Conley, the best in the ranks of Utah were Jordan Clarkson with 18 points and six rebounds, and Rudy Gobert with 17 points and 12 rebounds, which is his eighth double-double in a row.
Slovenian Luka Doncic was the most efficient for the Mavericks with 25 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. Jalen Brunson added 13 points.
“Terrible, I’d say it looked like we didn’t care if we won. We just have to invest more energy and more effort,” Doncic said after the match.
Utah leads the West 15-4, while Dallas has eight wins and 11 losses and holds 13th place in the same conference.
The LA Clippers also won, beating the Orlando Magic 116-90 on the road.
The Clippers were led by Paul George with 26 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, and Kawhi Leonard with 24 points.
“We were both great,” George said when asked who was better.
“I was extremely relieved that we were both healthy, first of all. We played so well that it was unfortunate that we had to take a break, but safety comes first,” he added.
The two stars had been quarantined according to the protocol since Monday. They were quarantined on Monday as the team headed from Los Angeles to Atlanta, and re-joined the team in Orlando after missing two games.
Ivica Zubac scored four points for the Clippers in 21 minutes, with 2/5 shots in play, and recorded seven rebounds and an assist. The most efficient for Orlanda was Terrence Ross with 24 points and Nikola Vucevic with 10 points and six rebounds.
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Denver Nuggets 119-109, and Luka Samanic did not play for the Spurs.
The Spurs were led by DeMar DeRozan with 30 points and 10 assists and Dejounte Murray with 26 points and seven rebounds, while the most efficient for Denver was Nikola Jokic with 35 points and 10 rebounds.
Source: HRT
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