French Nicolas Batum ('88) made last night his season-high in scoring in the NBA leading Portland Trail Blazers to the victory at Minnesota (91-110). The forward was unstoppable for T-Wolves, nailing 31 points (6/8 twos, 5/8 threes and 4/4 ft), pulling down 7 rebounds and dishing 7 assists in 29 minutes.

At the Madison Knicks couldn't beat Grizzlies (109-120) with local forward Danilo Gallinari ('88) scoring 11 points with 1/3 behind the arc, while at Utah greek Kostas Koufos ('89) played again with the Jazz after a "24 days break". The center scored 2 points in 3 minutes in the win over Rockets (133-110).

 

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