MADRID, 2 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish center Willy Hernangómez has set a good performance that, however, has not served to prevent the defeat of New Orleans Pelicans at the home of Milwaukee Bucks (136-113), on an NBA day in which Serge Ibaka has won with Los Angeles Clippers to Brooklyn Nets (116-120) and in which Usman Garuba has enjoyed a few minutes in the loss of the Houston Rockets against Denver Nuggets (111-124).
At the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, the Louisiana team (13-23) conceded their second defeat in the last three games against the Bucks led by the MVP of the last finals, the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo, who signed a ‘triple-double’ of 35 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists.
Meanwhile, the Madrid pivot, who started as a starter and touched the ‘double-double’, spent almost 20 minutes on the court in which he had time to score 11 points -4 of 9 field goals and 3 of 5 from the line of goal. personal-, capture 8 rebounds and offer an assist.
For their part, the Clippers (19-18), sixth in the Western Conference, managed to neutralize the good performances of James Harden (34) and Kevin Durant (28) to forget the loss to the Raptors, all in a meeting in which Spanish-Congolese power forward Serge Ibaka contributed 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in 22 minutes.
Finally, the Castilian-La Mancha center Usman Garuba spent 12 minutes on the court, contributing with 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, in the defeat of the Rockets (10-27), the worst team in the West, against the Nuggets.
–STATISTICS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.
WILLY HERNANGÓMEZ: 11 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.
SERGE IBAKA: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
USMAN GARUBA: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.