Ibaka stands out in the eleventh victory followed by Toronto Raptors

  • The Spaniard has 16 points and six rebounds against Chicago
  • Juancho, little prominence in the defeat of the Nuggets
  • Ricky Rubio is left without playing because of some ankle discomfort
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Toronto Raptors, current NBA champions, on Sunday matched the franchise record for consecutive wins by chaining their eleventh by clearly beating Chicago Bulls 129-102, with a good performance by Serge Ibaka.

The Raptors continue to live their best moment of the season and the Hispano-Congolese continues to take advantage of Marc Gasol's injury due to being one of Nick Nurse's outstanding players, who signed a devastating second half (69-39).

Ibaka contributed 16 points, with 7/12 in launch, six rebounds and three blocks for a team where the best was a substitute like Terence Davis, author of 31 points, with a great 6/7 in triples. In addition to these two players, five more of the locals scored 10 or more points.

In addition, the Sunday day in the NBA left the participation of Madrid power forward Juancho Hernangómez in the defeat of Denver Nuggets against Detroit Pistons 128-123. The Spanish international had 12 minutes and scored only two free throws and took five rebounds.

On the other hand, the Catalan base Ricky Rubio, due to discomfort in the right ankle, lost a new setback of Phoenix Suns, who move away from the playoff positions in the Western Conference to fall clearly before Milwaukee Bucks 129-108 a spectacular Giannis Antetokounmpo (30 points, 19 rebounds and 9 assists).