MADRID, 15 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish forward Juancho Hernangómez continues to take advantage of his minutes with the Toronto Raptors and has contributed this morning to the victory over the Detroit Pistons (111-113) in an NBA day in which Usman Garuba and his Houston Rockets lost again against the Los Angeles Clippers (106 -122) and in which Serge Ibaka also fell with the Milwaukee Bucks against the Atlanta Hawks (106-121), giving up the leadership of the East.
At Little Caesars Arena, the Hernangómez medium once again had the confidence of coach Nick Nurse, who, faced with the plague of casualties in the Canadian franchise, sixth in the Eastern Conference (8-7), gave him more than 23 minutes over track.
In that time, the Madrid forward scored nine points -4 of 8 field goals, including 1 of 3 triples-, grabbed six rebounds and offered three assists, which earned him to finish the game as the Raptors player with the best rating ( +11).
For their part, the Rockets, bottom of the Western Conference (2-12), continue to be in the doldrums by giving up their third straight loss, this time against the Clippers, who led by Paul George (22 points) continue to climb places in the table .
Usman Garuba from La Mancha had 17 minutes of participation in which he was able to sign five points, pick up four rebounds, give two assists, recover a ball and put in three blocks -leader of the game in this facet of the game-.
Finally, Serge Ibaka also fell with the Bucks, who conceded their third defeat in the last four games despite the return of the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose 27 points were not enough to prevent his team (10-3) from losing first place in the East in favor of Boston Celtics (11-3).
The Spanish-Congolese power forward scored five points -2 of 3 shots from the field, including 1 of 2 triples- and captured three rebounds in the 13 minutes he was on the field of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
–STATS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.
JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ: 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
USMAN GARUBA: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.
SERGE IBAKA: 5 points and 3 rebounds.