MADRID, 20 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The brothers Juancho and Willy Hernangómez and Usman Garuba could not enjoy this Monday in the NBA day of victory with the Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Pelicans and Houston Rockets, respectively, and they did not sign excessively brilliant performances either.
The Raptors made it clear that they are going through a bad moment and conceded their sixth consecutive defeat by falling tightly and after a 104-101 overtime against the Philadelphia 76ers, with Juancho Hernangómez starting.
The Madrid forward, who is now being used in more facets of the inside game, enjoyed more than 14 minutes on the court, scoring seven points, with 3/4 shooting, and grabbing a rebound for a Canadian team that was not enough Pascal Siakam’s spectacular game with 38 points and 16 captures.
For his part, his brother Willy returned to participate with the Pelicans, who are not doing too fine now and who signed their fourth straight defeat when they fell at home against the Milwaukee Bucks 119-128, with a stellar Giannis Antetokounmpo (42 and 10 ) and a Serge Ibaka without minutes.
The Spanish center was on the field for almost ten minutes, in which he could only contribute five points and one rebound for a team where the Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas (37 and 18) shone even above Zion Williamson.
Finally, Usman Garuba could not enjoy a victory with a Rockets that continue to be the worst franchise in the Western Conference after clearly losing the Texan duel 105-124 at home against the penultimate San Antonio Spurs.
The power forward from Azuqueca de Henares played more than 14 minutes, in which he was not very successful in attack, with a poor 0/5 in shooting and no points in his locker, although he did grab five rebounds.
–STATS OF THE SPANISH PLAYERS.
JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ: 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal.
WILLY HERNANGÓMEZ: 5 points and 1 rebound
USMAN GARUBA: 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.