MADRID, 5 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish center Usman Garuba, with full from the line of three, has contributed this morning to stop the drought of the Houston Rockets, who have imposed themselves on the San Antonio Spurs (110-122), in an NBA day in which the point guard Ricky Rubio continues to recover sensations and has defeated the Detroit Pistons with the Cleveland Cavaliers (114-90).
At the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the Rockets, bottom of the Western Conference (14-49), interrupted an 11-game losing streak, led by forward Tari Eason (20 points) and Turkish center Alperen Sengun (16).
Garuba, for his part, put together a great game in just nine minutes on the field. The Castilian-La Mancha center scored 11 points after hitting his three basket attempts, all triples, and scoring two free throws; in addition, he collected three rebounds and gave an assist.
Meanwhile, the Catalan point guard Ricky Rubio continues with his adaptation process after his serious injury and had 20 minutes in the victory of the ‘Cavs’, quarterfinals in the East (40-26), against the last of the same conference, the Pistons.
The man from El Masnou signed five points -2 of 5 shots from the field, including 1 of 2 triples-, grabbed five rebounds, offered three assists, recovered two balls and put in two blocks.
–STATS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.
USMAN GARUBA: 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
RICKY RUBIO: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.