MADRID, 17 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Utah Jazz of the Spanish Juancho Hernangómez suffered to win the first game of the first round of the NBA ‘Playoffs’ against the Dallas Mavericks (93-99), who put up a fight but finally suffered the absence of the injured Luka Doncic.
Shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, after a poor first half, emerged after the break to lead the Salt Lake City team at the American Airlines Center in Dallas with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, neutralizing the good start of Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic ( 26).
Meanwhile, Juancho Hernangómez from Madrid only had five minutes of participation at the start of the ‘Playoffs’, a time in which he did not see a basket and captured three rebounds, two of them defensive.
For his part, the canary Santi Aldama was not present in the surprising defeat of the Memphis Grizzlies at the beginning of their series against the Minnesota Timberwolves (117-130). The young shooting guard Anthony Edwards shone with 36 points -12 of 23 in field goals and 4 of 11 in triples- that allowed the Minneapolis team to overcome the favoritism of the Tennessee team.
–STATISTICS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.
JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ: 3 rebounds.
SANTI ALDAMA: did not play.