MADRID, 15 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Spanish forward Juancho Hernangómez continues to take advantage of his minutes with the Toronto Raptors and contributed this morning to the victory over Detroit Pistons (111-113) in an NBA day in which Usman Garuba and his Houston Rockets lost again to 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 lead in the East.
At Little Caesars Arena, the Hernangómez middleweight 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 forward from Madrid scored nine points -4 of 8 field goals, including 1 of 3 triples-, captured six rebounds and offered three assists, which earned him to finish the game as the Raptors player with the highest rating ( eleven).
For their part, the Rockets, bottom of the Western Conference (2-12), continue in the doldrums by giving up their third loss in a row, this time against the Clippers, who led by Paul George (22 points) continue to climb positions in the table .
Usman Garuba from La Mancha had 17 minutes of participation in which he was able to sign up five points, pick up four rebounds, give two assists, recover a ball and put up three blocks -the leader of the game in this facet of the game-.
Finally, Serge Ibaka also lost to the Bucks, who conceded their third loss in the last four games despite the return of 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 Hispanic-Congolese power forward scored five points -2 of 3 field goals, including 1 of 2 triples- and grabbed three rebounds in the 13 minutes he was on the pitch at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.
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.
