Houston (USA), Feb 10 (EFE) .- The power of the starting pivots Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka contributed one more day this Wednesday to the triumph of their respective teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. Both Spanish players finished as winners.
Gasol, who played 20 minutes, with eight points, helped the Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-113 in overtime for the fifth consecutive victory, the best current winning streak in the NBA, which they share with the Utah Jazz, which had a rest day.
The Gasol brothers’ middleweight made 3 of 5 shots from the field, including a three-shot triple, and hit the only shot he made from the personnel line.
Gasol also grabbed four defensive rebounds, provided an assist and put up two blocks, the best of the team in that facet of the game along with reserve power forward Montrezl Harrell.
While Ibaka, in his complete line of play, contributed 10 points in the game that the Clippers won 112-119 on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves, from Ricky Rubio and Juancho Hernangómez.
Ibaka was perfect, scoring 10 points in 20 minutes of action after making 4 of 4 shots from the field and 2 of 2 from the personnel line. In addition, he had three rebounds and gave two assists.
In the loss, Rubio had five points and 10 assists in 29 minutes of action, after making 2 of 4 shots from the field, including 1 of 2 triples, and had four rebounds.
While the youngest of the Hernangómez brothers did not play by decision of the coach of the Timberwolves, Ryan Saunders.
Yes, his brother Willy did it as a reserve with the New Orleans Pelicans and he could not avoid the defeat of his team, which lost on the road 129-116 to the Chicago Bulls.
Willy Hernangómez, who continued to receive minutes from Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy, responded with great scoring inspiration by adding nine points.
The eldest of the Hernangómez brothers, in 14 minutes of play, scored 4 of 5 shots from the field, 1 of 2 from the personnel line, and had three rebounds.
However, the New Orleans (11-13), who had won four straight games, including a 130-101 win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, failed to reach a fifth straight win for the first time in what that is in season. EFE
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