Santi Aldama breaks his scoring record with 37 points and Hugo González achieves his first double-double in the NBA | Baloncesto | Sporty

NBA journey 59

Memphis Grizzlies

Wizards of Washington

Spanish winger Santi Aldama established his NBA scoring record with 37 points in the match against the Washington Wizards, although he could not avoid the defeat of the Memphis Grizzlies (122-130), in a day in which star Hugo González contributed to the victory of the Boston Celtics against the Toronto Raptors (96-112) with his first double-double in the North American league. At the FedEx Forum, the Grizzlies broke a streak of consecutive triumphs against the Eastern Conference leader, who rallied from a 15-point deficit that led to the rest of the hand of Canadian base Kyshawn George and CJ McCollum, who had 28 points each.

However, the reference for the duel was that of Aldama, who in his 36 minutes on the track scored 37 points, 22 of them before lining up the clothes, to seal his maximum score in the NBA — which at the time was 29 points, obtained twice during his career in the North American league —. The canary, coming off the bench, scored 15 of 23 shots from the field, including 5 of 9 triples and 2 of 3 from the free throw line. In addition, his 10 rebounds – four defensive – were valuable to finish with a double-double, the twentieth-fourth in the NBA, and his last year of assists, a stolen ball and a tap. Despite their performance, both Iisalo applauded after wasting a profit that led to 20 points during the first half, and finished with a record of 13-15, which left them nine, in position of playof the Western Conference.

La de Aldama is, moreover, one of the best performances in NBA history for a Spanish player. Pau Gasol scored a game-high 46 points in 2015, Marc Gasol set his high mark with 42 points in 2017, while Ricky Rubio, like Anoche Aldama, had 37 points in November 2021.

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	1	2	3	4	T
TOR	20	31	29	16	96
BOS	32	17	34	29	112

However, I was able to celebrate the victory of the leader Hugo González, who is like Aldama in history, in this case to sum up the first double-double of his NBA career in Toronto. All in a party in which the Celtics despegaron behind the middle and which finished with an excellent last quarter (16-29). Base Payton Pritchard dominated Joe Mazzulla’s team with 33 points, but the Madrid native was one of six players on the Massachusetts team to finish the party with at least 10 points. In his 28 minutes on the floor, he scored 10 points — 5 of 9 shooting from the field — and 10 rebounds, with no team defending, in addition to stealing balls and scoring one. hat. The Celtics triumphed and climbed, with a record of 17-11, to third place in the Eastern Conference, where they continued to dominate the Detroit Pistons (22-6).