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Ibaka, triumphant debut with Clippers; Marc Gasol, to be forgotten with Lakers

Marc Gasol, on his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers
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Heads and tails of the coin for Spanish debutants Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol with their respective teams from the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, in the game they both played on Tuesday night on the opening day of the new 2020-21 NBA season.

While Ibaka shone in a special way both in attack and defense and helped the Clippers to a 109-116 road win, Gasol had a real nightmare with the personals that ruined the much-desired debut with the reigning league champions, which has cost him to give up more than $ 10 million per season, on his two-year contract.

Both players, teammates last season with the Toronto Raptors, started the new campaign as great signings of the Angelenos teams.

Ibaka confirmed that he is called to be a decisive player within the Clippers’ starting five with the new coach of Tyronn Lue, by contributing 15 points, including eight in the first quarter, and being the third highest scorer of the team, only surpassed by the stars, forwards Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. The Spanish international player played 21 minutes in which he scored 5 of 7 field goals, including 2 of 3 3-point attempts, and hit 3 of 5 from the personnel lines. In addition to grabbing six rebounds, including four defenders, he blocked, lost a ball and committed three personal fouls.

Gasol barely played 12 minutes in which he did not take a shot to the basket, he captured a rebound, gave an assist, lost a ball and committed five personal fouls. Lakers coach Fran Vogel, who is a great defender of Gasol’s game, acknowledged that he should have given him more of the ball in the paint as they had done during the preseason when they went undefeated with a 4-0 record.

I regret not giving you more minutes, but at the same time it is about that for him it is a new team, a new year and everyone in the squad has to get used to the new system, “said Vogel, evaluating Gasol’s performance.

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