Kristaps Porziņģis Photo: AP Photo / Matthew Hinton
Upcoming night in the National Basketball Association (NBA) games are scheduled for both units represented by Latvians. Kristaps Porziņģis and the Dallas Mavericks at 3:30 Latvian time will be played with New Orleans “Pelicans”, but Dāvis Bertāns and Washington “Wizards” at 2:00 will host Cleveland Cavaliers.
At the moment, the Mavericks report that Porziņģis’ participation in the next match is doubtful due to a left knee bruise. The Dallas unit will host the New Orleans Pelicans on its field on Friday, which was won by 139: 107 guests on Wednesday. On Monday, Porziņģis left the field at the end of the third quarter when he injured his ankle, but this did not prevent him from participating in Wednesday’s match, in which he scored 20 points and won ten rebounds.
The Latvian has gone to the field in 15 matches this season, collecting an average of 19.7 points, eight rebounds and 1.7 blocks. Mavericks leader Luka Dončič, meanwhile, has stood out this season with an average of 25.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 8.3 assists, and 1.2 interceptions. Brendon Ingram, who has scored an average of 21.8 points and 6.2 rebounds, is on the rise in Pelicans this season. Jonas Valančūns from Lithuania, who has an average of 18.8 points and 12.1 balls under the baskets, also makes a serious contribution to the unit.
Bertan has played in 12 matches this season, but statistically he is spending one of the weakest seasons in his NBA career. The Latvian has scored an average of 5.5 points, accumulating 1.9 rebounds and has not been able to fully use his biggest weapon – three – point shots, because trejachus is realized with only 26.4% accuracy, which is his worst performance in six seasons since Davis is in the NBA. The leader of the Wizards again this season is Bradley Biel, who averages 22.7 points per game, wins 5.1 balls under the baskets, and returns 6.2 assists. Montrezell Hersel, with 16.6 points and 8.1 rebounds, spokesman Spencer Dinvidius added 14.1 points, 5.2 assists and 5.5 assists.
The main player on the Cleveland team is Darius Garlands, who has averaged 18.5 points and 7.2 assists. Meanwhile, Jeret Allen marks an average of 16.3 points and 11.3 rebounds in the fight, while Finnish striker Lauri Markanen helps with 14.5 points and 6.2 balls under the baskets.
