Of all his virtues, Usman Garuba He has a magnet in his hands to catch rebounds. Up to 10 the Spanish center caught in just 17 minutes on the track to become the player on his team who recorded the most sacks -and second in the game after Kevon Looney, with 12-, despite the defeat of his Houston Rockets against some Golden State Warriors more and more into tune (120-101). The 20-year-old interior completed his good performance with 4 points with 2/3 shooting from the field and 1 block. Garuba continues to progress and these 10 rebounds represent his best mark this season in this facet, the second of his career after the 14 he grabbed against Sacramento last year.
Leading the Warriors, a Andrew Wiggins who was let loose with an impressive performance, with 36 points in 33 minutes with some sublime shooting series, 14 of 19 in shots and 8/10 in triples. After him, the usual. After taking a ‘break’ the night before against the Chicago Bulls -his lowest score of the course with 19 goals-, Stephen Curry He decided to speed up to shoot himself again to 30 with a 10/21 in TC and without skimping on triples, 8 in 17 attempts.
The 8 shots from the perimeter are the point guard’s best mark this season -he also scored 8 against Orlando-, and between triples from both sides -21 points from Jordan Poole with a 5/8 beyond the arc and 11 of Moses Moody With a 3/3-, the Warriors nailed 25 triples with a 48% against which the Rockets could do nothing, who were already losing 39-23 at the end of the first quarter, in which Stephen Curry quickly began to ‘work’ with 12 points and 3/5 from long distance, although Wiggins scored more in the third quarter with 17 and 5/7 from the perimeter.
In the Rockets, promising but still green to beat the NBA champion, their usual top scorers suffered from a lack of effectiveness on the shot, with a 6/16 for Kevin Porter Jr. (20 points) and a 6/19 for Jalen Green (13 points). Alperen Sengun was better, with 12 points after making 6 attempts of 9. The Warriors continue to rise in the West and they are already sixth with a positive record with 13-11 and the Rockets are penultimate with 6-17 although they have improved with 4-5 in the last 9 games.
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