Hugo Gonzalez add and continue in the NBA. The Spanish guard, barely 19 years old, has landed on his feet in the best league in the world and has surpassed a rookie record he had Tim Duncana true legend of this sport. In a short time, the former Real Madrid player has become a fundamental piece for the Boston Celtics by Joe Mazzulla. So much so that the team itself has boasted of its numbers on social networks.
The Spanish international has the highest +/- per game of a rookie in NBA historysince this statistic began to be counted in the 1996-97 season. With a +/- of 5.36, Hugo González has surpassed great stars of the league like Tim Duncanwho had a +/- of 5.23, Chet Holmgren, with a +5.15, Ben Simmons (+4.78), Donovan Mitchell (+4.42) and the great Celtics reference, Jayson Tatum, who occupies fifth place in the ranking with a +4.3.
This statistic measures the difference in points in a player’s game when they are on the court. It is calculated by the difference in points for and against that the team has achieved when the player is on the court and on the bench. That is, with Hugo Gonzalez on the track, the Celtics They have a +5.36. But the Spanish numbers do not end there.
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Although the former Real Madrid player averages 4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 15.3 minuteshis numbers do not reflect the importance he has within the team. Beyond the aforementioned statistic, Hugo also has the best +/- of NBA rookies long. The Spanish guard leads this ranking with a +236well above the second, Dylan Harper (+117), VJ Edjecomb (+69), Knueppel (+59) and Joan Beringer (+49).
Recently, in the duel against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center, the Spanish international scored a decisive three-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in the first overtime to force the second overtime. González He came off the bench for the final play and nailed the three-pointer from the corner almost at the buzzer. The Celtics They ended up winning that game 130-126 in the second overtime.
