The NBA is the most competitive basketball league in the world and that, at times, causes situations of maximum tension to occur on the court between the players, the protagonists of this sport.
One of the last to experience it has been Hugo González. The guard from Madrid, who signed for the Boston Celtics on June 25, 2025, was a substitute against the Miami Heat, but his entry onto the field was decisive for the team that plays its home games at the TD Garden to win the game (98-96).
González played a decisive role in his team’s victory and, in the last quarter of the game, he experienced a tense situation with Norman PowellHeat guard, when the Celtics led the Heat by two points with 9:32 left in the game.
In an offensive play by the Celtics, González approached the basket and was in position to score a two-point shot. However, Powell He denied the shot to the Madrid native and unleashed a struggle that was great for the local team, since, after that brawl, the Celtics managed to come back from a game that they lost by 22 points before halftime.
The final victory filled the local team with joy and, after the game, Joe Mazzulla, Celtics coach, celebrated the brawl in which Hugo González was involved: «It was fun. Anything that causes chaos and doesn’t cost us points…
As it was, González once again enjoyed wearing the Celtics jersey. So far this season, the Madrid native has accumulated an average of 15.4 minutes and it is expected that, as the months go by, his participation will continue to increase, since the Boston Celtics They have a good asset in the rotation when things go wrong in the games.