Ua source of energy in one of the teams of the moment in the NBA. That is Hugo Gonzalez in These Celtics, who won in Utah by 119-129 and added their fifth victory in six games. In a season of supposed transition due to the serious injury of Jayson Tatum in the Achilles tendon, Boston are third in the East waiting for their great star to return to action. If he comes back and comes back well…
The Spanish rookie is part of that green illusion, settled in the rotation to go to the 17 minutes. He barely had a role in attack with three points with 1/2 in triplesbut the intensity is never lacking. He grabbed four rebounds, gave one assist and, as usual, Those from Boston won with him on the track: +7. It was the third best data on the team.
Derrick White is preparing to pitch in the game against the Jazz.
The forward now has 12 consecutive games on the hardwood. The defensive effort has made him a valuable piece for the Celtics, where he has fit perfectly from number 28 in the draft. In that section averages 18.8 minutes per night with 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds.
In Utah, the best was Derrick White, who made 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. added seven rebounds, six blocks and seven blocks!, equaling the record for a point guard in NBA history. He is the thirteenth player with such a statistical line and the first on the Celtics. It was his personal limit in ‘caps’ and he confirms it as a strange case: At 1.93 meters, he averages 1.3 per game and is eighteenth in the entire NBA statistics..
Jaylen Brown, again a reference
Jaylen Brown He was once again at a high level on both sides of the court. In the absence of Tatum or even with him, he is the main reference. He had 23 points with six rebounds and 10 assists. Anfernee Simons scored 20 points coming off the bench and Kevin Pritchard added 18 for Joe Mazzulla gear.
The Jazz were not saved by another brilliant offensive performance from Keyonte George. It was a doubt until the last moment, but it ended up nailing 37 points. The best record of the Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic (26 points plus eight rebounds and as many assists) and a good Lauri Markkanen (22) They were also insufficient against Celtics who do not know the word transition.
