You have to learn everything and have a first time and Hugo Gonzalez He experienced his first brawl in the NBA last night in what was a hectic scene in the Boston Celtics’ victory against the Miami Heat of the former Barça player. Kaspars Jakucionis (96-98).
The ex of Real Madrid, Always a guerrilla, he was fighting for the ball with Norman Powell in a struggle when the newly named Heat All-Star bounced off the rookie due to his intensity.
Hugo, who just fulfilled 20 years On Thursday, he did not hesitate and entered the trash talk game with Powell. Members of both teams had to intervene so that the matter did not escalate but the referees only signaled a foul by ’28’.
The tension was through the roof, because with 9:32 left in the game Boston was 76-79 in a match that the Massachusetts team would end up winning in epic fashion, as the Celtics went on to lose of 22 and they were down 59-38 at halftime.
The brawl coincided with a discreet game by Hugo González, who for once remained on the court with a plus-minus of -2 after 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 loss and 1 steal in 16 minutes with a 1/2 in field goals and missing his only three-point attempt.
To the Celtics coach, Joe Mazzullahe likes when his players get into fights and did not hesitate to ‘congratulate’ his pupil on his first fight in the NBA:
“It was fun. It’s important, especially for Hugo. Miami is a tough, well-coached team, Powell is a top player, he’s a good player, we have to answer the call, anything that can create chaos and conflict but doesn’t cost you points, we should all focus on that,” said Mazzulla, who once publicly called for the NBA to bring back the wild fights of yesteryear.
Andrew Wiggins was the Heat’s top scorer with 26 points followed precisely by Norman Powell (24), while Jaylen Brown (29) and Payton Pritchard (24) led the Celtics in which he debuted Nikola Vucevic.
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The Montenegrin center, transferred by the Bulls to Boston, had a notable debut with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in 28 minutes. The former FC Barcelona Kaspars Jakucionis He did not play due to a technical decision but the image of the match was left by the former Real Madrid player Hugo Gonzalez with his first brawl in the NBA.