Basketball / NBA.- Dallas and Doncic hit the Lakers again in the return of Marc Gasol

Timberwolves kick off Utah Jazz

MADRID, 25 (EUROPA PRESS)

The Los Angeles Lakers have fallen, for the second time in a row, with the Dallas Mavericks (108-93), in a game that has seen the return of the Spanish center Marc Gasol, while the Minnesota Timberwolves gave the bell against the leader of the Western Conference, Utah Jazz (96-101).

In their second straight game with the Texans in less than 48 hours at the American Airlines Center, Frank Vogel’s men squandered a 17-point income and posted their third straight loss. With this, Dallas is just one game and a half behind the Angelenos for fifth place in the Western Conference.

Those in purple and gold were stained 12 points up at halftime, after doing a great defensive job on Luka Doncic; However, in the resumption they could not stop the Slovenian, who finished with a double-double of 18 points and 13 assists, supporting the scoring leadership of Dwight Powell (25) and Dorian Finney-Smith (21).

Anthony Davis, with a poor performance in Friday’s game, is still far from his best level, with 17 points in 28 minutes, and Ben McLemore (20) commanded the attack of the Lakers. There were no minutes for Montrezl Harrell, with Catalan Marc Gasol returning to the team with 1 point, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in 18 minutes.

For its part, Minnesota Timberwolves offered the surprise of the NBA day by beating the team with the best record in the league, Utah Jazz, and, also, away (96-101). Karl-Anthony Towns (24 points and 12 rebounds), Anthony Edwards (24 points and 9 rebounds) and D’Angelo Russell (23 points) allowed the Wolves to continue setting distance with the last position of the West.

In 19 minutes on the court, Madrid power forward Juancho Hernangómez scored 4 points, captured 5 rebounds and offered 1 assist, while Catalan point guard Ricky Rubio offered 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal in the 20 minutes that was on the court.

Finally, Willy Hernangómez from Madrid had only five minutes of participation in the defeat of New Orleans Pelicans against San Antonio Spurs (108-110), which, led by DeMar DeRozan and Derrick White, settled in the ‘Play-In’ zone and hinders the options of the Louisiana.

–STATISTICS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.

MARC GASOL: 1 point, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ: 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

RICKY RUBIO: 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal.

WILLY HERNANGÓMEZ: No stats.

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