MADRID, February 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Spanish power forward Santi Aldama savored the victory of the Memphis Grizzlies, second in the West, this morning against the leaders of their conference, the Denver Nuggets (112-94), in an NBA day where Willy Hernangómez took advantage of his minutes with the New Orleans Pelicans despite losing to the New York Knicks (128-106).

Those of Tennessee (36-23) ended the Nuggets’ four-game winning streak supported by an excellent second quarter (38-22) and led by Ja Morant, his scoring benchmark with 23 points.

Aldama, who started from the bench, spent nearly 23 minutes on the FedExForum track; the canary scored five points -2 out of 6 baskets, including 1 out of 5 triples-, grabbed rebounds, gave an assist and recovered two balls.

For their part, Willy Hernangómez’s Pelicans fell for the third consecutive day, this time against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, but they still remain in the ‘PlayIn’ places, tenth (30-31), in the Western Conference. .

The Madrid center took advantage of his 11 minutes of participation, during which he had time to sign nine points -2 from 4 shots from the field, including a hat-trick in one attempt, and 4 from 6 from the personal line-, collecting eight rebounds and steal three balls.

Finally, Juancho Hernangómez counted no minutes in the victory of the Toronto Raptors, ninth in the East (30-31), against the Detroit Pistons (91-95), last in the same conference. The Canadians thus add their fourth consecutive victory.

–STATISTICS OF SPANISH PLAYERS.

WILLY HERNANGÓMEZ: 9 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals.

SANTI ALDAMA: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.

JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ: No minutes.