Gasol has more than 10,000 points in the NBA
January 3, 2009 by bumeral
Filed under Basketball rumors
* It is the second fastest European player reaches that figure, after Nowitzki
* Los Angeles Lakers joined a comfortable victory (113-100) at Utah Jazz
* Kobe Bryant was the star of the game to score 40 points
MADRID .- Pau Gasol has broken a barrier in his career in the NBA. In the meeting with Utah Jazz, the Spanish pivot scored 21 points and surpassed the symbolic 10,000 mark so many in the American League. In addition, the larger of the Pistons captured 11 rebounds and handed out six assists in the triumph of his team 113-100.
Only the eaves German Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks, who did it in seven seasons as a professional, beat Pistons in the time needed to reach 10,000 points, while the Spanish lasted more player, eight.
But last night, Gasol surpassed European players of the caliber of German also Detlef Schrempf, who played with the Mavericks and the SuperSonics, along with the Dutchman Rik Smits, the Pacers, who had to compete in 10 seasons to reach the same mark . They also took 10 years to get 10,000 points eaves Serbian Peja Stojakovic, who now plays with the New Orleans Hornets, and his countryman Vlade Divac, who spent 12 seasons.
Optimum connection to Kobe Bryant
The society Bryant-Gasol again worked to perfection. The escort and the pivot means to a thousand wonders, do they know how to play and join his team. Between the two scored more than half of the points in the Lakers -40 to Bryant for the aforementioned 21-Gasol.
It was the first time the Lakers and the Jazz faced since the semifinals of the Conference last season, when the first won 4-2. At that time, Kobe scored 33.2 points, seven rebounds and handed captured 7.2 assists per game on average.
Los Angeles scored 37 points in the first quarter and achieved a 55-35 advantage in the second, but the Jazz overcome. Utah took the ball inside the area, where high Okur and Paul Millsap got 30 rebounds between them, while the Jazz lost by just 67-64 when there were four minutes and 46 seconds in the third quarter.
Bryant kept his team under control with 12 points in the third period and ended up scoring 13 of its 23 attempts from the field.
The Lakers (26-5), encouraged by their victory over Boston Celtics 92-83, on Sunday secured a 130-113 victory in front of Golden State Warriors and improved their record to 17-1 at home.
