05/05/2021 12:41 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 05/05/2021 12:41 AM
Gabriel Deck played his fourth game in the NBA and showed that he meets the necessary conditions to establish himself in the most competitive basketball league in the world.
He had the best start from the substitutes' bench:
16 points
in the first 11 minutes of action, including his first triple in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
To gain dimension, Manu Ginobili, the maximum Argentine reference in the NBA, retiring from San Antonio Spurs in 2018 with four rings,
took 46 games
to achieve 16 points in the same night.
For this reason, despite the
Thunder's
narrow defeat
against the Sacramento Kings by 103-99, the Santiago native continues to establish himself in the American franchise, where he has a four-year contract but only the first of them guaranteed;
that is to say that the total fulfillment of the same will depend on its performance.
At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Argentine added
16 points
(5-6 in free practice, 4-6 in doubles and 1-1 in triples),
three assists, three defensive rebounds and a steal
in 16 minutes on the floor.
🇦🇷😍 Gabriel is doing EVERYTHING tonight!
😍🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/29QbttPr3H
- Team Tortu Deck (@teamtortuok) May 5, 2021
In this way, he was the
second leading scorer
in the franchise led by Mark Daigneault, only behind Darius Bazley, who closed his night with 24 points, 11 rebounds and three assists.
In contrast, Lu Dort continues to fight with the rim and made 3-16 from the field, for which he accumulates a total of 7-35 in his last two games.
“16 points in 11 minutes.
He's like crazy!
”, Ginobili highlighted on his official Twitter account.
Now he stepped back and jump shot.
Tortu measures up.
Upgrade your team 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/cFCpNJjkgZ
- Team Tortu Deck (@teamtortuok) May 5, 2021
For his part, Andrés Nocioni tweeted: “The level of confidence and calm with which Tortu Deck is playing these games is surprising.
He has personality, character
, he goes to the front.
forever.
Love it".
And he added: "Tortuga does not need to ask much for the ball. Sooner or later they end up giving it to him. His ease of scoring in any context is already absurd. There are few Argentine players in history who have had such
goal-scoring power
in their hands." .
🐢 16 sts in 11 '.
He's like crazy!
- Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) May 5, 2021
Gabriel Deck in the Oklahoma City Thunder loss to the Sacramento Kings by the NBA.
Meanwhile, the Thunder hold a record of
21 wins and 45 losses
and are thirteenth in the Western Conference, where Facundo Campazzo's Nuggets occupy third place in the standings and have already secured their qualification for the play offs.
The next challenge for Tortu will be this Thursday, when he visits Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center from 11pm.
DB
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