The Spanish base Ricky Rubio has rounded up a brilliant performance on his return to Utah to lead the triumph of Phoenix Suns against the Jazz (111-131), while Juancho Hernangómez has added a new defeat with Minnesota Timberwolves against Dallas Mavericks (139- 123).
On his return to Salt Lake City , Rubio had no mercy on his teammates and went up to 22 points, 11 assists, 7 steals and 6 rebounds , numbers never seen with the Suns shirt since 1996 , when Kevin Johnson signed similar figures . Incidentally, he achieved his sixth game of the season adding at least 10 assists and 4 steals , which nobody achieved with Phoenix since Jason Kidd in the 2000-01 season.
Striking statistics to crown the great performance of the Spanish base, who led the dominance of his team in an outstanding second part, after the encounter against the Jazz came tied for the break.
Devin Booker (24 and 10 assists) and Kelly Oubre (18) were the other architects of the Suns' triumph, chaining two victories in a row for the first time in more than a month to place four games in the eighth place in the West. As for the locals, the best was Donovan Mitchell (38).
For their part, the Timberwolves are still in free fall and they fit into Dallas their eighteenth defeat in the last 19 games. Juancho Hernangómez played 25 minutes as a starter in which he contributed 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist against a top rival led by Tim Hardaway Jr. (23) and Luka Doncic (20, 9 rebounds and 7 assists).
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