Hugo González’s Celtics strike down Jordi Fernández and his Nets

Spanish forward Hugo González participated in the Boston Celtics’ massive victory over Jordi Fernández’s Brooklyn Nets (148-111), an NBA match in which Joe Mazzulla’s team took off after the break to settle in second position in the Eastern Conference (39-20).

Those from Massachusetts headed into the locker room tunnel with a nine-point lead, but a brilliant third quarter (43-26) allowed them to pull away definitively. Already in the last quarter (39-28), they secured a victory that makes them forget Thursday’s setback against the Denver Nuggets (103-84).

Guard Jaylen Brown, with 28 points, and Montenegrin center Nikola Vucevic, with a ‘double-double’ of 28 points and 11 rebounds, led the Boston team, which had four other players accumulating double figures.

Meanwhile, Hugo González, who started from the bench, scored eight points – 4 of 6 on field goals -, captured two rebounds, provided an assist, stole a ball and made two blocks in his 21 minutes on the court, numbers that made him finish with a +16 rating.

The man from Madrid also reunited with a former teammate from the Real Madrid youth team, the Russian guard Egor Demin, now in the ranks of Brooklyn. The Celtics are second in the East only behind the Detroit Pistons (44-14).