Gui Santos starts NBA opener with 12 points but Warriors fall to the Lakers
Gui Santos started for the Golden State Warriors on NBA opening night and scored 12 points in 25 minutes, but Los Angeles beat them 127-105.
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Gui Santos começou a temporada da NBA entre os cinco titulares do Golden State Warriors. Na quarta-feira (21), o Warriors jogou em Los Angeles e saiu derrotado pelos Lakers por 127 a 105, com 25 minutos do ala brasileiro em quadra.
A escolha de Steve Kerr para a formação inicial rendeu 12 pontos, com 5 acertos em 10 tentativas (50%), além de cinco rebotes e um roubo de bola.
A titularidade deve se repetir nos próximos compromissos por causa dos desfalques. Jimmy Butler está fora por lesão no joelho, Kristaps Porzingis não atuou por doença e Brandin Podziemski ficou de fora por dores nas costas. Na temporada anterior, ele havia fechado com 9,2 pontos por partida, 3,9 rebotes e 2,3 assistências.
O melhor momento do Warriors foi o primeiro quarto, com as duas equipes trocando a liderança até os Lakers fecharem a parcial em 34 a 33. Na segunda parcial, os anfitriões aceleraram e foram ao intervalo na frente por 66 a 52. Ainda deu tempo para Luka Doncic acertar um arremesso do meio da quadra no estouro do cronômetro.
Administrando a diferença, Los Angeles controlou o segundo tempo e fechou o jogo em 127 a 105. Doncic foi o cestinha, com 28 pontos, oito rebotes e sete assistências. O pivô Walker Kessler, recém-contratado, esteve perfeito nos arremessos de quadra: 26 pontos, com 12 acertos em 12 tentativas. Austin Reaves também contribuiu com 23 pontos.
Pelo lado do Warriors, Stephen Curry liderou com 23 pontos, e Brandon Williams, saindo do banco, acrescentou 14. Yaxel Lendeborg, 11ª escolha do último Draft, também fez sua estreia oficial pelo Warriors, e já como titular em seu primeiro ano na liga.
O Warriors tenta a primeira vitória nesta sexta-feira (23), quando faz sua estreia em casa na temporada, contra o Memphis Grizzlies, no Chase Center.
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