Juancho Hernangmez is gaining prominence in the schemes of the ‘rookie’ Ime Udoka and in his second game with the shirt of the Boston Celtics The Spaniard has shown his reliability and has ended up being decisive for the Massachusets team to take their second victory of the preseason by beating the Toronto Raptors by 113-111.
The Spanish player, who on this occasion came off the bench, turned out to be the hero of the clash for his team with two free throws with seven seconds to go that ended up being definitive for the Celtics to make it 2-0 on their preseason scoreboard.
Hernangmez dispute nine minutes in his second meeting with the Boston team and ended with seven points (two of three from field goals and one of two from the triple), three rebounds and a steal.
The Celtics star was once again Jayson Tatum with 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while the veteran Al Horford renewed old laurels in Boston and finished with 16 points (four of four from the triple) and three sacks under the hoops for a team that had as many as five players over double scoring digits.
The Raptors, who posted their second loss in three warm-up games, had in Fred VanVleet for his best player with 22 points, while OG Anunoby se qued en 17 and Precious Achiuwa was his most complete player with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.