Utah Jazz winning in Madrid
09-10-2009 09:00
Paul Millsap made it clear he wasn’t on a European vacation. The Jazz forward bidding for a starting job scored 20 points to lead Utah to a 109-87 victory over Real Madrid on Thursday in the finale of the NBA’s preseason European tour.
Point guard Deron Williams added 16 points at the Palacio de los Deportes stadium as the Jazz rebounded from Tuesday’s one-point loss to the Chicago Bulls in London.
Millsap followed up an 18-point effort against the Bulls by combining with Alexander Johnson to score 22 points during a second quarter in which the Jazz outscored Real Madrid 33-16.
The Jazz dominated under the basket at both ends—outscoring Madrid 64-26 inside the paint—and kept the Spanish club without a field goal for nearly the last six minutes before the half. Madrid also made nine of its 22 turnovers during that time.
The victory put the NBA back on even-footing in Spain after having lost two of its last three matches in the country.
The last time the NBA was in the Spanish capital, in 2007, Madrid beat the Toronto Raptors by a single point. Pau Gasol led the Memphis Grizzlies to victory over Madrid club Estudiantes that year, while the Philadelphia 76ers stumbled at Barcelona in 2006.
Point guard Deron Williams added 16 points at the Palacio de los Deportes stadium as the Jazz rebounded from Tuesday’s one-point loss to the Chicago Bulls in London.
Millsap followed up an 18-point effort against the Bulls by combining with Alexander Johnson to score 22 points during a second quarter in which the Jazz outscored Real Madrid 33-16.
The Jazz dominated under the basket at both ends—outscoring Madrid 64-26 inside the paint—and kept the Spanish club without a field goal for nearly the last six minutes before the half. Madrid also made nine of its 22 turnovers during that time.
The victory put the NBA back on even-footing in Spain after having lost two of its last three matches in the country.
The last time the NBA was in the Spanish capital, in 2007, Madrid beat the Toronto Raptors by a single point. Pau Gasol led the Memphis Grizzlies to victory over Madrid club Estudiantes that year, while the Philadelphia 76ers stumbled at Barcelona in 2006.
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