The evening was beautiful for Clint Capela and the Hawks. The Geneva pivot passed the 6,000 point mark in the NBA regular season during a match won 121-106 by Atlanta in Milwaukee.
The Hawks (9 wins-5 losses) won for the second time in a week against the Bucks (10-3), to whom they had inflicted their first defeat of the season last Monday. They made the difference thanks in particular to 24 points from De’Andre Hunter and 21 points and 9 assists from Trae Young.
Clint Capela, who was at 5991 points before this game, exceeded the 6000 point mark on his 5th basket scored against the Bucks of Giannis Antetokounmpo (27 points, 8 rebounds), 10”3 from the end of the first period. He finished that game with 19 points, as well as 10 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists.
The 28-year-old from Meyri has averaged 12.4 points per game in 485 games played in the regular championship since his NBA debut in 2014/15 in Houston. For comparison, Thabo Sefolosha – whose qualities were it is true above all defensive – stopped at 4994 points in 868 NBA games.
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