Basketball: Kyshawn George scored 20 points in the NBA

The two Swiss professionals in the NBA championship faced defeat on the night of Monday to Tuesday while the 30 teams of the North American professional league were in action.

At the Capital One Arena, Kyshawn George (20 years old) lost against Golden State with his Washington team (112-125). Faced with Stephen Curry and his Warriors teammates, the Valaisan however reached heights in his new career.

The former player from Monthey, Chalon-sur-Saône and the Miami Hurricanes was in fact lined up for 38 minutes by his head coach Brian Keefe. A significant amount of playing time during which he scored 20 points (only Jordan Pool has did better with 24 points in his team), distilled 4 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds. The No. 18 of the Wizards is thus the first rookie, all clubs combined, to reach the plateau of 20 points since the start of the 2024-2025 regular season.

At the Philips Arena, Clint Capela (30 years old) suffered a setback with Atlanta against Boston (93-123), reigning champion and current 2nd in the Eastern Conference (8 outings, 7 wins). The Hawks, who lost all four periods of the match, were never able to challenge the superiority of their opponents.

During this unbalanced duel in which Jayson Tatum scored 28 points, the Genevan pivot of the Georgian team spent 17 minutes on the playing field. Once on the floor, he scored 2 points (a superb basket) , made 1 assist and gained 5 rebounds.

Atlanta will play its next match on Thursday at 1:30 a.m. (Swiss time) against Golden State while Washington will hand over the jersey on Saturday at 2 a.m. (Swiss time) in Memphis.