After Isaac Bonga had injured his ankle in the last game, the German returned with a really good performance against the Salt Lake City Stars. Nevertheless the South Bay Lakers have to accept the fourth bankruptcy in the fifth game with 104:113.
At the No.39 pick of the Los Angeles Lakers there were no restrictions due to his damaged ankle to be seen, rather Bonga hammered 4 threes around the ears of the hosts in 32 minutes of use time (in 9 attempts).
Overall, the 19-year-old scored 22 points with 6 out of 16 coming out of the field. He also convinced with 4 rebounds, 4 assists (with 2 turnovers) and 5 steals. But that wasn’t enough for the Lakers to clinch their second win of the season.
In the second quarter, Salt Lake seemed to take control, the home side won 38-25 and the Stars kept up the pressure after the change, with a 15 point lead.
After all, the Lakers didn’t get up. In addition to Bonga, Johnathan Williams, who already had a few minutes of NBA air in 2018/19, also showed a good performance (24 points, 10 rebounds). The visitors from the west coast even took the lead for a short time thanks to a 16:0 run in the middle of the third run.
But in the end the stars caught up again, an own 11:3-Run in the final minutes brought the stars about one minute before the siren up to 7 points away – the decision. The best scorers at Salt Lake City were Willie Reed and Naz Mitrou-Long with 20 scores each.