Coming up against each other for their respective clubs, two Senegalese players Georges Niang and Gorgui Dieng were both in action this evening in a nail-biting encounter between Memphis Grizzlies and Utah Jazz.
Grizzlies started the better of both teams, but Utah’s comeback to eventually run out with a 124 -115 victory was quite remarkable.
Trailing Grizzlies by as much as 12pts in the 2nd quarter, Jazz somehow made a complete turnaround to go on a 14-0 run and even stretched it to 18-2, leading for the first time going into the break.
Playing for Grizzlies, Dieng came off the bench to make 2pts and a block for his team, being on the court a total of 10mins: 57s. His compatriot, Niang had greater joy with his Utah team playing for 16mins: 43s, and making 3pts, after attempting five 3pt shots.
Niang’s club teammate, DR Congo’s Emmanuel Mudiay saw less court-time for Utah and did not find the bucket in the 4mins:26s that he was on the court.
