Successful start to preparation. The “G-League United”, a selection of players from the development league, won the first match in its history against the Serbian team KK Mega Basket (99-81) in the framework of the “G-League Fall Invitational”.
Brodric Thomas and Rob Baker II led the way with 17 points each, while Taze Moore (15 points), Michael Foster Jr. (14 points) and Keisei Tominaga (12 points), nicknamed “Samurai Steph,” all contributed. Arguably the team's most famous player, Juan Toscano-Anderson had eight points.
Opposite, Kosta Kondic finished top scorer with 22 points, supported by his interior Bogoljub Markovic (18 points). But the European team, the training club of Nikola Jokic and Ivica Zubac, suffered from its too many lost balls (24).
Heading for the Intercontinental Club Cup
The game, which took place at the Kaiser Permanente Arena (home of the Santa Cruz Warriors) in front of a thousand people, served as a preparation for the G-League team. In a few days, after a second confrontation against the same team, the representatives of the development league will travel to Singapore for a new edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
This sort of Club World Cup will see six clubs compete, the various continental winners of FIBA competitions such as Malaga (Spain) for Europe, Petro de Luanda (Angola) for Africa or Al Riyadi (Lebanon) for Asia and the Middle East. For the United States, no NBA champion (Celtics), nor Team Ignite since the NBA has decided to eliminate it.
