Luis Scola

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Luis Scola : biography

April 30, 1980 –

Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional basketball player who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly was a Euroleague star with the ACB’s Tau Ceramica, as well as a member of the Houston Rockets in the NBA.

Career statistics

NBA regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 82 || 39 || 24.7 || .515 || .000 || .668 || 6.4 || 1.3 || .7 || .2 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 82 || 82 || 30.3 || .531 || .000 || .760 || 8.8 || 1.5 || .8 || .1 || 12.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 82 || 82 || 32.6 || .514 || .200 || .779 || 8.6 || 2.1 || .8 || .3 || 16.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 74 || 74 || 32.6 || .504 || .000 || .738 || 8.2 || 2.5 || .6 || .6 || 18.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 66 || 66 || 31.3 || .491 || .000 || .773 || 6.5 || 2.1 || .5 || .4 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 82 || 67 || 26.6 || .473 || .188 || .787 || 6.6 || 2.2 || .8 || .4 || 12.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 468 || 410 || 29.6 || .504 || .121 || .750 || 7.5 || 1.9 || .7 || .3 || 14.2

NBA Playoffs

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 6 || 6 || 36.7 || .448 || .000 || .686 || 9.3 || 1.3 || .7 || .2 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 13 || 13 || 32.6 || .494 || .000 || .673 || 8.4 || 1.8 || .5 || .2 || 14.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 19 || 19 || 33.9 || .480 || .000 || .679 || 8.7 || 1.6 || .6 || .2 || 14.3

Euroleague

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 22 || 5 || 18.3 || .547 || .000 || .538 || 4.4 || .7 || 1.0 || .1 || 8.7 || 7.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 20 || 3 || 23.7 || .689 || .333 || .670 || 4.6 || 1.1 || 1.3 || .3 || 15.9 || 16.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 16 || 9 || 24.7 || .546 || .000 || .677 || 5.0 || 1.3 || .9 || .3 || 15.1 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 14 || 6 || 28.8 || .604 || .000 || .765 || 6.1 || 2.4 || 1.4 || .4 || 15.2 || 16.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 24 || 21 || 24.7 || .564 || .000 || .676 || 6.5 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .7 || 15.1 || 16.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 25 || 24 || 28.6 || .536 || .000 || .679 || 6.7 || 2.2 || 1.6 || .8 || 14.8 || 18.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Cerámica | 23 || 18 || 26.5 || .573 || .000 || .708 || 5.9 || 2.2 || .9 || .3 || 15.5 || 17.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 144 || 86 || 25.6 || .577 || .091 || .671 || 5.6 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .5 || 14.3 || 15.4

Professional career

Argentina

Scola started his career with the Buenos Aires youth teams of Ferro Carril Oeste. He made his professional debut with the same club’s pro team in the Argentine league during the 1995–96 season.