Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 49 points along with eight rebounds and six assists in a 138-132 win over Utah. Frank Jackson added 10 points in the win.
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Mason Plumlee had a double-double—15 points and 14 rebounds—in a 134-131 win over Golden State.
I was at that game. Jah's first and second half were night and day. He had something like 19 pts and 8 rebounds at the half. Then all but disappeared. He was being uber-aggressive against Andre Drummond in the first half. Backing him down, taking him off the dribble, etc. In the second half, the Pistons sat Andre for most of the time and replaced him with Christian Wood, a little-used third year player. Jah seemed to immediately switch to a "pass and screen" big man on offense, not at all looking for his shot. No idea if he was tired, hurt, or somehow felt more comfortable going up against Drummond than Wood. But it was really odd.
Frank looked good and played most of the minutes down the stretch and in OT.
I was a little disappointed. I got tix to the game to see the Duke guys play. But Zion, Ingram, JJ, and Luke K were all out. So, only 2/6 of the eligible Duke guys played. It was still fun to watch Jah and Frank, but not as much as if the other guys had played.
Grayson Allen scored 11 points in a 113-109 win over Cleveland.
Cam Reddish scored 22 points (5-of-7 from 3) and added five rebounds in a 121-120 win over San Antonio.
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Brandon Ingram had 21 points and JJ Redick added 19 in a 133-130 loss to the LA Clippers.
Jayson Tatum had 26 points and 10 rebounds in a 123-119 loss to Phoenix.
Marvin Bagley had 17 points and seven rebounds in a 123-101 loss to Utah.
Gary Trent, Jr. scored a career-high 30 points and added five rebounds in a 119-106 loss to OKC. Tent was 5-of-9 from 3 in the loss.
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Jayson Tatum led Boston with 27 points in a 139-107 win over the LA Lakers.
Marvin Bagley had a double-double—15 points and 15 rebounds—in a 118-113 loss to Miami.
Brandon Ingram scored 25 points in a 126-116 win over Memphis. JJ Redick added 10 points in the win.
Gary Trent, Jr. scored 11 points in a 129-124 win over Golden State.
And he played something like 40 minutes. From a guy who was getting a lot of DNP and 5-minute playing time games a couple of months ago, it's great to see him getting real minutes now.
Just a reminder for anyone whose head has been buried in the sand this last week...
A little known former Dukie named Zion Williamson makes his NBA debut tonight for the Pelicans at 9:30 EST on ESPN. Might be worth it to tune it.
A little known former Dukie named Zion Williamson makes his NBA debut tonight for the Pelicans at 9:30 EST on ESPN. Might be worth it to tune it.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 23 points and seven rebounds in a 119-95 win over Memphis. Grayson Allen scored 10 points in the loss.
Zion Williamson scored 22 points (4-of-4) from 3 and added seven rebounds in his NBA debut as the Pelicans lost to San Antonio 121-117. Brandon Ingram also scored 22 and JJ Redick added 10 points in the loss.
Kyrie Irving scored 20 points in a 128-113 loss to the LA Lakers.
Seth Curry scored 17 points in a 133-125 win over Portland. Gary Trent, Jr. scored 20 points in the loss and was 6-of-7 from 3.
Zion has now played 39 minutes in the NBA, which is just a hair over a normal single game's worth of minutes for an NBA starter (Lebron, for example, averages about 35 min per game). In those 39 minutes Zion has:
37 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal, while shooting 75% from the field.
37 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal, while shooting 75% from the field.
Seth Curry scored 19 points (4-of-5) from 3 in a 112-107 loss to Utah.
Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 45 points, seven assists and six rebounds in a 121-111 win over Detroit.
What's so sick about this is he did this with just one turnover. By way of comparison, I freaking love Tyus Jones, but when he racks up six or seven assists with zero or one turnover, it's super impressive but his number of opportunities to turn the ball over is much more limited. He's not driving the lane a dozen plus times, through traffic, and getting a shot off. Kyrie had 30 shots and 10 foul shots. He had so many opportunities to turn the ball over. I've got to think 45 points and just one turnover is very, very rare.
Just checked - the record for most points without a turnover in an NBA game: Carmelo got 62 without a turnover in Jan of 2014. He had 13 rebounds as well. Zero assists, steals, or blocks. That's an insane stat line.
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The Kyrie haters are going to stick their fingers in their ears! Thanks man!
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