In 306 games since the start of his career in 2018, he had never exceeded the 30-point mark since his highest total was 29 points against the Sixers, during his first season in the league.
” There are times when it’s like I’m allergic to the number 30 joked then Kevin Hurter after tonight’s game, a forceps victory for the Kings on their floor against the Jazz (127-126), during which he finally reached the total of 30 points on his personal counter, notably by scoring a decisive winning shot ten seconds from the final buzzer, his sixth of the evening, which put the Kings in the lead one last time.
” It’s nice to see him finally breaking that bar. » had fun De’Aaron Fox, who showered him with good passes (10 assists during the game). ” He had a hell of a good game. [Le Jazz] defends the 3-point line well, but the way he got his shots, before scoring them, was really decisive for us. »
“Swipa” hits the bull’s eye: if he was able to distribute some of his 10 assists to Kevin Huerter, and that the latter was more widely able to take good shots in a very fluid Kings attack (32 assists out of 50 shots) , it’s because he did an excellent job of standing out, once again becoming one of the best off-ball players in the league.
” I think all the teams want to have a guy of his profile, who is 2 meters tall and who is elite in the movement away from the ball. […] He has been really very valuable to us since the start of the season. added the Kings point guard about his teammate, who has had the best season of his career for nearly two and a half months (15.7 points at 42% from behind the arc, on 7 shots per game).
A season of personal affirmation for the “Red Velvet”, therefore, whose effects on the collective are absolutely positive: with the exception of Davion Mitchell (+5.9) and Domantas Sabonis (+5.7), no player in the roster of the Kings has a better “Net Rating” when he is on the ground than the former Hawks (+4.6).
” Tonight I found some good shots. And I was looking for them throughout the game. But I took them in a smooth pace, especially in the fourth quarter. I was trying to stay aggressive “he concluded thus, after an effectively impressive fourth quarter of mastery (15 points at 6/8 on shots).
| Kevin Hurter | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | ATL | 75 | 27 | 41.9 | 38.5 | 73.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 9.7 |
| 2019-20 | ATL | 56 | 31 | 41.3 | 38.0 | 82.8 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.2 |
| 2020-21 | ATL | 69 | 31 | 43.2 | 36.3 | 78.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.9 |
| 2021-22 | ATL | 74 | 30 | 45.4 | 38.9 | 80.8 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.1 |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 32 | 31 | 47.5 | 41.4 | 69.4 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 15.2 |
| Total | 306 | 30 | 43.6 | 38.4 | 76.6 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.8 | |
