Without Damian Lillardhit in the calf, the Blazers have again plunged on the floor of New Orleans.
Anfernee Simons and his teammates thus sank, weighed down by the 41 points of Trey Murphy IIIwho exploded his career high with nine 3-pointers made (9/14), again a career high.
“Trey was amazing” logically reacted his coach, Willie Green, after the meeting. “He is someone who shoots and he is having a magnificent season. I am extremely proud of him. »
Beaten in the final of the dunks contest by Mac McClung, Trey Murphy III has above all asserted himself as a quality 3-point shooter this season, after starting with a bang and having experienced a complicated passage in January.
That night he was so hot from afar, but he also didn’t forget to cut to score near the circle.
“My game is a very diverse game” he assured after the match. “I can score in a lot of ways. I guess ending up with an exclamation mark dunk is pretty cool.”
With his dunk in the fourth quarter, when there was almost a 40-point gap between the two teams, Trey Murphy III was able to reach the 40-point mark, to the delight of his parents in the stands. .
“Trey Murphy had a great night. Guys are going to live evenings like this but we haven’t challenged him enough. ranted Chauncey Billups in the face of his group’s apathetic defense. “We didn’t try to be aggressive at all and we didn’t make any adjustments. These are things that are difficult for me as a coach. »
| Trey Murphy III | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 | NOP | 62 | 14 | 39.4 | 38.2 | 88.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| 2022-23 | NOP | 64 | 30 | 47.2 | 38.7 | 90.6 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 12.9 |
| Total | 126 | 22 | 44.7 | 38.5 | 89.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 9.2 | |
