When Paolo Banchero converted his winning basket with eight seconds remaining to tie the game, Quin Snyder first appeared to gesture toward the referee to call a timeout. Before changing his mind, asking his troops, with another gesture of the hand, to move forward.
Trae Young cut off the ball on the throw-in, Dejounte Murray takes care of reassembling the leather. And, after dribbling behind the back and then hesitantly dribbling, manages to unleash a mid-range shot on his left hand, despite the good defense of Markelle Fultz. A shot wins at the buzzer.
“ I give my all, I believe in my teammates and they believe in me. And I just try to play correctly. If I hit a shot, I hit a shot. I could have missed it, I hit it, we come home with the victory “, reacts hot the leader – fullback of the Hawks.
A shot which testifies to his confidence in himself, – “ I always feel like I'm going to make my next shot » – but also from his playing partners and his coach. “ The first thing I thought about when we took the throw-in was whether we had a timeout or not. I looked quickly and saw that we had one. I found that they (Magic players) were putting pressure on, I thought we were going to call a time-out, and in fact Quin asked the referees for it “, traces Trae Youngfirst focused the official before seeing, relieved, his teammate convert.
Another shot to win
“'Oh ok ! ' It worked in our favor this time! », smiles the leader on this unobtained time-out, who adds: “ We stepped aside and let DJ do his thing. » « It's always the debate. If you call a time-out, the defense can set up and reorganize. DJ rewarded that trust. I'm happy for him, he was challenged, it's a shot that he can take and that's what he did “, congratulates his coachwho also appreciated the good relationship, in the preceding minutes, between Murray and Young with Jalen Johnson on the “pick-and-roll”.
Two months earlier, in Mexico against the same opponent, Dejounte Murray, author of 26 points (11/18), 5 rebounds and 5 assists, had already signed the winning shot in a different context: Trae Young had found it in the corner 3-pointer, then the Magic failed to regain control during the last possession.
The kind of close end to the match that delights spectators and competitors like him. Although he agrees, “ we always want to win by doing better than that. We don't want these matches to be decided on a last-second shot. »
| Dejounte Murray | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | SAN | 38 | 9 | 43.1 | 39.1 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 2017-18 | SAN | 81 | 22 | 44.3 | 26.5 | 70.9 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| 2019-20 | SAN | 66 | 26 | 46.2 | 36.9 | 79.8 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 10.9 |
| 2020-21 | SAN | 67 | 32 | 45.3 | 31.7 | 79.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 15.7 |
| 2021-22 | SAN | 68 | 35 | 46.2 | 32.7 | 79.4 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 21.2 |
| 2022-23 | ATL | 74 | 36 | 46.4 | 34.4 | 83.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 20.5 |
| 2023-24 | ATL | 39 | 35 | 46.7 | 38.6 | 82.1 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 20.9 |
| Total | 433 | 28 | 45.9 | 34.4 | 78.9 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 14.6 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
