At this rate, it will be very complicated to take away his crown as the most skillful 3-point player in the league this season. Against the Sixers this night, Grayson Allen signed a new orgy behind the arc.
After a quiet start, like his team, with a single winning shot in the first quarter, he heated up in the second with three 3-point baskets. A good feeling confirmed in the second half with five other long distance shots. That's nine baskets behind the arc, a career and franchise record equaled.
“ Many of these shots came from passes from (Soothsayer) Booker, his 'pick and roll', raises in transition. I told him thank you when we were sitting on the bench after the match. I had a lot of good opportunities. I missed a few early, but the ball kept finding me and I kept sending “, describes Grayson Allen who thus benefited from the heavy fixing work of Devin Booker (11 assists).
Author of 32 points in total (10/17 on shots including 9/15 from distance), 5 assists and 3 rebounds, the former Bucks player benefits greatly from the spaces generated by the three stars of the team, and vice versa. By shooting like this, the Suns' opponents find themselves facing a difficult puzzle to solve.
He widens the gap on Luke Kennard
“ When the ball travels, it's going to end up in someone's hands. Tonight, they were mine. Sometimes I try to widen the play, 9-10 yards from the circle, just to see how far the defender can get out and how much space that will give the ball carrier. Whether it's Booker, KD or Brad. It's a little match within a match », Describes the most skillful shooter in the league (48.3%), far ahead of his pursuer Luke Kennard (45.4%).
The guard has finished seven games this season with at least eight 3-point baskets, which makes him second in the matter, behind a certain Stephen Curry, this year (eight occurrences). Only Klay Thompson, James Harden and Damian Lillard have done so much, over such volume and as many games, in the past.
“ They are elite 3-point shooters. I am very different from them. They are ball carriers, creators, they get a lot of their shots on pick and roll, in isolation », analyzes Grayson Allen, before adding: “ Kevin always has his head up when he's caught two in the post, Brad in his penetrations, he finds me all the time, Book playing the pick-and-roll. I have to Send a bunch of thanks to these guys. »
For eight games, he has averaged 21 points with some pretty crazy percentages (59% including 56% at 3-points).
| Grayson Allen | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 38 | 11 | 37.6 | 32.3 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| 2019-20 | SAME | 38 | 19 | 46.6 | 40.4 | 86.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| 2020-21 | SAME | 50 | 25 | 41.8 | 39.1 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 66 | 27 | 44.8 | 40.9 | 86.5 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.1 |
| 2022-23 | MIL | 72 | 27 | 44.0 | 39.9 | 90.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.4 |
| 2023-24 | PHX | 62 | 34 | 50.5 | 47.8 | 89.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 13.4 |
| Total | 326 | 25 | 45.0 | 41.3 | 86.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.4 | |
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.
