At the heart of a relatively closed meeting, on a local scale, Jeremy Grant caught fire in the last quarter of the Blazers’ trip to the Pacers’ floor.
Filled with low post balls, the Portland winger showed his qualities with his back to the circle. He multiplied the shots in the heart of the racket from 3-4 meters in “fadeaway”. “ The pace was good, I made a few shots, I just wanted to be aggressive “, summarizes the 29-year-old after the meetingpreferring to highlight the impact of Malcolm Brogdon, author of the winning basket.
Half of his points in the 4th quarter
The former Pistons, Nuggets and Thunder player is modest. In the fourth quarter alone, where Portland made the difference, he scored 17 points. Out of a total of 34 units, approaching perfection in shots (12/18 including 3/3 from distance and 7/7 in throws), 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 40 evaluation.
“ He’s a good player, he’s proven himself in recent years. He gains the advantage over players who are smaller than him. When he has bigger guys on him, he plays on the perimeter. He knows how to play, he made some big shots in the second half », praises Myles Turner, who still countered it near the circle.
This match, during which he symbolically passed the 8,000 career points mark, confirms Jerami Grant’s big start to the season. With more than 23 points each evening, the 39th choice of the 2014 Draft displays his best career average, with 42% 3-point success, again a record. Surprisingly, in his first eight games this season, he increased his points quota each evening, going from 13 to 38 units.
Change the nature of your game
“ I push Jerami to shoot more because we need it. He often has opportunities and it is not in his nature to do so “, demanded Chauncey Billups earlier this month. The coach even blurted out: “ It’s almost selfish not to take them because we need them so much. »
A “need” directly linked to the prolonged absence of Anfernee Simons, cut down by a thumb injury in the first match of the season, when he was expected to become the first option for his team, after the departure of Damian Lillard. “ You have to be aggressive, especially in the absence of Ant. We need a lot of points. I just try to be aggressive and take my shots. Don’t force things “, said Grant at the time, believing that he did not ” play so well “.
He finds himself propelled to offensive number 1, ahead of Shaedon Sharpe, Malcolm Brogdon and Deandre Ayton, as he had already known during his time in Detroit a few years ago. “ It’s cool. I’ve been on so many teams and played so many different roles. I’ve been that guy in Detroit and I’ve been the other guy on almost every other team I’ve been on. It doesn’t really bother me. I just need to get into the swing of things », he still displayed.
Even if he has to change the nature of his game a little, being encouraged in this direction by new arrival Deandre Ayton, the instructions seem to have gone well since he has just had four games in a row with 20 points or more .
| Jeremy Grant | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2014-15 | PHL | 65 | 21 | 35.2 | 31.4 | 59.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| 2015-16 | PHL | 77 | 27 | 41.9 | 24.0 | 65.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 2016-17 * | All Teams | 80 | 19 | 46.3 | 37.1 | 61.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 2016-17 * | OKAY | 78 | 19 | 46.9 | 37.7 | 61.9 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2016-17 * | PHL | 2 | 21 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 2017-18 | OKAY | 81 | 20 | 53.5 | 29.1 | 67.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 2018-19 | OKAY | 80 | 33 | 49.7 | 39.2 | 71.0 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| 2019-20 | DEN | 71 | 27 | 47.8 | 38.9 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| 2020-21 | DET | 54 | 34 | 42.9 | 35.0 | 84.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 22.3 |
| 2021-22 | DET | 47 | 32 | 42.6 | 35.8 | 83.8 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 19.2 |
| 2022-23 | POR | 63 | 36 | 47.5 | 40.1 | 81.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 20.5 |
| 2023-24 | POR | 16 | 36 | 43.7 | 41.0 | 80.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 22.8 |
| Total | 634 | 27 | 45.5 | 36.1 | 73.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 12.6 | |
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.
