One evening time, jose alvarado changed into Stephen Curry. The stats sheet of the substitute playmaker for the Pelicans, against the Nuggets, is regularly signed by the MVP of the 2022 Finals: 38 points and 8/11 to 3-pts.
The difference is that Jose Alvarado had never been so prolific in a meeting, in points as in 3-pt shots. Larry Nance Jr. therefore encouraged the public at the Smoothie King Center to salute him as they should.
” It’s incredible “, says the Puerto Rican. ” I do not get enough. It’s my second year in the league and when they chant my name, give me love, I get chills. And I want to give it my all, as much as possible. »
Especially since the playmaker made big differences in this meeting against Denver. When he entered the game, in the first quarter, Nikola Jokic and his teammates had taken a 13-point lead. In four minutes, Jose Alvarado chained the baskets, scored 14 points and the Pelicans came back with a 20-4!
“You see the energy he brings. He is told to shoot constantly. When he is himself, he is an X factor”, assures Zion Williamson. “There’s hardly a day when Jose doesn’t do what he does,” adds Willie Green. “What he did in this match, he realizes it in training, shootarounds. It is superb to observe. »
“38 points and victory, I take”
After scoring 19 points in the first period, Jose Alvarado will do better with 19 points in the last quarter alone! For a total of 38 points therefore. When he was at Georgia Tech, his points record was 29 units, and in the NBA it was even less with 23 points. Is this total unprecedented for him?
” I do not remember “, he answers. “It’s not about scoring a lot, being a scorer. My teammates found me for open shots. I did nothing more. I put my shots. I haven’t reached 38 points for quite a while. I don’t even know if I’ve ever done that. This match, I will remember it. »
The book of records too since never a non-drafted substitute had scored so many points since 1970 and the official arrival in the statistics of starters and substitutes. Doesn’t Jose Alvarado nevertheless have the small regret of not having won the bar of 40 points?
“My teammates told me I needed two or three more points, but I was tired,” he explains. “I thought I was going to lay that last layup, but that’s the way it is. 38 points and victory, I take. »
| jose alvarado | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 | NOP | 54 | 15 | 44.6 | 29.1 | 67.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| 2022-23 | NOP | 22 | 21 | 45.3 | 36.1 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 8.7 |
| Total | 76 | 17 | 44.8 | 32.1 | 71.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.9 | |
