” Landry Shamet, I apologize for everything. » « I take back everything I said, Shamet I apologize. » « Mr. Shamet, I apologize for criticizing your game… » On Twitter this morningthere are plenty of reactions from repentant Suns fans, visibly frustrated by the poor performance of the back in recent weeks.
Thanks to this Game 4, to equalize against the Nuggets, the substitute silenced some detractors. ” I know there will be ups and downs. We have a very dense squad and a good team. I just want to win, I don’t really care about the rest, the noise, the nonsense, everything that happens. I want to win “, repeats the 26-year-old player.
He had only scored 14 points in total, in seven appearances, since the start of the playoffs. With disastrous skill percentages: 31% on shots, including 22% from afar. Last night, another Landry Shamet came off the Suns bench: skilful, confident and decisive.
After missing his first long distance shot, in “stepback”, he preferred to dribble to rise to the circle for his second attempt, in the second quarter. Then he did most of his damage in the second half with an award-winning basket in the third quarter. And especially four additional arrows in the final period.
With 19 points (6/9 on shots including 5/8 from afar) in 30 minutes (+15 when he was in play), the back behaved in X factor, taking advantage of the spaces generated by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, who repeatedly set to serve him.
Invested in defense on Jamal Murray
” These guys are going to get a lot of attention. Book reads the game and defense incredibly well right now. He always makes the right choice. “Summarizes the former Nets or Clippers player. “ I made quick decisions and tried to make the defense pay “, Formula on his side Devin Booker who supplemented his 36 points with a career record in the playoffs in terms of assists (12).
” We must pay tribute to Landry Shamet. Convert five 3-pointers. We wanted to make sure we were beaten by other players, whose names were neither Booker nor Durant. These two guys scored 36 points and Shamet scored 19 off the bench. (Terrence) Ross and him made seven baskets, it’s huge “Qualifies Mike Malone, who probably did not expect such an awakening from him.
“ His mentality is something we need. His shots against their defensive cover were huge for us “, resumes Monty Williams who also appreciated the defensive investment of his player, against Jamal Murray: “ It allows us not to have to put Book on the key player with each possession. “Even if he suffered against the Nuggets player (28 points at 13/25 on shots), Landry Shamet says he is not looking “ no help. But I get a lot of it, from my teammates, my coaches… My mentality is to be one-on-one and to take this duel personally. »
As for his feeling about his overall performance, he delivers it with firm face and the desire to silence the critics. : “ It’s basketball, playoff basketball. I’m hungry, I want to win. A good dose of fed up and… being ready to play. That’s all I have to say. »
| Landry Shamet | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 * | All Teams | 79 | 23 | 43.1 | 42.2 | 80.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9.1 |
| 2018-19 * | PHL | 54 | 21 | 44.1 | 40.4 | 81.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
| 2018-19 * | LAKE | 25 | 28 | 41.4 | 45.0 | 79.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.9 |
| 2019-20 | LAKE | 53 | 27 | 40.4 | 37.5 | 85.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 61 | 23 | 40.8 | 38.7 | 84.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| 2021-22 | PHX | 69 | 21 | 39.4 | 36.8 | 84.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
| 2022-23 | PHX | 40 | 20 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 88.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| Total | 302 | 23 | 40.6 | 38.8 | 84.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 8.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
