He had warned on his Twitter account after the defeat of the Kings against the Nuggets in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, during which he had missed his match (8 points to 3/10 on shots). Malik Monk apologized for his poor performance to the “fanbase” of the Sacramento club, and promised to do better in the next game.
A next game played last night against the same opponent, Denver, since the Nuggets were indeed traveling to California for a “back-to-back” against the Kings.
This time, it was the Kings who won, by a small point after a breathless “finish”, and the former Kentucky scorer showed a much better face: 33 points at 12/21 on shots, including 4/8 behind the arc, and decisive free throws in the last moments to secure this revenge against the Colorado squad.
” You just have to be consistent in this league. Of course, bad matches happen when you play 82 of them. But that’s the beauty of a ‘back-to-back’, because you can immediately forget the performance of the day before, and play with the spirit freed the next day “he said then, after the meeting. ” Since I arrived in the league, my brother often tells me: ‘You can’t miss two games in a row back-to-back’. So I always apply myself so that it does not happen to me. »
Then Malik Monk to explain that he did not need to look far to find the motivation to bounce back.
” I took responsibility for the defeat [du premier match]. Although I am not responsible for all the mistakes of the team, I took responsibility because it allows me to be even more mentally focused on the next match. he added. ” And above all, don’t get me wrong: I played very badly! So I let it be known that I was going to bounce back. »
To the greatest satisfaction of Jordi Fernandez, temporary “head coach” of the Kings while Mike Brown is in the health protocol, who appreciated the resilience of the Kings’ No. 0.
” The night before, he went to bed feeling unhappy with himself » thus concluded Mike Brown’s right-hand man. ” He arrived the next day with the spirit of revenge, and the will to do better. So I’m very happy for him. »
| Malik Monk | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | CHA | 63 | 14 | 36.0 | 34.2 | 84.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| 2018-19 | CHA | 73 | 17 | 38.7 | 33.0 | 88.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| 2019-20 | CHA | 55 | 21 | 43.4 | 28.4 | 82.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| 2020-21 | CHA | 42 | 21 | 43.4 | 40.1 | 81.9 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| 2021-22 | ALL | 76 | 28 | 47.3 | 39.1 | 79.5 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.8 |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 32 | 23 | 44.6 | 32.8 | 91.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
| Total | 341 | 21 | 42.7 | 35.2 | 84.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 10.6 | |
