
With 40 points scored in the first quarter, and 68 at halftime, the Clippers had no problem finding the circle against the Pacers, even with a Nicolas Batum who was content to play the pistons, both in attack only in defense, and which therefore pointed to 0 points (0/3) when joining the locker room.
But things changed after the break, with the Pacers’ defensive coverage leaving a huge amount of baseline space. Ivica Zubac thus took the opportunity to serve Nicolas Batum for the first time for the dunk, and the Frenchman gained confidence, chaining with a 3-point soon followed by others.
In total, he will finish the second half with 32 points at 11/13 shooting, including 7/9 from 3-pointers, his best career total in a half, and his best total in a game since November 2015. ! More than six years, so…
“I didn’t do anything crazy, actually. I was just completely open”
” It was nice. I mean, we had fun.”, was he enjoying after the game.
As usual, Nicolas Batum thus put forward above all the collective, and the 32 assists of the team, in this match where the attacks largely took precedence over the defenses. Proud of Reggie Jackson, decisive at the end of the match, and of young people, the Frenchman did not have much to say about his big heat stroke.
However, there were only three this season to have scored 30 points in a half before him: Jaylen Brown, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry.
“It’s good for them to be in my company” laughed Nicolas Batum. “But don’t get used to it. They focused on Coffey, so I was completely open. He’s hot at the moment, he caught fire early in the game and that’s why we took this advantage, with Marcus (Morris) and Reggie (Jackson) too. I didn’t do anything crazy actually. I was just open, cut and dunk open 3-pointers. “
Nicholas Batum | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
2008-09 | ORP | 79 | 18 | 44.6 | 36.9 | 80.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
2009-10 | ORP | 37 | 25 | 51.9 | 40.9 | 84.3 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.1 |
2010-11 | ORP | 80 | 32 | 45.5 | 34.5 | 84.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 12.4 |
2011-12 | ORP | 59 | 30 | 45.1 | 39.1 | 83.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
2012-13 | ORP | 73 | 38 | 42.3 | 37.2 | 84.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 14.3 |
2013-14 | ORP | 82 | 36 | 46.5 | 36.1 | 80.3 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
2014-15 | ORP | 71 | 34 | 40.0 | 32.4 | 85.7 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
2015-16 | CHA | 70 | 35 | 42.6 | 34.8 | 84.9 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 14.9 |
2016-17 | CHA | 77 | 34 | 40.3 | 33.3 | 85.6 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 15.1 |
2017-18 | CHA | 64 | 31 | 41.5 | 33.6 | 83.1 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
2018-19 | CHA | 75 | 31 | 45.0 | 38.9 | 86.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.3 |
2019-20 | CHA | 22 | 23 | 34.6 | 28.6 | 90.0 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
2020-21 | LAKE | 67 | 27 | 46.4 | 40.4 | 82.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 8.1 |
2021-22 | LAKE | 25 | 26 | 47.1 | 38.1 | 63.2 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 8.2 |
Total | 881 | 31 | 43.7 | 36.1 | 83.8 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 11.2 |