He didn’t really have time to celebrate. Deandre Ayton had just gone for a two-handed dunk, without opposition from the Suns defense, when, five seconds later, Jusuf Nurkic managed to respond to him under the circle, even causing the second foul from his Blazers counterpart.
A sequence, which occurred a few minutes after the start of this meeting between Portland and Phoenix, symbol of the mixed evening of the former Suns pivot. Earlier in the day, Deandre Ayton said he did not want to talk about his former club. “ I was told that you all came to talk about my match yesterday “, he spoke to journalists.
“DA” undoubtedly wanted to let the reality on the ground speak for him. It missed. In this match lost by his team, Deandre Ayton certainly touched everything with his 7 points (3/6 on shots), 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block (-11 on the score).
But the player for whom he was exchanged was much more productive: 17 points (6/8), 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 interceptions (+27 to the score). With both playing time around twenty minutes.
Worse, the first choice of the 2018 Draft was visibly frustrated by the turn of events. When returning to his bench, he would have dropped a word towards his former team…
Impressed by the opposing offensive strike force, Chauncey Billups after the match: “ They made us pay for all the mistakes we made in the first half and I think that demoralized my guys a little bit. They had never seen anything like it, especially the young people. »
Its 25-year-old pivot will have the opportunity to show another face during the regular season during which the two teams meet four times, including the first time in Phoenix on November 21.
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How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
