From 148 points collected Sunday against the pistons at 86 against the Heat on Monday, Atlanta made the big difference. Admittedly, Detroit and Miami are two teams with very different styles. But the Hawks have found standards more in line with a Playoff candidate. And they can notably thank Dyson Daniels for having set the tone. The Australian has a new sensational summer on this side of the prosecution, notably limiting Tyler Herro to 11 points to 4/19 in shooting. Everything except trivial, while the Georgia franchise had not been better defensively for almost four years, on March 14, 2021.
Dyson Daniels personally made sure that Miami attackers never feel quiet when he was around. The rear ends with nine deviated passes and seven interceptions!
This is his third match in his season with at least seven stolen balloons, and you have to go back to the 2008/09 season and Chris Paul to find similar figures.
“” Being 'in the' defensively zone? Towards the end of the match, yes »» Dyson Daniels reacted. “” For me, defense is a matter of rhythm. As in attack, when you put your shots, you feel good. In defense, you must understand what opponents like to do, where they like to do their dribbles and you start to read what they are going to do a little better. In the fourth quarter, I had the impression that I could guess what the players were going to do. And some actions have become interceptions. »»
Five interceptions in the fourth quarter
Dyson Daniels was intractable until the end of the match, when there were only five points apart at just over eight minutes from the end. Five, like the number of interceptions carried out by the old pelican in the fourth quarter alone, two of which in the last minute.
His evening seventh was validated thanks to a challenge taken by Quin Snyder, 33.8 seconds from the end, while the fate of the match was finally folded, a sign of the confidence of the coach of the Hawks towards his young protégé.
“” The match was not finished, so we wanted to be sure to win this challenge Smiles Dyson Daniels in the media. “” I appreciate that the coach did this. I appreciated the performance of the whole team, it was really a collective effort this evening to bounce back after the defeat against Detroit. Our defense was really good tonight, and we have to continue like this. “” ” He made big actions at the end of the match, they are more memorable, but he is full throughout the match too »» For his part insisted quin Snyder. “” It is like some scorers that raise their level of play at the end of the game. It says a lot about the competitor he is. »»
The Dpoy in the viewfinder, but not only
Dyson Daniels assumes increased responsibilities in the entire Hawks game with the injury until the end of the season of Jalen Johnson (16.4 points and 7 rebounds on average in March). From the All-Star Break, he seems to have increased his level of play with 4.7 interceptions on average. What position yourself in the race for the defender of the year, made much more open after the serious injury of Victor Wembanyama.
“” It's cool to be would only be mentioned for the trophy He appreciates, before being more ambitious. “” My goal at the start of the season was to be in the first All-Defense team of the campaign. Now is to be a defender of the year. You can be MVP, you can put on shots, but when you defend, you do not prejudice your team. There is not really to stack the stats, it is simply to be present and to do good deeds. Being 'dpoy' is a possibility but I do not fix it on this. Winning matches and being in playoffs is what we try to get. »»
With this victory, the Hawks exceeded the Heat for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. And Dyson Daniels is still well on the way to become the first player from Alvin Robertson in 1990/91 to accumulate more than three interceptions on average per game.
