Difficult to clear an MVP on the side tonight netbecause Kevin Durant (35 points, 8 rebounds), Yuta Watanabe (20 points, 7 rebounds) and Ben Simmons (15 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists) all had arguments to make, out of victory against the Blazers.
Finally, we prefer to highlight the “real” hero of the evening: Royce O’Nealeauthor of his first career triple-double (11 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) and above all author of the winning basket, one second from the end, against the leader of the Western Conference.
“ It feels good. I made the shot that mattered the most [il a terminé à 5/14, dont 1/7 à 3-pts, ndlr] but, it doesn’t matter if my shots fall in or not: I will play hard for 48 minutes, play the game and try to influence the game as much as possible, especially in defense. But achieve a triple-double and a game-winner [en même temps] ? I take… »
A game winner registered in the middle of three Portland players, which occurred after a and-one acrobatic Jusuf Nurkic, which we thought was synonymous with overtime, and occurred just after a mid-distance miss from Kevin Durant…
” I’ve just been on the rebound », reacted afterwards the 29-year-old winger. ” At the last second, it’s either you get your shot or there’s going to be a rebound. So I touched the ball and found the basket. »
A collective rebound
With this decisive basket from Royce O’Neale, the Nets thus conclude their road trip in the West on a good note, after their spanking received in Sacramento, Tuesday evening…
“ We knew we had to come with a sense of urgency », explained just the former Jazz soldier, on this subject.
Collectively, Brooklyn was therefore able to react very well in the Orgeon, with six of its players who finished at more than 10 points. Including Royce O’Neale, of course.
“ We needed a lot, especially in the last match of a road trip, against a very good team. Everyone fought well until the end. It was a collective effort “, he judged elsewhere.
A Royce O’Neale who is not really used to achieving such a performance all aroundhe who was initially called upon to play the singles role players to the Nets, when he arrived there this summer from Salt Lake City. Except that he has since established himself as one of the basic men of his new team.
Perhaps even more under the orders of Jacque Vaughn, who lets him go straight up the ball and put systems in place, on certain possessions. Hard to imagine a few months ago, when we saw him staying in the cornerswaiting for a pass from Mike Conley or Donovan Mitchell…
Abundance 💫💫
1st career triple dub and game winner 🙏🏾🙏🏾—Royce O’Neale (@BucketsONeale00) November 18, 2022
| Royce O’Neale | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 69 | 17 | 42.3 | 35.6 | 80.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 82 | 20 | 47.5 | 38.6 | 76.2 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 5.2 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 71 | 29 | 43.3 | 37.7 | 76.4 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 71 | 32 | 44.4 | 38.5 | 84.8 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 77 | 31 | 45.7 | 38.9 | 80.4 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| 2022-23 | BRK | 15 | 36 | 37.0 | 41.2 | 71.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Total | 385 | 26 | 44.2 | 38.4 | 79.2 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 6.3 | |
