Without Anfernee Simons or Jerami Grant in their major five, the Blazers had achieved a small feat on Wednesday: winning on the floor of the Jazz, winners of 22 of their 35 home games this season before the match against Portland. An unexpected success to put an end to a bad series of six consecutive losses which strongly darkened the chances of “play-in” of the formation of Oregon.
In this somewhat strange context for the club, not yet officially eliminated but nevertheless realistic about its low chances of joining the postseasonlike the Damian Lillard case, Chauncey Billups had therefore decided to cut the pear in two: try to win the match… by relying on young people.
Notably Shaedon Sharpe, promoted to holder on position 2 in the “backcourt” alongside Damian Lillard who brought his usual XXL volume of play in attack (30 points and 12 assists). And the Canadian rookie was not content to replace Anfernee Simons numerically in the five major: he even made up for his absence statistically by compiling 24 points (9/19) and 3 assists, not to mention 9 rebounds and 4 steals .
” I feel like I played pretty well soberly judged the young outfielder of the Blazers. ” I did what the team expected of me, which was to defend on one side, then score and create play on the other. I took what the defense gave me. »
A superb +28 +/- confirmed the most complete and successful match of his young career.
” What I remember from the match is Shaedon » launched Chauncey Billups at a press conference after the match. ” His match was simply amazing. I liked his aggressiveness, he looked for his shots very early in the game, and with regularity. Opposite, they left him open several times, and he punished. And even when he missed shots, it didn’t bother me because his aggressiveness was always at its highest. »
The end of the season to polish his game?
Irregular but always interesting and pleasant to observe coming off the bench this season, the ephemeral player from Kentucky thus showed himself in total confidence with his choices in Utah. ” He is more confident because he knows and understands the game better Added the Portland coach in this regard. ” But this confidence cannot be invented, he can only obtain it through real and prolonged experience on the court. »
While the Blazers, despite the victory in Utah, are still four victories behind the 10th place in the Western Conference with only ten games remaining, the youth operation could continue until the end of the season within of the club, and Shaedon Sharpe could be the big winner…
” I can explain certain things to him for as long as I want, it will never have the right impact until he goes on the field to make mistakes in order to rectify them on his own thus concluded the former “Mister Big Shot”, who seems to admit half-heartedly the possibility of completely opening the floodgates of his rotation over the next ten days. ” He learns a lot in these situations. »
| Shaedon Sharpe | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2022-23 | ORP | 71 | 21 | 47.7 | 36.1 | 67.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.1 |
| Total | 71 | 21 | 47.7 | 36.1 | 67.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.1 | |
