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DOMANTAS SABONIS – 1-19-20

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020bballscholar

DOMANTAS SABONIS PULL OFF HIS FIRST TRIPLE DOUBLE OF HIS CAREER!

DOMANTAS SABONIS NIGHT:

MP 40:41

P 22

R 15

ORB 7

A 10

B 0

S 0

TO 5

FG 10-16

FT 1-3

3P 1-2

+\- +12

HIS PERFORMANCE 👇🏽👇🏽

BY DESIGN:

DOMANTAS SABONIS WAS EXCLUSIVE USED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FLOOR. HE WASN’T USED AS A SCORER BUT AS A DECOY FOR HIS TEAMMATES TO GET THEIR ONE ON ONE MATCHUPS. SABONIS WAS ALSO EFFICIENT IN LAST NIGHT’S GAME BESIDES THE 5 TURNOVERS.

STYLE OF PLAY:

THE INDIANA PACERS RAN A LOT OF DESIGN PICK AND ROLL HAND OFF’S THROUGH HIM. FORTUNATELY ENOUGH THIS STYLE OF PLAY WORKED AS HIS TEAMMATES WERE ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN THEIR SHOTS! THE DENVER NUGGETS TRIED TO SWITCH UP THEIR DEFENSE MANY TIMES BY DOUBLING AND TRAPPING. BUT SABONIS WOULD HIT HIS TEAMMATES WITH A SMOOTH BOUNCE /TOUCH PASS. (SIMILAR TO HIS DAD) OR HE WOULD CRASH THE BOARDS ON A MISS SHOT. HE WAS BUSY ON THE OFFENSE GLASS PULLING DOWN 7 OFFENSE REBOUNDS!

OVERALL THE INDIANA PACERS HAD A GREAT OFFENSE GAME-PLAN. WORKING THEIR MISMATCHES.

GAME SCORE:

INDIANA PACERS -115

(28-15)

DENVER NUGGETS – 107

(29-13)

FUN FACT:

DOMANTAS SABONIS IS THIRD OVERALL IN THE LEAGUE WITH DOUBLE DOUBLES. HE CURRENTLY HAS 32!

IS DOMANTAS SABONIS AN ALL-STAR?

YES. I HOPE HE MAKES IT!

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SGA JOINS THIS INCREDIBLE LIST OF PLAYERS TO PULL THIS OFF:

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GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO IS STILL THE FRONT RUNNER FOR THIS YEAR’S MVP.

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1 GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

2 LUKA DONCIC

3 JAMES HARDEN

4 ANTHONY DAVIS

5 LEBRON JAMES

6 JIMMY BUTLER

7 KAWHI LEONARD

8 DONOVAN MITCHELL

9 KEMBA WALKER

10 JOEL EMBIID

MY THOUGHTS:

I AGREE WITH THIS LIST, I BELIEVE THE MVP AWARD IS GIANNIS’S TO LOSE.

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P 13.6

R 3.3

A 4.6

TO 2

FG % 36.5

3P % 36

FT % 80.3

AS OF RIGHT NOW HE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF ACTION WITH A LEFT HAMSTRING INJURY.

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RIGHT NOW HE IS RESTING AND HE WILL BE OUT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

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HE HAS SUCH OUTLANDISH STATS. BUT TO ME HE HASN’T EVEN SCRATCHED HIS SURFACE. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE CAN GET A LOT BETTER. HE HAS STEPHEN CURRY POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF HIS DEEP SHOOTING. BUT BECAUSE ATLANTA IS UNDERACHIEVING I HAVEN’T LOST HOPE IN TRAE YOUNG YET. HE IS ONLY 21 AND JUST IN HIS 2ND YEAR OF THE NBA.

RIGHT NOW HE IS TAKING HIS LEARNING LUMPS IN THE NBA. LEARNING HOW TO WIN IS DIFFERENT THEN PUTTING UP CRAZY STATS WITH A “L”. I EXPECTED HIS TEAM TO BE MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE. INDIVIDUALLY HE HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR THIS SEASON. BUT FOR US TO START TAKING HIM MORE SERIOUS. HE NEEDS TO WIN MORE AND LEAD THE ATLANTA HAWKS TO THE PLAYOFFS!

TEAMS CURRENT RECORD:

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DO YOU THINK TRAE YOUNG IS AN ALL STAR? OR IS HE PUTTING UP EMPTY STATS ON A BAD TEAM?

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

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MY QUESTION IS.

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OR CAN YOU SEE HIM TAKING ANOTHER LEAP?

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FACT:

WIGGINS IS SEEING THE MOST USUAGE OF HIS CAREER AT THIS POINT SINCE 2016-2017 (29).

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Sleeper Team:

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