Beijing time on January 5, the NBA game continued, the Raptors at home to 129-104 victory over the Spurs 25 points, in fact, from the second half, the suspense of the game has not been much, the Raptors will expand the point difference to more than 15 points, in the fourth quarter, the Raptors continue to exert strength, do not give the Spurs any chance, and finally get a hearty victory. After beating the Spurs, the Raptors ranked ninth in the East with 17 wins and 17 losses, only 0.5 wins behind the seventh-place Wizards, and now, the Eastern Landscape is also very chaotic, in addition to the Nets, Bulls, Bucks and other top teams, whether other teams can play the playoffs, it is also unknown.
Seven Raptors scored in double figures, shooting nearly 41 percent from three-point range and hitting 18 three-pointers. VanVleet had 33 points and seven assists, Siakam had 18 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, Trent had 21 points and three assists, Barnes had 11 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Anunoby had 14 points and seven rebounds. The Spurs also had five players in double figures, but the main players did not perform well, with White having 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Pelter having 19 points and 12 rebounds. The Spurs were blown up, and Popovich, even one of the greatest coaches of all time, couldn't do anything about it.
This game, the achievement of Van Jordan's miracle, he became the first person in NBA history. VanVleet blasted out 33 points, 7 assists, 0 turnovers, and seven three-pointers, becoming the first player in history to score at least 30 points, 5 assists, 5 three-pointers and 0 turnovers in two consecutive games. This is The third consecutive game in which VanVleet scored in double figures, the last game the Raptors against the Knicks, VanVleet shot 11 of 17, 7 of 13 three-pointers, cut a full stat of 35 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, also 0 turnovers.
I have to say that the Raptors originally chose to send Lowry away and help Fan Jordan, which is definitely a wise choice, compared to Lowry, VanVleet is younger and has stronger scoring ability. Now, in the case of Siakam's average performance, the Raptors seem to have become a team of Van Jordan, who has a chance to enter the All-Star, and so far this season, VanVleet has averaged 21.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and his three-point shooting rate is more than 40%, just like Curry.
VanVleet was very inspirational, he was a 2016 draft, at that time, no team was optimistic that he could really become an NBA star, even if the Raptors gave him a chance, it was also a try-and-see attitude, and finally, after years of hard work, Van Jordan gained a foothold in the NBA and became a good scorer.
Interestingly, when Jeremy Lin played with the Raptors, because Coach Nas reused Fan Jordan instead of Jeremy Lin at that time, he was ridiculed by fans for not understanding the ball, and they thought that Fan Jordan was inferior to Jeremy Lin. Looking at it now, the 28-year-old Fan Jordan has become an NBA quasi-All-Star, even though Jeremy Lin once blew up "Lin Crazy" in New York, but from the perspective of his NBA career, Fan Jordan is also more successful than Shuhao.
Two consecutive games to cut at least 30 points, 5 assists, 5 three-point 0 turnovers, become the first person in history, even James did not do, like Paul, Curry and other top point guards, also did not achieve this achievement, it can be seen that VanVleet is really good, he deserves an All-Star seat, but also won the respect of everyone.