On January 6, Beijing time, the Nets and pacers game, Irving ushered in a comeback debut, but when all the magnesium lights focused on Irving, did not think that Stephenson stole his limelight, with its first quarter 9 of 8, 3 points 4, single quarter 20 points against the sky performance, the Pacers actually led 37-32.
Stephenson scored 20 points in the first quarter
Stephenson can be well known to fans, when he was in the Pacers period to defend James, and later joined the Lakers and James to become teammates, joined the CBA Liaoning team two seasons ago, but the subsequent experience, he has no ball to play, due to the Pacers players suffered a wave of injuries, Stephenson signed a 10-day contract with the team, the past 8 games are only 2.8 points, but today, he ushered in a big outbreak in the first quarter, and even the highest time of his career.
Stephenson middle distance
After the debut, there was first a three-pointer, and then the right waist mid-range, the left waist mid-range, the individual breakthrough layup, one person has scored 9 points in a row, it can be described as an extremely wonderful performance, in the face of this situation, the Nets began to focus on defense, but realistic:
Stephenson plucked three points
The individual continued to make a strong break, another mid-range strike, and then faced Aldridge's pounce and pulled out three points.
Stephenson whistled three points
Durant heavily dunked for the Nets, and with 5 seconds left to go, Kertiphonson pressed the whistle for three points on the right arc. Note that 4 of 4 in the second half of the quarter, Stephenson did it defensively.
Throughout the first quarter, Stephenson shot 8 of 9, 4 of 5 from three-point range, and scored 20 points alone, not only stealing the limelight of Irving's comeback (0 of 3 without scoring one point), but also the brightest star of the two teams.
An extra mention, a single quarter can score 20, but are the superstars in history (Jordan, Kobe, Curry, Harden, etc.), such as Stephenson-like role players who bomb 20 points in a single quarter, really not much, and all this comes from his careful practice after he has no ball to play, I hope That Stephenson can cherish the opportunity and re-establish himself in the league.