On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Third Jazz of the West faced the Raptors away, and was reversed by the opponent in the case of a 17-point lead in the first half! Raptors guard VanVleet continued to perform heroically, shooting down 37 points, 10 boards and 10 assists to lead the team to complete the big turnaround. Counting this game, VanVleet has shot down 30+ 4 times in the past 5 games, and led the team to 5 consecutive wins after his comeback! The miracle of losing the draft counterattack continues.
In this game, the Jazz's entire starting lineup was missing. Gobert and Ingles triggered a health and safety deal, with Conley, Mitchell and Bogdanovic all sidelined with injuries. In the Jazz's starting lineup, except for Whiteside who is slightly famous, the rest of the players are unfamiliar faces. But the team played 40-25 in the first quarter, which made Raptors coach Nas furious. Fortunately, the raptors' overall strength is much stronger. In the third quarter, the Raptors returned to 45-30 in a single quarter, and in the early part of the final quarter, they overtook the lead to double digits, and finally reversed at home to win five consecutive games.
The third quarter was the turning point of the game, and VanVleet was the first to do so. He scored 24 points on 8-of-8 in a single quarter, including three three-pointers. In the whole game, VanVleet made 12 of 22, 4 of 12 three-pointers, 9 of 9 from the free throw line, and scored 37 points, 10 assists and 10 boards, winning the first triple-double of his career!
This is just a microcosm of VanVleet's recent performances. In the last five games, the returning VanVleet has scored 31, 35, 33, 19 and 37 points respectively! 155 points in 5 games, averaging 31 points per game! What's more, the Raptors won all 5 games. Earlier, VanVleet said in an interview that the team's goal is to reach the top 6 in the East. And now, they are 7th in the East, infinitely approaching this goal.
I have to say that as the champion coach, Nas really looks at people accurately. In the playoffs of the championship season, VanVleet was once hacked out of the sky, but Nas was no doubt about the use of people, and finally waited for the birth of VanVleet's son! VanVleet also opened the second vein of ren dou and hung all the way. Before the start of last season, he signed a four-year, $85 million tie. Today, he is already the number one star in the team's defender line, and his limelight even overshadows Siakam. Judging by VanVleet's performance, it is not impossible for him to be named an All-Star.