On January 9, Beijing time, the NBA regular season fierce battle is in full swing, and the Miami Heat, the third in the East, challenged the Phoenix Suns at the top of the league. Originally thought to be a very strong dialogue, who ever thought that it would eventually become a one-sided suppression. Throughout the game, the Heat scored 123 points, only allowing the Suns to score 100 points and win a big win on the road.
Although the two teams are home to a number of All-Star players including Paul, Booker, Lowry and Butler, it is the 22-year-old rising star Tyler Hiro who eventually becomes the protagonist on the court. Throughout the game, he came off the bench for 34 minutes, hit 12 goals in 20 shots, including 3 of 4 from outside the three-point line to score a game-high 33 points, in addition to contributing 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, the data is very comprehensive. In the second quarter of the game, he scored 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting in 10 minutes to help the team widen the points gap, making the game lose suspense early.
Counting this game, Hiro has played in 34 games for the Heat this season, averaging 32.6 minutes per game, scoring 20.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists, shooting 42.7% from the field and shooting 38.3% from three-point range. Among them, he averaged 20.6 points per game, ranking first in the team, second only to Butler, averaging 2.7 three-pointers per game, and also rode the dust in the team. And this is only his third season in the league, and the bright future is self-evident.
It is worth mentioning that in 24 of the 34 games played this season, Hiro has come off the bench, so he is also currently the league's number one bench scorer, and if the season ends, he will be the best choice for the best sixth man award of the season.
Under 22 years old, he can average 20.6 points per game, and almost any team in the league can occupy a starting position, so why can he only come off the bench under Spaugh's system? The data can illustrate some problems, the data shows that in the 10 games that started this season, Thirot, although he averaged 20.5 points per game, shot only 37.8% from the field and only 30% from three-point range, and although he averaged 4.4 assists per game, he had as many as 3.4 turnovers. Obviously, having to balance the organization will greatly affect his play on the offensive end, and after returning to the bench, he is obviously more comfortable, averaging 20.7 points per game, shooting 45.3% from the field, shooting 43.3% from three-point range, and making 2.7 turnovers per game.
In the previous official announcement of the first stage of the All-Star vote, Hiro won a total of 122224 votes, ranking 8th in the Eastern Conference backcourt position, if there is no accident, such a vote is difficult to get an All-Star starting seat, but in the choice of coaches, the team's record is often a big consideration, the Heat are currently in third place in the East, only 0.5 wins away from the second Nets. In other words, as long as the Heat's record is one step forward, Hiro has every chance of getting an All-Star bench seat.
In the NBA's 75-year history, only five players have been named All-Stars in a single season with a major bench appearance: McHale, Pierce, Kobe, Gatlin, Dan Malley, can Hiro become the sixth man in history and the league's best sixth man this season? We'll see!