The Hornets today beat the Pacers 158-126 on the road, setting a single-game scoring record in the team's regular season history with 158 points, after a record of 141 points against the Lakers in 1993.
In today's game, six members of the Hornets team scored in double figures, four of whom overtook 20 points. Oubre played 35 minutes off the bench and shot 12-of-18, including 10-of-15 three-pointers and 5-of-6 from the free throw line, with 39 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. The 39 points were both the highest in the team and a new season high for Oubre.
The three goals were also very powerful today, playing 37 minutes, shooting 11 of 16, with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in a triple-double, only one point away from getting a 30+ triple-double.
For Oubre, he not only scored 39 points today, only one point away from getting 40+, but also hit 10 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 66.7%. In NBA history, with only four players previously hit 10 three-pointers off the bench, Oubre is now the fifth player to do so.
This season, Oubre's performance outside the three-point line is very impressive, and before that, he has also hit 9 three-pointers in a single game, including 8 three-pointers in a single quarter, almost breaking Thompson's record of 9 three-pointers in a single quarter, and 7 three-pointers in two games, and the shooting rate is also very high.
So far this season, Oubre has averaged nearly three three-pointers per game and a 35 percent three-point shooting percentage, making him one of the Hornets' most important three-point shooters.
Last season, however, at the Warriors, Oubre's three-point performance was very bad, averaging only 1.6 three-pointers per game and shooting only 31.6%. In the first half of the season, Oubre's performance outside the three-point line can be described as outrageous. In the first 10 games, Oubre shot just 7-of-51 from outside the three-point line, shooting just 13.7 percent, and in six games there were no three-pointers, setting a series of embarrassing records.
Fortunately, as the season progressed, Oubre gradually found some feel, and the number of three-point shots and shooting percentage also improved, but the overall performance was still very average, not up to his normal level.
Oubre's poor performance in the Warriors was mainly affected by the tactical arrangement, and he never integrated into the Warriors' system, so the three-point shot was also very bad. After leaving the Warriors and joining the Hornets, Oubre's three-pointer returned to normal levels, and sometimes he could play beyond the norm, and it seems that the Warriors really delayed him.