On February 13, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that has ended today. The San Antonio Spurs field beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114 to win two straight.
In this game, Spurs core defender Dezhangtai Murray played well. He played 34 minutes, shooting 13-of-22, including 2-of-4 from three-point range, and efficiently had 31 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals.
Murray has a very good performance on both the offensive and defensive ends. Especially after the team traded for another backcourt player, Derek White, Murray had more possession and performance opportunities.
In yesterday's team game against the Hawks, Murray played a very good performance. He played 31 minutes, shooting 11-of-18 and had a big triple-double of 32 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals.
Getting such good stats in two consecutive games is unusual for spurs known for their team basketball. Although Murray has been absent for a long time due to injuries, he has improved significantly in each season since he returned.
According to previous reports, Murray will replace the absent players in the star, which is also the first all-star trip of his career. Although many people expressed their incomprehension when they were selected at that time, they thought that there were more worthy players to be selected.
But Murray's recent performance is enough to break those doubts, and he deserves to be an All-Star this year. Especially in today's game against the Pelicans, his stats are much better than pelican star Ingram, who is 9 of 19 in the game and has 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Looking at this game, Murray's performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is better than Ingram's performance.