On March 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season has only one game, or a rookie pecking each other, the direct dialogue between the two bottom two in the East, and the Magic home against the Pistons. Corningham's absence due to injury also made it even less interesting, but it was not expected that another rising star of the Pistons, Sadiq Bay, became the protagonist, scoring 51 points and leading the team to beat the Magic 134-120 to hold the second-to-last position in the East.
In the past period of time, the NBA has ushered in a crazy wave of scoring, many players bombed 50+, Downs and Irving bombed 60 points, such a hot performance also makes the outside world look forward to the birth of 70+. In the past ten days, the league has scored 50+ 7 times, but I didn't expect to have another 50+ today, which is a bit too crazy.
Facing the Magic game, Sadiq Bay entered the state in the first quarter, 7 of 11 in a single quarter and scored 21 points, the state is very hot, more importantly, the Pistons have not yet opened the point difference, only 2 points in the first quarter, which also means that he can continue to refresh his own score. But in the second and third quarters, he did not get too many opportunities, 9 points in the first quarter, 6 points in the first quarter, and 36 points after the third quarter, which has set a new career scoring record. The final quarter finally began to score consecutive points again, with 15 points on 5-of-8 in a single quarter, and the full score came to 51 points.
And this time 51 points, thanks to the Magic Hampton, it was he who fouled Sadiq Bay in the last 8.2 seconds, let the latter go to the free throw line, and successfully broke through 50 points after hitting two free throws. In the whole game, he shot 17 of 27, 10 of 14 three-pointers, 7 of 10 free throws, and shot 51 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Sadiq Bay also set a number of records in this game, shooting 6 three-pointers at halftime and hitting 30 points, becoming the second player in nearly 25 years to contribute at least that stat, the first being Griffin; hitting 10 three-pointers in a single game, also equaling the team record; 51 points is also a new career high. In addition, he also became the 13th player to shoot a 50+ player this season.
Magic fans were lucky enough to see Irving score 60 points in the last home game against the Nets; this time at home, they saw 22-year-old Sadiq Bay score 51 points. Both set new career scoring highs, who has a dream? On March 23, the Warriors challenged the Magic on the road, and Thompson regained his confidence? (Curry may be absent due to injury).