The Hornets won 129-108 at home to the Lone Rangers, and Thomas Jr. continued to fire and win with the team. 10 days short and 10 days short, Thomas Jr. is worthy of being an inspirational model, but he can't escape the spell of talent. He was so close and so far away from the team.
In this battle, Thomas Jr. continued to play on the bench and played only 14 minutes and 15 seconds. However, the former strongest 175 on the surface and the king of the last quarter is still an excellent scorer, and he can still easily cut down the explosive personal data in his short playing time.
In the second quarter, the game rotated, and Thomas Jr. immediately entered the form, he broke through the throwing board hit, against the defensive emergency stop jump shot to score, assist Rocier's throw hit. At 6:40, Thomas Jr. struck a jumper again, and in an instant he scored 6 points on 3-of-3 shooting. Thomas Jr. was in full swing and also helped the Hornets substitute withstand the pressure and was not counterattacked by the opponent.
After that, it was already garbage time in the last quarter. With 8:07 left in the fourth quarter, the Hornets led by as many as 30 points at 116-86 before Thomas Jr. came on and made another sharp stop to score. In the first 4 shots, he hit all of them, which was extremely efficient. However, after the garbage time confrontation, the Hornets did not continue to widen the point difference, and in the end they beat their opponents by 21 points.
Throughout the game, Thomas Jr. played only 14 minutes and had 11 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 4-of-6 shooting. You have to marvel at Thomas Jr.'s aggressiveness and scoring ability, but when you see his plus-minus, you'll be amazed by it. The Hornets beat their opponents by 21 points, but in the 14 minutes and 15 seconds that Thomas Jr. was on the floor, the Hornets lost 18 points. With a plus-minus of -18, Thomas Jr. is also the player with the lowest plus-minus on the team.
Admittedly, the plus-minus of a game is not enough to prove Thomas Jr.'s performance. After all, when he played garbage time, the Hornets' offensive desires had obviously faded a lot, and other substitutes were also affected. Thomas Jr.'s talent did, though, and when he was there, he was easily targeted by his opponents. Maybe Thomas Jr. was able to offset this negative hole when he was good enough offensively efficient, but when Thomas Jr.'s efficiency slipped, his defense became a hole.
This season, Thomas Jr. has been amazing at the Hornets, he has played in six games, averaging only 13.5 minutes per game, but he can get 9 points, 1.5 boards and 2.2 assists, shooting 44.2% from the field and 45.5% from three-point range. As long as Thomas Jr. continues to perform this way, he still has the ability to play the role of a good chaos master and gain a foothold in the league.