On January 8, Beijing time, the Magic defeated the Hawks 117-110 at home. In this game, the Magic was almost reversed by the Hawks, the Magic once led the Hawks by as many as 14 points, and the Magic entered the last 57 seconds The Magic was still ahead by 4 points.
With 48 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Trae Young hit a pressure shot to tie the score to two points, and 15 seconds later, Kerr Anthony made a mistake by Saddiq Bey who fought back to tie the game, and Anthony's mistake made the Magic bench cover their faces and hug their heads, and Houstan went into overtime after a three-point miss.
In overtime, Banchero was 3 of 5, 1 of 1 three-pointer, scored 8 points and 1 rebound, the whole team only scored 12 points, and the Hawks only scored 5 points in overtime. Banchero played 45 minutes, 13-of-29, 4-of-7 three-pointers, scored 35 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, shooting 44.8%.
Cole Anthony made 0 of 3 in the final quarter + 0 of 3 in overtime and also made a fatal mistake to tie the game, he scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 4 of 4 free throws in overtime and the final quarter, and was really far behind as the team's ball-handler in the decisive moment. In 31 minutes, he was 3-of-13 from the field, 0-of-3 from three-point range, with 10 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 turnovers, shooting 23.1% from the field and plus/minus -17.
Cole Anthony and Jr-Smith belong to the same type of players, they are very accurate when they feel good, but they are not accurate most of the time, the characteristics of the nerve knife are too obvious, they can be 20+ in a row and not doubles in a row, averaging 14.3 points per game this season, shooting rate of 44%, three-point shooting rate of 34%, he just signed a three-year 39 million early contract extension with Magic, and he is only worthy of such a contract.
Text/Yan Xiaobai