Beijing time on October 26, the NBA Pacers sat at home to meet the defending champion Bucks, the first quarter of the alphabet brother and Middleton jointly scored 24 points, under the leadership of the two Bucks is to get a 4-point lead, the second quarter of the 2 teams shooting rate are close to 60%, but the Bucks still rely on a slight advantage to open the point difference to 9 points, the third quarter Pacers have a problem, their single-quarter shooting rate is only 39.1%, the Bucks seized the opportunity to extend the lead to 15 points, The third quarter of the game played such a point difference, the game basically lost suspense...
Worthy of the defending champion team, the Bucks' suppression is too fierce, the Pacers' play in this campaign is actually very good, they played 44.4% of the shooting rate and 38.9% of the three-point shooting rate, they also have 5 more rebounds than the Bucks, but the final 2 team scored 119-109, the Pacers lost 10 points, and this loss is the loss, the Pacers still played some highlights, after Danny Granger, Paul George left the Pacers, Maybe they've ushered in a new cornerstone, a rookie who has shown the potential to become a supergiant?
Chris Duarte was selected with the 13th pick in the 2021 Draft, he now plays as a shooting guard, his ability to be a strikeback swingman, yes, another 13th pick quarterback! This is somewhat similar to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, in the Pacers' loss to the Bucks, he scored 18 points + 5 rebounds + 1 assist + 43.8% shooting rate + 40% shooting rate + three-point shooting rate of 40% of the game, as an NBA rookie, this performance is actually very good, more importantly, Duarte's good performance is not a discussion.
Duarte has played in four regular season games for the Pacers so far this season, and his average number is 19.8 points + shooting 41.2% + three-point shooting rate 44.8% + 4.8 rebounds + 2 assists + 0.8 steals, averaging the first rookie player in the year, the second is the Raptors Scotty Barnes averaging 16.8 points per game, and in addition to the ability to cut points, Duarte has now become the core player of the Pacers' attack and defense, and the efficiency value data can prove this!
So far this season, Duarte's offensive efficiency value is 111.2, which ranks third in the Pacers, if you add the limit of averaging more than 30 minutes per game, then his offensive efficiency value is second only to Thermontas Sabonis in the Pacers, Duarte's defensive efficiency value is 104.1, which is also ranked third in the team, if you add the restriction of playing at least 2 games, then the rookie with the 13th pick is the player with the best defensive efficiency value in the Pacers.
In fact, there is not much difference without restrictions, Duarte's offensive and defensive efficiency value is the third place in the team, which is already the absolute core efficiency value embodiment, although his age is not so young, but a good three-point offensive ability, solid backcourt defensive ability, in addition to the ball quotient that can not be clearly seen, Duarte's super potential has indeed been revealed in the 4 games of the regular season, if he can continue to improve, maybe he can become the next Paul George in India City, right?
(Currently well-known 13th pick stars: Taylor Hiero, Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Zach Lavin.) ）