In today’s NBA regular game, the San Antonio Spurs lost 103-109 to the Los Angeles Lakers at home. However, the Spurs second-year teenager Keldon Johnson broke out unexpectedly. He scored 26 points and 10 rebounds on 7 of 11 shots, made 5 of 9 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws, which almost made the Lakers overturned.
Johnson was a rookie selected by the Spurs with the 29th overall pick in the first round of last year. He played only 17 games with the team last season and didn’t have many chances to perform. However, he was promoted to the starting list this year and averaged nearly 30 minutes per game. .
He has maintained a good efficiency this season, but only shot 3 of 9 against the Lakers in the last game. And today he started to find the touch on the outside, and fired from outside the three-point line in the first quarter, contributing points for the Spurs in time.
After his return in the second quarter, he was also working hard to find opportunities, even if he did not shoot outside, he tried his best to defend.
The Lakers didn’t seem to regard him as a big threat. Even if he broke through and scored 7 points at the beginning of the third quarter, even facing Anthony Davis’s single defense, he didn’t hesitate to stop and hit a three-pointer. Davis obviously didn’t. Be prepared, not even making a defensive move.
Johnson scored 10 points in the half quarter, which greatly boosted the Spurs’ morale and led the Lakers in this quarter.
The score in the fourth quarter was very stale. Although Johnson also scored three-pointers, at a critical moment, the opponent’s AD and LeBron James dominated the game. The Spurs did not score a point in the last two and a half minutes, and the general situation is gone.
Johnson scored a career high in this game. This is the fourth time in his career that he has scored 20+ points in a single game. Since Tim Duncan, he has scored the most 20+ points in the first 25 games of his Spurs career. He won the other three 20+s after the Orlando rematch last season.
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