Without Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving, the Nets moved to San Antonio tonight with the hope of scratching a success in order to limit the damage to the East standings. Too bad, they fell on a bone: Keldon Johnson. The Spurs winger offered his career-high 36 points tonight, with the bonus of two crucial shots to secure victory.
In San Antonio, victory is not really a term that belongs to the Spurs’ daily lexicon this season. However, a small success sometimes slips between a wheelbarrow of defeats. Tonight, the Spurs therefore ended a series of five consecutive losses. They can for that say thank you to Keldon Johnson, who laid a high-flying match to make smile the fans present at the AT&T Center.
Put all the defeats arms on his side to recover Victor Wembanyama in June is good, but we must not forget that the workforce of Spurs today has some nice profiles that can be used in the future sportsman of the franchise. Keldon Johnson is obviously part of it, and passes a new milestone in his career: 36 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists at 42.3% in shooting and 91% in free throws. Personal record for points beaten, congratulations man!
Career-best scoring night for Keldon Johnson in the @spurs win!
36 PTS
11 REB
4 STL pic.twitter.com/kA5Sgzf09F— NBA (@NBA) January 18, 2023
Seeming a little lost in the game in the absence of the two bosses, the Nets did not manage to stop this dear Keldon, very effective in percussion to go and cause faults. Of 36 points, 11 were scored on the free throw line. The 23-year-old also distinguished himself with a few long-range arrows. We told you about a clutch aspect in the performance: we didn’t lie to you, two consecutive baskets to take a seven-point lead over Brooklyn in the fourth quarter, an advance from which Jacque Vaughn’s men will not recover. After the match, Kel’ also showed his satisfaction with his decisive shots.
“It’s awesome, I’m not going to lie. They took a time-out after that, I was excited. My coaches and teammates gave me the ball, so I made it happen” – Keldon Johnson.
Drafted in 29th position in the 2019 Draft, Keldon Johnson is running this season at 21.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists. This great performance is full of promise for the future. As they say to the Zetazunis: Keep up the good work !
Sources : ESPN, NBA