Majestic.
He melted Madison Square Garden: Evan Fournier broke his records for points (41) and shots scored behind the arc (10) to allow New York to overthrow Boston (108-105), after counting 25 lengths of delay, Thursday in the NBA.
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Lately, the matches follow each other and are not alike for the back, silver medalist with the Blues at the Tokyo Games last summer.
In the loss to Oklahoma City on Dec. 31, he was limited to three points, and he reacted to the next game, also lost to Toronto with 20 units.
Zero pointed Tuesday, undoubtedly annoyed and revenge
Tuesday, he had reached the bottom, with a rare zero point in the scoring, and assistant of the bench, during all the last quarter, to the victory of his people against Indiana.
Certainly upset, and remembering that the Celtics had done him very well (32 pts) for his first in the New York jersey at the opening of the championship, he showed pride and proof of a flamboyance that was unheard of for him. in ten NBA seasons.
For three quarters, he was the only one to float on the Knicks side in this meeting long mastered by Boston, carried by Jayson Tatum, excellent (36 pts, 9 assists, 6 rebounds).
But the Frenchman saved the best for last and, in the same momentum, his teammates woke up, like Julius Randle (22 pts, 8 rebounds).
Fournier, whose previous personal best three-point in a game amounted to 7 baskets scored in April 2021 in the jersey of ... Boston against Houston, planted in the money his 9th and 10th banderillas, the latter passing NY ahead of the score for the first time in the match (99-98) two minutes from time.
Almighty Evan
During this last quarter, he put in 13 points, which made 41 in total.
Nine better than his previous record, set four times.
“Obviously I'm lacking consistency at the moment.
But I didn't think I was doing as well as I did in my first game here, and it was already against the Celtics, ”Fournier commented hotly.
The last two minutes were not his, however, Tatum equalizing 1.5 seconds from the buzzer of an icy mid-distance shoot (105-105). A very short time, but long enough for RJ Barrett (13 pts) to rise and free New York from a three-point shot as improbable as the prospect of success a few minutes earlier was. As a result, the Knicks nab 10th place in Boston in the East.
In the West, the Warriors, in very limited rotation, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green having been put to rest, conceded a second loss in a row, on the floor of New Orleans (101-96). A poor performance that could cost them first place if Phoenix beats the Los Angeles Clippers in the evening. It was Brandon Ingram (32 pts, 11 rebounds, 6 assists) who was the executioner of Golden State, who relied on Andrew Wiggins (21 pts), the only one to shine in a workforce in breakdown of long-distance address (7/33).
For Memphis, solid 4th, all is well on the other hand, with a seventh consecutive success, easily gleaned at the expense of Detroit (118-88), thanks to a still remarkable match from Ja Morant (22 pts, 9 rebounds, 6 assists), Killian Tillie contributing modestly out of the bench (5 pts, 5 rebounds).
Opposite, Killian Hayes was just as discreet (5 pts, 2 assists).
