The Houston Rockets have been looking for years for the player who will launch them back to the top of the NBA, and it is possible that they found him on their bench.
True, it is still a potential that needs to prove itself over time, as a star and as a leader, but what Cam Whitmore has done in the team's last five games is exceptional.
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About a week ago, the fourth anniversary of Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter accident was marked, and until tonight (between Friday and Saturday) he was the only teenager in the history of the best league in the world to get up from the bench five times in a row and score at least 17 points.
It happened about 30 years ago.
From now on he is not alone.
The 19-year-old Whitmore, in the record game of his career, came off the bench for 21 minutes of play in which he scored 25 points against the Toronto Raptors, in a game in which Houston won 106:135.
He thereby completed a streak, just like Bryant, of five games as a substitute scoring, as mentioned, at least 17 points.
The Houston kid, who was also her leading scorer in this game, scored 17, 20, 19 and 24 points in the previous four games, all coming off the bench.
The 21 minutes in which Whitmore scored 25 points are the lowest number of minutes in which a teenager scored such an amount.
Whitmore, who also added 6 rebounds and 3 steals in the victory over Toronto, led the team with quite a few outbursts, dunked and even scored a perfect assist behind my back.
The Rockets have someone to build on.
Cam Whitmore's last 5 games:
25 PTS - 21 MIN
17 PTS - 20 MIN
20 PTS - 18 MIN
19 PTS - 29 MIN
24 PTS - 20 MIN
Kobe Bryant is the only other teenager to put up 17 or more in 5 straight games off the bench in NBA History.
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— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) February 3, 2024
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