Stat Line: 9-17 FG, 0-3 3FG, 2-3 FT, 20 pts, 4 reb, 1 asst, 3 stls, 3 TOs.
This game was touted by some as Jonny Flynn vs. Brandon Jennings, the two lottery point guards. Flynn got the better of Jennings in their one-on-battle, but Jennings got the win.
Flynn scored 12 of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter, going against Luke Ridnour as Jennings sat the whole fourth quarter. Minnesota is so offensively inept right now that I have to believe Kurt Rambis is going to give Flynn more of a leash in the first three periods.
Flynn got many of his buckets on pull-up jumpers, but he also got five points on breakaways that were the highlights of his game.
The first came when the Bucks posted up Andrew Bogut on the right block. Flynn snuck around the big man and knocked the ball loose, then went hard to the basket. He was met there by Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who tried to wrap Flynn up. Flynn absorbed the contact, then flipped up a little seven-footer that crawled in. Flynn then drained the free throw.
On the second play, the steal was the highlight. Bogut set a high screen for Ridnour, who dribbled right. Flynn managed to avoid getting swallowed up by the pick, but he was rubbed enough for Ridnour to gain a half-step on him. Nevertheless, Flynn, off balance from the contact with Bogut, managed to reach out and pick Ridnour cleanly, retrieving the ball and going in uncontested for an emphatic, if ultimately meaningless, jam.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment