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for December. He entered Wednesday ranked second in the NBA in scoring at 33.5 points per game, and is also averaging 9.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game.
“The skill set that he has in being in that spot, with dribbling the ball and creating and being able to just get his shot off at any given time, it’s impressive of anybody. I’ve been on both ends of seeing it: guarding him versus seeing him here and watching him doing it in front of me.”Bench unit now work-in-progress
They ranked 29th out of 30 NBA teams in bench scoring but 10th in net rating, thanks to a defense allowing 52.6 points per 100 possessions .
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