Carmelo Anthony recognizes himself in the journey of Isaiah Thomas | NBA
Two games, two losses for the Lakers since Isaiah Thomas joined the Lakers, but the former Celtics scorer lives up to expectations with 16 points average, and this return to the NBA arouses the admiration of his teammates, and in particular of Carmelo Anthony.
Three years ago, « Melo » went through this slow descent into hell with a shelving to the Rockets, a transfer to the Bulls, and finally a resurrection on the Portland side as he seriously considered ending the game. his career.
“It’s something I can understand. I know that feeling of believing in yourself when everyone else is not counting on you anymore. I know that. He relies on his faith in himself and he believes in his game, in his talent, in his qualities and in what he can do. «
A situation and a state of mind that Melo knows very well. “I was on the sidelines for a year and a half… It was the same mentality to go through it all. Sometimes it gets stressful, and I’m sure you want to withdraw into yourself. But as you can see, he was prepared no matter the time. I’m just happy he’s back in the NBA. Glad that tonight with us. «
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Lebron james | 18 | 37.0 | 50.0 | 35.7 | 76.2 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 25.7 |
| Anthony davis | 27 | 35.4 | 52.1 | 17.9 | 72.7 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| Russell westbrook | 30 | 35.9 | 45.2 | 31.9 | 67.1 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 19.4 |
| Isaiah thomas | 1 | 21.6 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| Carmelo anthony | 30 | 27.6 | 42.5 | 40.3 | 81.9 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 13.2 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 15 | 28.8 | 40.6 | 27.8 | 82.8 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 11.3 |
| Malik monk | 28 | 23.8 | 44.7 | 36.1 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 9.7 |
| Sekou Doumbouya | 2 | 8.2 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Wayne ellington | 22 | 20.8 | 38.9 | 38.5 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Avery bradley | 26 | 23.0 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Austin reaves | 17 | 19.7 | 50.0 | 39.0 | 88.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Dwight Howard | 25 | 15.1 | 62.5 | 75.0 | 60.9 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| Deandre jordan | 24 | 13.1 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| Kent bazemore | 21 | 18.7 | 33.7 | 34.0 | 76.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| Rajon Rondo | 15 | 15.4 | 31.8 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| Jay huff | 2 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Chaundee Brown | 1 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
