Jefferson enjoys best game with Spurs
His 23 points equals output of last three games
THURSDAY’S GAME (Tucson time)
Boston at Washington (Arenas), 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Atlanta 118 (Bibby 2 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast), Chicago 83
Portland 102 (Bayless 5 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast) at Indiana 91
Detroit 90, Philadelphia 86 (Iguodala 18 pts, 6 reb, 9 ast)
Houston 95 (Budinger 0 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast), Cleveland 85
San Antonio 118 (Jefferson 23 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast), Sacramento 106
FEATURED EX-CAT LINKS:
>>Iverson passes up chance to be hero to Iguodala (ESPN.com)
>>Q&A with Mustafa Shakur (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
>>NBA & ABA players who attended the University of Arizona (Basketball-Reference.com)
| Excerpt from San Antonio Express article about Richard Jefferson’s best game to date with the Spurs:
The idea arose the way many outlandish ideas in the NBA arise. From players with too much time on their hands. During a lull in practice Tuesday, Tony Parker and Richard Jefferson got to talking about Jefferson’s former life as a prolific alley-oop receiver, and how he hadn’t completed one since coming to San Antonio. “I said, ‘We have to do something,’” Parker said. “We had to get Richard one alley-oop.” Less than 40 seconds into the Spurs’ skid-stopping 118-106 victory over Sacramento on Wednesday night, Parker and Jefferson indeed did something about it. Jefferson cut strong behind a baseline screen and rose toward the rim. One pass and one catch later, the pair had connected on their first official Spurs alley-oop. Jefferson finished with 23 points, matching his total from the previous three games combined, and Manu Ginobili ended the game with a vintage Manu Ginobili spurt, helping the Spurs stop a three-game losing streak and, at 10-9, again peek over the .500 mark. |
Tags: Andre Iguodala, Mustafa Shakur, Richard Jefferson
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December 10th, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Jefferson’s large scoring output last night is a nice addition to his game for San Antonio. RJ was brought in more for his defensive skills and hard nose defensive play than his scoring.
San Antonio already had 3 good scorers in Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. Jefferson’s high scoring output last night will not be the norm from him throughout the season, although at times they will need that type of scoring from him due to injuries to the top 3 i mentioned above.
Pappovich made it known from day 1 Jefferson was brought in as a defensive stopper, but still needed modest scoring from him, but certainly not the heavy amount of scoring points he provided for his previous 2 teams. San Antonio is a great fit for RJ.