Friday evening, a new daily-high of twelve former Illinois prep athletes saw minutes in various NBA games. Below I look into and share each of their NBA performances from January 14.
Best of the Day: Jalen Brunson
Jalen Brunson (Stevenson) stuffed the stat sheet and helped the Dallas Mavericks snap the Memphis Grizzlies win-streak on Friday. Brunson’s 5 steals on Friday are also a new career-high.
- Jalen Brunson (Stevenson/Dallas Mavericks)- 32 minutes, 15 points, 7/13 FG, 1/1 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, a game-high 5 steals, a turnover, and +12 in a 112-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Rest of the Day’s Performances
- Sterling Brown (Dallas Mavericks)- 6 minutes, 0/2 FG, 0/1 3PT, a rebound, and a team-worst -3 in a 112-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
- John Konchar (West Chicago/Memphis Grizzlies)- 20 minutes, 0/2 FG, 0/2 3PT, an offensive rebound, and -14 in a 112-85 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
- Fred VanVleet (Auburn/Toronto Raptors)- 42 minutes, 24 points, 6/21 FG, 6/14 3PT, 6/8 FT, 2 offensive rebounds, 5 total rebounds, a game-high 10 assists, a game-high 2 steals (tied with a few others), and a game-worst -12 (tied with Pascal Siakam) in a 103-87 loss to the Detroit Pistons.
- JaVale McGee (Franciscan Hales/Phoenix Suns)- 17 minutes, 7 points, 2/5 FG, 3/4 FT, 2 offensive rebounds, 4 total rebounds, 3 assists, a steal, a team-high a block (tied with many others), a turnover, and +16 in a 112-94 win over the Indiana Pacers.
- Keifer Sykes (Marshall/Indiana Pacers)- 18 minutes, 4 points, 2/6 FG, 0/1 3PT, an offensive rebounds, 2 total rebounds, a turnover, and -17 in a 112-94 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
- Brodric Thomas (Bolingbrook/Boston Celtics)- 3 minutes, a turnover, and +6 in a 111-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Andre Iguodala (Lanphier/Golden State Warriors)- 11 minutes, 5 points, 1/3 FG, 1/2 3PT, 2/2 FT, 3 assists, 4 steals, a block, and +12 in 138-96 win over the Chicago Bulls.
- Ayo Dosunmu (Morgan Park/Chicago Bulls)- 32 minutes, 0/5 FG, 0/1 3PT, 0/2 FT, an offensive rebound, 2 total rebounds, and -29 in a 138-96 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
- Alfonzo McKinnie (Marshall/Chicago Bulls)- 19 minutes, 7 points, 2/7 FG, 0/2 3PT, 1/2 FT, an offensive rebound, 3 total rebounds, a block, and -12 in a 138-96 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
- Max Strus (Stagg/Miami Heat)- 20 minutes, 16 points, 6/9 FG, 4/7 3PT, a rebound, an assist, a block, and +12 in a 124-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
- Keita Bates-Diop (University/San Antonio Spurs)- 18 minutes, 9 points, 4/6 FG, 1/2 3PT, a team-high 2 offensive rebounds (tied with 2 others), 4 total rebounds, a steal, a turnover, and +2 in a 114-109 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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