Former Illinois Prep Athletes and their NBA Performances- May 11, 12, and 13- Strus Get Back-To-Back Double-Doubles and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals

One former Illinois prep athletes played on Wednesday, three on Thursday, and just one on Friday. Below are the box scores and videos/tweets of John Konchar, Max Strus, Jalen Brunson, Sterling Brown, and Jevon Carter.

Box Score

Wednesday

• Jevon Carter (Proviso East/Milwaukee Bucks)- Did not play in the Bucks’ 110-107 win over the Celtics.
• John Konchar (West Chicago/Memphis Grizzlies)- 16 minutes, 9 points, 3/4 FG, 1/2 3PT, 2/2 FT, 4 rebounds, an assist, a game-high 2 steals, and -10 in a 134-95 win over the Golden State Warriors.

Thursday

• Max Strus (Stagg/Miami Heat)- 40 minutes, 20 points, 6/14 FG, 4/10 3PT, 4/5 FT, 3 offensive rebounds, a team-high 11 total rebounds, 5 assists, 2 turnovers, and a game-high +23 in a 99-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • Second double-double of his career which gives him back-to-back double-doubles.
  • 11 rebounds is a career-high.

Miami Heat guard Max Strus came up big in Game 5 & 6 to close out the series against the 76ers. He notched his first two career double-doubles after averaging 19.5 points & 10.5 rebounds. He also shot 48.1 percent from the field and 40 percent from three. #HEATCulture #Undrafted pic.twitter.com/AMucdM1PnH

— Xavier Sanchez (@Xavier_Sanchez4) May 13, 2022

Leading all scorers.

Undrafted. pic.twitter.com/538IXC5q0B

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022

20 and 10.

Second-straight double double for Max! pic.twitter.com/5rDVoB6G9A

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022

AIR MAX pic.twitter.com/7qCzVMdNYO

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022

Statement ready.

Starting 5 // @ATT pic.twitter.com/m8MKF8CjCw

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 12, 2022

First 12 ☑️ pic.twitter.com/34vYOVV1eL

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 12, 2022

We can confirm Spo has been cooking up something in these timeouts.

cc @BamonteAdebayo pic.twitter.com/DmflrOay4t

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022

Strus has definitely been loose 👌

His first two career double doubles helped us close out this series pic.twitter.com/w3urhkezyD

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022

The @MiamiHEAT win Game 6 and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals! #HEATCulture #NBAPlayoffs presented by Google Pixel pic.twitter.com/xDpvuoWPSA

— NBA (@NBA) May 13, 2022

• Jalen Brunson (Stevenson/Dallas Mavericks)- 35 minutes, 18 points, 6/14 FG, 0/3 3PT, 6/6 FT, a rebound, 2 assists, 3 steals, and a game-high +24 in a 113-86 win over the Phoenix Suns.

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— x – Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) May 13, 2022

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— x – Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) May 13, 2022

• Sterling Brown (Proviso East/Dallas Mavericks)- 3 minutes, 2 rebounds, a block, and a +9 in a 113-86 win over the Phoenix Suns.
• JaVale McGee (Hales Franciscan/Phoenix Suns)- Did not play in a the 113-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Friday

• Jevon Carter (Proviso East/Milwaukee Bucks)- 1 minutes, 2 points, 1/1 FG, a rebound, and a plus-minus of zero in a 108-95 loss to the Boston Celtics.
• John Konchar (West Chicago/Memphis Grizzlies)- Did not play in the 110-96 loss to the Golden State Warriors.