The regarding purpose for Dyson Daniels’ utilization lower and offensive hesitancy would possibly’ve been revealed on Friday (AEDT).
Daniels curiously tried simply two pictures in 27 minutes of play within the Atlanta Hawks’ 10-point highway victory over the Utah Jazz.
However the Bendigo product performed with noticeable taping on his proper hand — notably across the thumb space — towards the Jazz and in latest matchups with the Lakers and Kings, which may clarify his minimised offensive position.
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The Hawks haven’t formally communicated an damage subject for Daniels, with the Aussie dynamo seemingly content material to play by way of regardless of the actual subject is.
Daniels had seen a spike in his utilization within the continued knee damage absence of All-Star level guard Trae Younger, however he had his quietest recreation this season towards Utah.
Earlier than the Jazz conflict, Daniels hadn’t tried fewer than 4 pictures in a recreation this season, and within the seven video games to this point with out Younger within the lineup, he’d tried not less than eight pictures per outing.
Final season’s steals chief and Most Improved Participant completed with a season-low two factors on 1-2 field-goal capturing, two rebounds and three assists.
Daniels dedicated 4 private fouls and was impartial within the plus-minus class.
He did, nonetheless, transfer into outright fourth place all-time for consecutive video games with not less than one steal — now simply 12 video games behind third-placed Michael Jordan.
As an alternative, it was Onyeka Okongwu and Jalen Johnson who carried the offensive load to gas Atlanta to its eighth win of the season, combining for 63 factors to account for nearly half of the staff’s scoring on the evening. The Hawks dropped 130-plus factors on back-to-back nights.
By means of 12 video games, Daniels is capturing simply 25 per cent from three-point land, which is sort of eight share factors worse than his profession common.
The 22-year-old signed a four-year, $100 million (AU$153.5m) contract extension within the low season to solidify his standing as a high-value, ascending participant within the league.
In the meantime, in Cleveland, rising Australian pair Tyrese Proctor and Luke Travers noticed restricted time within the Cavaliers’ 13-point loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Proctor performed simply 11 minutes however continues to get loads of pictures up, scoring seven factors on 3-8 capturing.
It comes after the Duke College alum scored 12 factors in 23 minutes towards Miami on Thursday.
However whereas he shared the court docket for a matter of minutes with compatriot and Cavs teammate Luke Travers towards the Warmth, Travers performed simply two minutes for one steal on Friday towards the Raptors.
Elsewhere, in Indiana, the Pacers’ season from hell continued as they have been trounced 133-98 by the Phoenix Suns.
Indiana slumped to a disenchanting 1-11 on the season, with Australian guard Johnny Furphy nonetheless sidelined with an ankle damage.
Furphy is predicted to additionally miss not less than the subsequent 5 video games, in response to Alex Golden of the ‘Setting the Tempo’ podcast.