2023-11-07 17:00:29
There are images and words. For his first match under his new colors, Nicolas Batum had a thunderous debut. In 17 minutes, Joel Embiid’s new teammate at the Philadelphia Sixers didn’t do anything wrong: 11 points scored, 4/5 shooting including a 3/4 three-pointer, 2 rebounds and a differential of +30. Don’t throw any more away, even in his wildest dreams, number 40 of the Sixers did not expect such a start.
After the images, the sound is also eloquent: “It was fun, even if I had no idea what to do. I saw some actions with the coaches for 45 minutes. I watched the last two matches, I tried to see them play. But when you play with guys like that, like Joel (Embiid), Tyrese (Maxey), or Tobias (Harris), it’s simple basketball and it’s easy to evolve with them. »
This promises when the automation will be better oiled. Faced with this avalanche of compliments, Nick Nurse, his coach, was also not stingy: “I think he is a quality player. He does a lot of things at a high level. He spreads the play on the field, he knows how to pass, he knows how to do a lot of things that will impact a match to win. He is valuable on both ends of the pitch, he is not selfish. He’s a really good basketball player. He had a real impact on the victory. »
Opposite, Nicolas Batum also found another Frenchman, Bilal Coulibaly, author of his best total (10 points in 19 minutes) with Washington.
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