Andrew Nembhard's 31-point, 13-assist effort against the Warriors on Monday night was the most important individual performance of the Pacers season.
In his last five games, Nembhard is averaging 15.6 points and 7.2 assists per game while shooting 53.4% from the floor and 46.4% from 3-point range. He's now averaging 9.1 points and 4.2 assists per game for the season.
If Haliburton has the pedal to the floor, Nembhard has the car in cruise control. That doesn't mean it isn't operating swiftly, but it's always under control and he can generally make it do what he wants it to. Nembhard centered the Pacers attack around getting the ball in the paint where the Warriors have had some struggles, giving up 49.3 points in the paint per game to rank 18th in the NBA in the category. The Warriors helped him out to a certain extent by trying to pressure him, because he managed to get around them and get clear lanes to the basket or find roll men for easy baskets when the Warriors tried to double-team him on pick-and-rolls.
"He played well and he was making shots and controlling their offense," said Warriors guard Stephen Curry, the reigning NBA Finals MVP."Obviously, his stat line is crazy, but I think he controlled the flow to the point where they were getting their bigs involved on rolls, a couple of lobs, they were kicking it out to shooters in the corner."
"As the game got more difficult, as they started to hit shots and set their defense and do some trapping and zone and stuff like that, your point guard has got to be a guy that can really read situations well and handle the pressure," Carlisle said."Not easy. He was masterful tonight. He had a few turnovers but 31 and 13, those are high lottery numbers."
"That's special," Hield said."It's hard to do that. Score 31, make big plays on the other end and guard Steph? That's special."
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