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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Well, well, well. There you have it.
If you watched the Sixers' 123-110 victory over the Phoenix Suns, then you
know exactly what I’m talking about. If you didn’t, then here’s the
update: we’re talking about Evan Turner.
After what he did, and how he did it (23 points on 9 for 12 shooting), the
real question is: where the heck has this guy been for the last 30 games? He
looked like a confident, swagger-filled, aggressive, scoring machine.
It was actually quite impressive. The best moment came with 1 minute, 42
seconds left in the game when Turner caught the ball in the left corner,
sized up his defender with the shot clock running down, rose for a three
pointer and … nailed it. With the score 117-107, Phoenix immediately called
timeout and Turner jogged to the bench, unable to hide the smile creeping
across his lips.
A few seconds later, Turner hit another jumper.
So how did this happen? How did Turner go from a completely ineffective fifth
or sixth option against the Golden State Warriors to a dynamic rookie tonight
against the Suns?
That’s a good question.
After the game, Turner was standing near Jason Kapono. While we waited to
talk to Turner, Kapono, totally deadpan, asked him if he was going to be in
the three-point contest at the All-Star game now, after the one he hit with
1:42 left. Turner laughed.
The best insight Turner offered was that Sixers’ veteran center Tony Battie
talked to him earlier in the day and told Turner that he “needed to step up
and stuff.” The team knew that without Andre Iguodala for a second
consecutive game, they weren’t going to be able to beat the Suns without
Turner providing a strong game.
For whatever reason (because we’re pretty sure Battie’s suggestion wasn’t
the first one offered to Turner about making his game more aggressive), from
the moment Evan stepped on the court, he looked like a completely different
player. He wasn’t just making shots, he was dropping almost every single one
through the dead middle of the hoop.
“I was just looking for my own shot a little bit and trying to attack,”
Turner said. “Sometimes I come into the game and second-guess on shots.”
Continued Turner: “Once I focused in a little bit and saw the first one go
in, that’s always a good thing. After that, I just didn’t care. I tried to
attack and that was it.”
Turner’s entire game was transformed. His ball handling was impressive, his
ability to shift past a defender, to create space and then go up on-balance
and strong. He even got into a little back-and-forth with Vince Carter, which
tells you how good Turner was feeling.
“He was being a lot more aggressive,” said Jrue Holiday. “After he hit his
first couple of shots I think he got really confident. He was definitely
taking it to them, knocking down big jump shots. He had a swagger to him, it’
s coming back.”
The game seemed to cure all ills for the Sixers: Holiday looked darn good and
Andres Nocioni had his best game of the season. Those were good signs for the
Sixers, but absolutely nothing compared to watching Turner play, at least for
one night, like the best rookie in the league.
“I told him I was so proud of him,” said Doug Collins. “He was aggressive
and assertive all night. He never ran away from a shot … tonight he was
fabulous.”
Collins called tonight’s win the team’s most complete of the season.
When Turner jogged back to the bench with 1:42 left, he really looked like he
was trying to keep himself from smiling. There seemed to be a lot in that
smile: finally, OK, here we go, maybe I can do this. Like for the first time
he decided to let go and just play and not worry about where he might fit in,
whether he’d be better with the ball in his hands more, whether he’d be
stepping on someone’s toes if he shot too much, etc., etc.
“He looked like he was happy,” Holiday said of that timeout. “He was
excited and he wanted to celebrate. That’s what we need him to do. We need
him to be happy. When you’re happy, you play better. I’ve been happy all
day.”
“I was definitely happy,” Turner said. “It was a big shot and I was
feeling it a little bit.”
So we know he has it. We know that somewhere inside of him are games like
these and moves like these. It’s only one game. And just like we weren’t
yet ready to call him a bust for his dozens of struggling games, we’ll also
have to demand more games like this one before we’re ready to put all of the
concerns behind us.
But for now: that was impressive, very impressive.
--Kate
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