A daily glimpse of Arizona Wildcat performances in the NBA
Seven former Wildcats were in action in the NBA on Wednesday night, here's how they did:
Aaron Gordon: Gordon played just 9 minutes as he was forced to leave the game with an ankle injury. It is not known yet how long he will be out. He played well in the minutes he played though as he scored 6 points while making all 3 of his shot attempts. However, Gordon was on the wrong end of a SportsCenter Not Top 10 play when he had his shoe inexplicably fly off his foot which that led him being called for an offensive foul. Tie your shoes next time, Aaron!
Channing Frye: Frye got the start but didn't do much. He had 5 points and 2 rebounds.
Richard Jefferson: Jefferson got his third straight start for Dallas and had his third double-digit scoring game in a row. Although, he didn't have a good shooting night as he went just 3-10 from the field. He managed to grab 3 rebounds as well.
Jason Terry: The JET got his second straight start, and while he didn't have a great shooting night (he went 3-10 from the field), he made contributions in other ways. He had 2 assists, 4 rebounds, and caused some havoc on defense as he had 4 steals too.
Jerryd Bayless: Bayless was supplanted in the starting lineup by Michael Carter-Williams, but still had a nice game off the bench nonetheless. In 30 minutes, he scored 13 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, had 2 assists, and a steal. He also showed his athleticism when he caught this backdoor alley-oop lob.
Derrick Williams: D-Will had another solid game for the Kings off the bench. In 15 minutes, he had 8 points on 3-5 shooting, including 2 of 3 from behind the arc. Williams has become a lot more consistent for Sacramento since the Kings hired George Karl. Williams athleticism, offensive versatility, and finishing ability is very useful in Karl's run-and-gun system. Hopefully Derrick can keep it up.
Jordan Hill: Hill had his best game since returning from a hip injury just a few games ago. In 27 minutes, he scored 16 points while making 7 of his 12 field goal attempts and grabbed 5 rebounds. He showed his speed here when he outran the entire Jazz defense to get an easy dunk in transition to tie the game late in the 4th quarter.