A glimpse of Arizona Wildcat performances in the NBA
Solomon Hill: Solo had one of his best games of the season on Friday night, as he had a team-high 16 points on 5-10 shooting, and went 2-5 from behind the arc. The Pacers jumped out to an 18-9 lead in this one thanks to 9 first quarter points by Hill. He contributed in other areas as well as he had 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and a block as well. His block was rather impressive because he hit a three in semi-transition, and then quickly got back on defense where he blocked Pau Gasol at the rim. You can watch this play at the beginning of this video:
Channing Frye: Frye had a monster game on Friday night in his return to the starting lineup. He had a season-high 22 points while shooting 7-11 from three, and 6-9 from behind the arc. And aside from just lighting up the scoreboard, Channing had a double-double too as he grabbed 10 rebounds and had 3 blocks too. Here are extended highlights of his performance:
Aaron Gordon: Gordon played 14 minutes on Friday and had a pretty minimal impact as he scored just 2 points, and grabbed a rebound. The increase in minutes is a good sign though. The Magic beat the Kings 119-114.
Derrick Williams: Williams was the third Wildcat to play in Friday's Kings-Magic game, and he pretty good in limited minutes. In 13 minutes, he finished with 6 points, all coming off three pointers, and grabbed 2 rebounds. It's kind of surprising that Williams only played 13 minutes as he was coming off 3 double-digit scoring outings in a row.
Jordan Hill: Hill had another productive night for the Lakers as he scored 13 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 24 minutes. Jordan has now scored in double figures in his last 8 games.
Andre Iguodala: Iggy played 23 minutes on Friday and was productive despite not lighting up the box score. He finished with 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, a block, and a steal. As usual, Iggy did a little bit of everything with his best work coming on the defensive end.
Richard Jefferson: Jefferson got the start for Dallas on Friday, but didn't do much. He had 4 points of 1-4 shooting, but he did make his only three point attempt. He grabbed 5 rebounds, had an assist, and a steal too.
Jason Terry: Terry came off the bench for Houston and in 13 minutes, he scored 2 points, and had 2 rebounds, an assist, and a steal.