D’Angelo Russell is blossoming into a very special player. His performance against the Celtics was just another notch in his development into becoming a franchise point guard. Here’s the best plays from his awesome game against Boston.
D'Angelo Russell was playing like an All-Star against BOS as he finished the night with:
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34 PTS (7/13 3P)
5 REB
7 AST
1 STL
1 BLK
Here's a breakdown of his scintillating performance (@TheJManJBT)
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Starts the game with a play on the defensive end pic.twitter.com/aialxTJHff
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Makes Brad Stevens call the fastest time out of the season off his first three pic.twitter.com/WpANrQmAaO
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This pass is just filthy pic.twitter.com/Ls8HqKvImj
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Penetrates the defense and makes the easy kick out pass to Kurucs pic.twitter.com/gVakp60MnL
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His aggression of late has coincided with his hot form.
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Heck of a finish, this, off balance and with an elite defender in Horford in his way pic.twitter.com/G05fcIMYwa
How he makes these off balance jumpers, I'll never know pic.twitter.com/KB2zkwvrzV
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Give him the space at the spot on the arc and he'll make the shot 9 times outta 10 pic.twitter.com/oY6eWotoYL
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Puts his head down and gets to the rack again pic.twitter.com/r6iolrmDV8
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Splits the defense with the pass to Davis who finishes the pick and roll pic.twitter.com/KZAHmyYlGU
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Rewards the Davis tap back pic.twitter.com/LXO6txKxyg
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Find Harris on the move again, he's such a good passer to moving teammates pic.twitter.com/TdKOp7PkAt
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The quality isn't great but the finish here off balance from floater range is something pic.twitter.com/cYzW6OcuFu
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Rainbows are a beautiful sight 🌈 pic.twitter.com/lTpAcIVlff
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Russell's hot third quarter caused him to draw a heap of attention which lead to open looks for guys like Allen pic.twitter.com/YHc4QwMDBH
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The deft Allen screen gives D'Lo enough air space to get the three off pic.twitter.com/ZqP2pvQ6dm
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Elite pass to Allen pic.twitter.com/39Fpi5kezp
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On fire from three pic.twitter.com/HP9XjpGMyU
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Dinwiddie feeds the hot hand pic.twitter.com/ylFHEMJUZq
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Nasty pic.twitter.com/vHXvsCNKov
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D'Lol thrives in floater territory pic.twitter.com/61GIwlgGeC
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