Last Sunday, Facundo Campazzo had his official welcome in the NBA. The Argentine guard completed his best game since he landed in the best basketball league in the world and his performance was vital for the Denver Nuggets get their second win of the season against Minnesota.
Tonight, from 23 (Argentine time) and with transmission of DirecTV Sports For all of Latin America, Campazzo will face the Timberwolves again, this time at home, just against the team that had its big day in the NBA. Former Real Madrid finished the game with a spectacular roster: scored 15 points, stole three balls, distributed an assist and achieved a fantastic cover in the more than 21 minutes he was on the court.
Beyond the numbers from the statistical point of view, the valuable thing about Campazzo’s performance was that his participation added in favor of Denver’s victory. He entered with his team in advantage by five and, quickly, scored one of his five triples of the night after a pass from Nikola Jokic. From his last admission – he played in some period of the four periods -, finished with a +26 rating for the Nuggets with him on the field, only surpassed by the presence of the Serbian star.
If we talk about his effectiveness from long distance, Facundo has a high average in his shots beyond the three-point line: scored six of 11 attempts behind the crescent for 54 percent. In this scenario, all his 3-point conquests were receiving and throwing the ball to the hoop – the famous catch and shoot-, according to the official site of the NBA in Argentina. In this shooting style, Campazzo missed only one attempt (6/7), which indicates that in that facet he has almost 86% efficiency and is among the best in the entire league with at least seven shots to the basket.
Although the five triples he scored are, so far, his highest in the NBA, it is not Campazzo’s best performance in an official game. His personal record was achieved with the Real Madrid shirt: one day he scored seven against Baskonia for the Endesa League on January 19, 2020. The fact to note is that in international basketball, the three-point line is closer than in the American league. In the FIBA world, the distance is 6.75 meters from the vertical of the hoop, while in the United States it is 7.24 meters.
“I think it’s my record, ha”Campazzo said in a postgame interview he starred on the official Nuggets broadcast. Beyond his joke, the point guard who led the Argentine team to the world runner-up in China 2019 referred to the work he has done since he arrived in Denver to improve his shooting technique.
“The staff helps me improve my triples and I have to take the shots. I have the confidence of Coach Malone. I don’t think about relaxing. It is not like that, I must help my teammates every minute I have on the court. Both inside and outside of it, supporting, applauding and being positive, “added Facu, who will seek to continue adding more minutes as he did over the weekend.
Campazzo has already shaken off his first major NBA performance. With his five triples on Sunday he left behind other Argentine players such as Pablo Prigioni, Luis Scola, Nico Brussino (his maximum of triples were four in a match) already Nicolás Laprovittola (3). To others like his own Manu Ginobili, who lived the game and took advantage of his social networks to congratulate him, and Carlos Delfino, he still needs to get over them as they both hit eight 3-point shots on their best day in the league.
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