ACB: Markus Howard’s week of debauchery: 100 points and 22 triples in three games | ACB 2023

Updated Saturday, 16 March 2024 – 21:12

No one disputes that Markus Howard is one of the coolest guys in continental basketball. He does not even need to reach 1.80 meters to be unstoppable, capable of creating his shot from any corner of the offensive field and at an execution speed that is often impossible for the defender. In his second season at Baskonia, it seems that he also finds the regularity in the game that he was missing. Although what happened in his last seven days surpasses all astonishments.

The week of debauchery of the American with origins in Puerto Rico – at his University, Marquette, he is the all-time leading scorer and led the NCAA in scoring in the 2020 season – began last Sunday against none other than Barça. To beat the Blaugrana at the Buesa Arena he scored 37 points and eight triples (he even shot up to 22). On Thursday, already in the Euroleague and also in Vitoria, he continued with the show against the Emporio Armani in Milan: 26 points with four of 10 in triples.

Everything was rounded off this Saturday, without leaving Buesa, in the visit of Covirn Granada, to which the Dusko Ivanovic They defeated (104-88) to continue in the fight for playoff spots. The former Nuggets player scored 37 points again, this time with up to 10 triples (of 14 attempts) for a rating of 31. He equaled his scoring record in the Endesa League and surpassed his record for triples in the competition, where he averages 18.7 points (he is the top scorer by far). In Euroleague he is at 18.5, only behind Mike James (19,3).

Howard’s 10 three-pointers are the third-best mark of all time in the ACB, behind only Jacob Pullen (12 in 2014) and the legendary Oscar Schmidt (11 in 1994). According to the competition’s statistical data, his 18 three-pointers scored in the last two rounds have only been surpassed by the Brazilian, who had 19 in two consecutive games in 1994 (8 + 11).

Markus Howard, after the victory against Granada.E. OtxoaACB Photo

Baskonia, for its part, equaled its top in the Endesa League against Granada after remaining at 19 triples, a mark it has achieved in four previous games. But the 35 goals scored in the last two games have been one away from the historical record: 36 scored by UCAM Murcia on matchdays 23 and 24 of 2018-19, and 36 scored by the Basque club itself on matchdays 28 and 29 of last year. .

Since 1984, when the line of three was introduced to the Endesa League, until 2021 only three Baskonista players had managed to reach eight hits: Igor Rakocevic (2007), Saulius Stombergas (2001) and Velimir Perasovic (1994). In just two seasons in Vitoria, Howard has already achieved it four times.

2024-03-16 20:12:42
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