By the Eurohoops team/ [email protected]
For the first time in 14 years, an NBA player grabbed 31 rebounds. And this is the case with Jusuf Nurkic.
He couldn’t avoid the defeat against the 1 seed in the Western Conference, but still recorded one of the best games of his professional career with 14 points, 31 rebounds and 4 assists, with a shooting of 7/16 FG.
Speaking after the defeat suffered by the Oklahoma City Thunderthe Bosnian center stayed the course. “It doesn’t really matter. It was great, but we lost the game. »he said with disappointment.
This amount of rebounds captured in a single NBA game is something truly new to the world. Phoenix Suns, as Jusuf Nurkic broke the all-time franchise record. He is now followed by Tyson Chandler (27 against Atlanta in 2016) and Paul Silas (27 against Cincinnati in 1971).
So far in the 2023-24 season, one of the best of his 9-year NBA career with three different teams (Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns), the 29-year-old center averages 11.8 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 51.6% from the field.
Jusuf Nurkic grabbed 31 rebounds tonight ????
This sets a new Suns franchise record for most rebounds in a game and also marks the highest rebound total ever by a player since the 2010-11 NBA season. pic.twitter.com/ejIeEMBr1B
– Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) March 4, 2024
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