Selfless Giddey act in shock NBA rise… and \u2018big transformation\u2019 behind $154m reminder<\/a><\/p>\nGiddey remains aggressive in trying to secure second-chance opportunities. Late in the first quarter, he battled to snatch an offensive rebound before dribbling into his first three-point make of the evening. <\/p>\n
The six-foot-seven guard also continues to be a determined downhill driver \u2014 with those slashes resulting in either a floater attempt or a shot at the basket. <\/p>\n
In short, he\u2019s making a healthy habit of creating high-percentage opportunities near the rim. <\/p>\n
The Bulls were blitzed by an explosive 76ers lineup in the early going, but Giddey continued to provide an offensive spark for the otherwise dour home side. <\/p>\n
A favourite move for the Australian has been a calculated drive into the key before getting his defender on his back and then deciding whether to dish or shoot from close range. <\/p>\n
Giddey joins MJ with 29-PT triple double | 01:51<\/p>\n
In the second quarter, at one stage impressively spinning on his defender before firing outside to Jalen Smith for an open three. <\/p>\n
\u201cJosh Giddey again (is) setting the table up nicely,\u201d Bulls icon and broadcast analyst Stacey King said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWatch Giddey against the defence \u2014 three guys collapse (close on him). (It) shows you what teams feel about Josh Giddey when the ball is in his hands \u2026 the presence of mind to find the open guy in the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the third quarter, Giddey \u2014 rapidly closing in on a second-straight triple-double, and 20th of his career \u2014 even drew a Philadelphia charge as the Bulls started to make a comeback. <\/p>\n
And he achieved the feat with his 10th assist of the night, finding Smith for an open three-ball in the right corner. <\/p>\n
Giddey never stopped being aggressive with the ball in his hands, driving to the basket and looking for contact with his big frame to draw fouls. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s playing at a high, high level this year,\u201d King said in the fourth period. <\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes when you get these big contracts, the pressure gets to these players … but he has not struggled. He looks like an All-Star. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows when his team needs to score, and he\u2019s become aggressive when they need a basket most from him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Late in the fourth quarter, the offence flowed through Giddey. A fast-break layup put the Bulls within three points. <\/p>\n
Giddey made another shot inside the key with 1:19 left to make it a one-point difference. <\/p>\n
To top it off, down one point with 14 seconds remaining, the Aussie floor general drove hard and tossed an insane wraparound pass to find Nikola Vucevic in the corner for the go-ahead three-pointer. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis kid is a phenomenal player. He\u2019s 23 years old, and I think people forget that,\u201d King said on the broadcast. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s played a lot of basketball for his national team. He is an exciting player, he\u2019s starting to feel so much more confidence now, knowing that this is his team … he is just running with that (opportunity). <\/p>\n
\u201cIf he keeps playing like he\u2019s playing, he\u2019ll be an All-Star this season.\u201d<\/p>\n
DYSON HELPS FILL TRAE VOID<\/p>\n
Daniels had one of his best performances of the young season to help fill the void of injured superstar teammate Trae Young, who is sidelined with a knee ligament sprain. <\/p>\n
The athletic six-foot-eight guard scored an equal-season-high 18 points on an uber-efficient 8-9 shooting with six rebounds, six assists and two steals as the Atlanta Hawks breezed past the Orlando Magic 127-112 to square their season ledger at 4-4. <\/p>\n
He was also a game-high +25 in the plus-minus category in a team-high 35 minutes of action. <\/p>\n
Daniels, the league-leader in steals last season, played a key role shutting down star Magic guard Franz Wagner, but he was also efficient on the offensive end and facilitated with the ball in his hands. <\/p>\n
Daniels began on a positive note, dishing to a cutting Zacharie Risacher to put the Hawks up 6-4 early. <\/p>\n
An impressive Daniels spin move against Orlando big man Wendell Carter Jnr was a particular highlight, and it wasn\u2019t the only time he pulled that one out of his bag. <\/p>\n
Daniels again went back to the spin move in the second quarter, finishing for the second time with a floating shot. <\/p>\n
The defensive menace also sunk a three-ball in the first half, doing his part to help fill the void left by Trae Young. <\/p>\n
In the third quarter, the man they call \u2018Great Barrier Thief\u2019 snuck up on Orlando\u2019s Jalen Suggs and pickpocketed the guard, before going in transition for the layup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Giddey hasn\u2019t just played up to the four-year, $100 million ($A153m) contract he secured in the off-season;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[2620,2095,7218,64,63,155554,155542,5127,2066,155544,155543,155550,155557,12840,800,155553,155562,145903,155551,2755,19711,2105,151533,155549,155546,9286,155552,91117,3231,155547,155545,155559,1385,590,2041,2067,68114,155560,155561,155556,2785,113624,155555,155548,155558,85,145894,42008,2614],"class_list":["post-266141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-back-to-back-triple-doubles","tag-bulls-lossbaseketball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-crazy-comeback","tag-defensive-menace","tag-determined-downhill-driver","tag-dour-home-side","tag-dyson-daniels","tag-espn-inc","tag-fast-break-layup","tag-favourite-move","tag-field-goal-shooting","tag-floater-attempt","tag-florida","tag-franz-wagner","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-go-ahead-three-pointer","tag-guys-collapse","tag-high-percentage-opportunities","tag-illinois","tag-incredible-game-winning-assist","tag-j-michael-reaves","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-jalen-smith","tag-jnr","tag-knee-ligament-sprain","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-offensive-end","tag-offensive-rebound","tag-offensive-spark","tag-offensive-workload","tag-orlando","tag-positive-note","tag-second-chance-opportunities","tag-second-straight-triple-double","tag-spin-move","tag-sports","tag-stacey-king","tag-united-center","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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