Stephen Curry Hurls Massive Praise On Young Rockets Guard Dubbed The ‘Next James Harden’: “He Got a Dawg in Him”

The sport between the Rockets and the Warriors at present appeared like a one-sided affair. Nonetheless, the Rockets gave a reasonably robust competitors to the Warriors. Nonetheless, the Warriors received the sport by 14 factors. The ultimate rating was 108-122 in favor of the Warriors.

Stephen Curry and Kevin Porter Jr. have been noticed speaking to one another after the sport. Steph later revealed that Kevin Porter requested him for some recommendation. Furthermore, in an interview after the sport, Steph additionally revealed his opinions of Kevin Porter Jr. Steph believes that Kevin has a variety of competitiveness in him and that makes him a novel expertise.

Kevin Porter Jr. performed a stable sport at present as he ended up managing a double-double on the stat sheet. He scored 17 factors together with 11 assists and 1 rebound. Nonetheless, this was in no comparability to Curry’s 40 points, 9 assists, and 5 rebounds. Therefore the distinction within the rating sheet.

Kevin Porter Jr. didn’t rating a lot within the first half at present. He spent most of his time on the lookout for assists and playmaking within the first two quarters. Kevin stepped up offensively within the second quarter. He scored 4 3-pointers within the final 2 quarters which introduced the Rockets near the Warriors a couple of instances. Nonetheless, it was not sufficient as Curry was scoring like a machine at present.

Kevin Porter Jr. displayed his competitiveness at present by trash-talking Curry in the midst of the sport. Curry will be seen completely unbothered by the trash-talk. Nonetheless, Curry appreciated the truth that Kevin tried to get into his head. That’s what confirmed Curry his competitiveness.

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Kevin Porter Jr. within the present season 

The Houston Rockets have good gamers and younger expertise. They possess gamers like Jalen Green, Christian Wooden, and Kevin Porter Jr. who’re all distinctive gamers. Nonetheless, all of those gamers are younger and haven’t had a lot success but. The Rockets’ present report is 14-36.

The Rockets misplaced at present’s sport of their dwelling courtroom, Toyota Centre. This loss makes it their eleventh straight home-court loss. They’re presently quantity 15 within the Western Convention, with no scope of stepping into the playoffs.

Kevin Porter Jr. has averaged 13.3 factors, 6.2 assists, and 4.1 rebounds this season. He performs an average of half-hour per sport, so these stats aren’t extraordinarily spectacular. Over the course of the final yr, his sport has additionally deteriorated. In comparison with final season, Kevin is scoring fewer factors this season, on a worse taking pictures share.

He has been dubbed the subsequent James Harden’ due to his scoring means. Nonetheless, he has a variety of room to enhance.

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