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Brandon Miller and Team Pau fall to G League Team Detlef – At The Hive
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Though Brandon Miller didn’t land in the scoring column, he did fill out most of the box score while Team Pau suffered an upset loss to Team Detlef, 41-36.
Reminder; the Rising Stars format consists of a tournament between four teams of seven, with the first round being two games with a target score of 40, and then the winner of each playing in a championship game with a target score of 25. Miller was a member of Team Pau alongside Victor Wembanyama, Jabari Smith Jr., Jaime Jaquez Jr., Brandin Podziemski, Cason Wallace and Bilal Coulibaly. Team Pau faced Team Detlef in the second game of the first round.
Not long after tip, Miller started off his night by hoisting a transition three off his own steal on the second possession of the game. Our rookie wasted no time getting involved. He’d add a block before he checked out, but started 0-2 from the field in his first stint.
Team Detlef, aka the G League team, obviously had a little bit more to play for tonight. The G Leaguers built a commanding 25-13 lead with Orlando Magic Two-Way guard Mac McClung leading the charge, clearly exceeding the effort level of Team Pau (understandably). Wemby was playing well but that was about it, and Team Detlef had a ton of offensive boards.
While Miller sat, Team Pau stormed back to make it 29-28. Miller came back in to close the game, going 0-2 on one possession missing a floater and the ensuing tip-in. Team Pau stuck around with the game in the balance, the G League team prevailed in the end. McClung was fouled on a 3-point attempt, went 2-3 at the line with a chance to win it, and then Matas Buzelis of G League Ignite walked it off with a 15-foot turnaround a few possessions later.
Miller’s overall stat line in 11 minutes played, despite not registering a bucket nor a lob to Wemby; 0-4 FG, 2 REB, 0 AST, 1 BLK and 2 STL.
The Rising Stars game used to be an underrated part of All-Star Weekend to me but it’s really lost its luster in recent years. This format isn’t bad, but nothing beats the classic 2000s era Rookies vs. Sophomores game with players donning the uniforms of their respective teams. Sorry, NBA, but a few tweaks would really rejuvenate this event.
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