Lebron and Westbrook praise Chris Duarte’s play

Wednesday night’s game betweenLos angeles lakersandIndiana PacersIt did not end in the way the latter wanted, but for the DominicanChris Duarte, this meeting was a validation of the effort and talent that led him to theNBA.

Not only did he have the opportunity to face a player whom he has admired since young as he isLebron James, but was the protagonist of an exciting match that had to be decided in overtime, despite not having started the game as a starter.Duartehe scored 17 points playing off the bench, after several games in which he had been underperformed, as a result of recovering from a shoulder injury.

With the headlines of thePacersreturning to their positions after spending time injured, the minutes ofDuarteThey have been reduced, but in games like last night, the Dominican proves his worth and that has been seen by high-level players, such as Lebron James himself and his teammateRussell westbrook.

At the post-match press conference, journalist James Boyd questioned the two stars of theLakersabout the game shown by the Dominican and both had only positive comments to refer to it.

“He is a tremendous player. He is going to be one of the great scorers in this league and the shot he made was quite difficult, “he said.Westbrook, referring to a complicated shot of three thatDuartehe managed to score from one of the corners of the court to send the game into overtime.

Lebron, for his part, spoke about the first time he had the opportunity to seeDuarteduring one of the workouts leading up to this year’s Rookie Draft alongside the Lakers.

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“He is a rookie in the sense that he was recently drafted but he is way above his years, his experience and the opportunity to play internationally has definitely given him an advantage,” he began by saying.James.

“We had the 22nd pick in this year’s draft and we had training with him at our facilities, he didn’t miss a shot. I thought ‘there’s no way we’re going to get this guy.’ He is very good, very mature, great shot, he plays like a 24-year-old player that he is, Indiana has a good one ”, he concluded.

Duarte, in turn, spoke about the honor that represents for him to have the opportunity to face players likeLebron JamesandCarmelo anthony, whom he grew up watching and admiring since childhood.

In 18 games during the season,Chris Duarteaverages 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. He makes 42.2 percent of his shots from the field and 37.9% from the 3-point line.

 

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