Basketball News:Brandon Jennings explodes for 55
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
There are some fans out there, along with many writers and coaches, that believe that Blake Griffin already has the ROY trophy sitting above his fireplace on the mantle proving what everyone thinks about him being a type of Patrick Ewing of the new age of the NBA.
Brandon Jennings is here to serve notice that he is one rookie that is just not going to lay down and allow Blake to walk off with the trophy.
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Brandon Jennings just missed Wilt Chamberlains all time rookie single game record of 58 with a Buck Rookie high of 55.
Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor and who became the highest-scorer in
NBA history, held the franchise record for points in a game by a rookie with
51, which he scored on February 21, 1970.But Jennings, who didn’t even score in the first quarter, lifted his name
among the greats with a virtuoso performance, sinking 21-of-34 shots,
including 7-of-8 from three-point range.He scored 29 in the third and fell just two points shy of Michael Redd’s
franchise record for points in a game. Jennings was also just three points off
the NBA record for points in a game by a rookie, as Wilt Chamberlain scored 58
points twice in his first year.
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Brandon Jennings is coached by Scott Skiles and Skiles is a man that knows a little something about scoring as he put up 25 a game as a senior with Michigan State University, before the 3 point shot was available. He has complete confidence in Brandon’s game and allows him to stay on the court and make mistakes that other coaches would pull him out of the game for doing. This has really elevated the confidence of Brandon in his own game.
The 55 points by Brandon reminded Coach Skiles of a game with Michael Jordon when he got hot.
Tags:Brandon Jennings, jennings-55, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA Basketball, scott-skiles“I was in a game when Michael had over 60 once. I don’t know exactly what to say,” Skiles said immediately after the victory. “(Jennings) felt we needed to be picked up and we went to our pick-and-roll game and spread the floor and he got hot again.”
Center Andrew Bogut wasn’t so sure.
“I don’t think we were working the roll game, I think we were just working the pick game,” Bogut said. “He was doing a hell of a job shooting the ball.”