'No Ingram Vacancy': Trey Murphy III Sparks Career High Season
'No Ingram Vacancy': Trey Murphy III Sparks Career High Season
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Trey Murphy III is filling Ingram's injury gap well.
The New Orleans Pelicans won 119-113 against the Chicago Bulls in the 2024-2025 NBA regular season at the United Center in Chicago on the 15th (Korea Standard Time).
New Orleans was giving up the lead until the first half of the day, but in the second half, it overturned the game and widened the score gap, beating the opponent and getting its ninth win of the season.
Zion Williams' performance, who clearly showed his presence with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists after playing for only 23 minutes, was also impressive, but the main player who made the biggest contribution was Trey Murphy III, who had 32 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, playing 36 minutes and 57 seconds, the most in the team.
Murphy, a fourth-year wingman who entered the professional stage with the 17th overall NBA draft in 2021, is more than 2 meters tall and is a resource with accurate outside shooting ability. He is a key prospect in New Orleans who usually comes off the bench and then comes up as a starter when key players such as Brandon Ingram and Zion are injured and shows good performance. 안전놀이터
This season, Murphy has averaged 21.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 25 games, the highest average since his debut, filling the void for Ingram, who has not stepped on the court since Dec. 8, 2024 due to an ankle injury.
New Orleans is currently at the bottom of the Western Conference, having experienced six consecutive losses, nine consecutive losses and 11 consecutive losses at the beginning of the season due to a pile of injury gaps in its main players, but New Orleans has set the stage for a rebound with 4 wins and 4 losses in eight games played in the new year.
If Murphy can consistently add strength to the offense like he is now and lighten the shoulders of Zion, C.J. McCollum and DeJonte Murray, New Orleans could certainly finish the season higher than it is now.