Hunter’s 27 is the best game of his career
De'Andre Hunter scored 27 points on 10 for 12 shooting in 19 minutes, but the Hawks lost to the Clippers 149-144.
His Performance Score of +15.2 is the best of his 252 games, better than 99.5% of all player games since 2015-16.
He scored 11 of his 27 in the third quarter. He went 3 for 5 from 3. His 23 points from the field came on 12 shots, 9.8 more than the league scores from the same zones. Bogdan Bogdanović set up 4 of his 10 baskets.
His old best, +10.4, was 27 points and 11 rebounds on 8 for 12 shooting in 29 minutes, a 135-127 loss to Milwaukee on Nov. 20, 2019.