Champagnie’s 26 is the best game of his career
Julian Champagnie had 26 points and 3 steals on 10 for 14 shooting in 24 minutes, and the Spurs beat the Nets 126-110.
His Performance Score of +14.7 is the best of his 232 games, better than 99.3% of all player games since 2015-16.
He scored 14 of his 26 in the second quarter. He went 4 for 5 at the rim and 6 for 9 from 3. His 26 points from the field came on 14 shots, 9.5 more than the league scores from the same zones. De'Aaron Fox set up 3 of his 10 baskets. He scored 21 of his 26 after the game was decided.
His old best, +12.8, was 36 points on 11 for 17 shooting in 36 minutes, a 134-132 win over New York on Dec. 31.