Baba Miller, another Spaniard from Real Madrid who shines in the NBA: recital of a total player

Baba Miller has known how to wait his turn to start making himself heard in an NBA in which he will give a lot to talk about with his exuberance as a player. When it seemed that for the Mallorcan there were only the so-called garbage minutes left in the Clippers, the Real Madrid youth player has begun to earn quality minutes and last night he was everywhere in the Los Angeles team’s beating of the New Orleans Pelicans (139-123).

Miller, 22 years old and 2.11 tall, scored his best performance in the NBA so far with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in 20 minutes. The Spanish international did not have his most successful shooting series with 3/9 in field goals and 0/2 in triples, although he made all 6 of his free throws – also a result of his aggressiveness in attacking – and became omnipresent in both attack and defense.

The loss due to injury of Isaiah Jackson – the Clippers’ starting center – opened the doors for Baba, as well as Brook Lopez’s foul problems. The former Real Madrid player is the third center in Tyronn Lue’s rotation and knew how to take advantage of the opportunity to earn the coach’s praise.

“I liked his energy, his ability to make plays on the dribble, to get to the rim and the paint and defensively to change, to play in drops, to blitz (a coverage where the player with the ball is 2×1). It was all purpose, he was able to do a little of everything. With Isaiah (Jackson) out and Brook (Lopez) with fouls, he played a lot of minutes. He is learning lessons during the season, but he did a great job,” highlighted the Clippers coach.

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