By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Paolo Banchero keeps on being one of the best players in the 2022-23 NBA Regular Season, and the Italian rookie has registered a historical achievement.
He joined LeBron James as the only teenager in NBA history to record 30+ points and 15+ rebounds in a game.
Despite losing 126-123 against the Sacramento Kings with a clutch three-point buzzer-beater by De’Aaron Fox, the Duke product put up his career-high in scoring with 33 points.
He also grabbed 15 rebounds (another career-high), shooting 14/26 from the field and being perfect from the free-throw line (5/5).
He also became the second-fastest rookie in Orlando Magic history to score 30 points in a game after Shaquille O’Neal.
The first pick in the 2022 NBA Draft is currently averaging 22.9 points and 8.4 rebounds, being the early favorite for the Rookie of the Year Award.
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