The Philadelphia 76ers got a nice 100-89 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night, and Furkan Korkmaz had a massive impact for the Sixers.
The 22-year-old came off the bench and absolutely went off. He was legitimately on fire, at one point making four straight 3-pointers, helping spark a 35-24 third quarter that propelled the Sixers to the win.
By the time the final buzzer sounded, Korkmaz had a career-high 24 points on 6-of-9 shooting from 3. He actually put eight 3-pointers through the net but had two wiped out by whistles. One occurred when the Sixers had six players on the court, and the other was on a borderline illegal screen call on Al Horford.
Ben Simmons, who had a good game himself with 20 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists, took to Twitter to celebrate Korkmaz’s big game.
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— Ben Simmons (@BenSimmons25) January 18, 2020
Goat-maz indeed.
Korkmaz’s lights-out shooting will deservedly garner the headlines, but he contributed in other ways Friday night. He had an impressive drive and dunk and a nice floater, grabbed four rebounds, and got a block and drew a charge on defense.
It was an impressive performance from Korkmaz, and he’s getting some much-deserved love from his teammates. [lawrence-related id=23719,23712,23702,23688]