[autotag]Kyle Filipowski[/autotag]’s professional basketball career isn’t even a full month old and he’s already put together multiple 20-point games.
The former Duke basketball star scored 26 points for the Utah Jazz during a 97-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons in an NBA Summer League game on Sunday. He erupted for 16 points in the second quarter, giving him 24 at the midway point after he buried three 3-pointers.
Filipowski also brought in 11 rebounds for a double-double, and he finished the game with four assists and two steals en route to the win.
The performance comes just four days after his first 20-point game during offseason competitions. He scored 20 and tacked on seven rebounds in a victory over the Toronto Raptors earlier in the week.
Despite ESPN Analytics thinking the Second Team All-American carried more than a 70% chance to get picked in the first round, he needed to wait until round two for the Jazz to take him off the board. If his form thus far in the Summer League is an indication, Filipowski might make teams look silly for that decision.
No. 32 pick Kyle Filipowski shines with a double-double as the @utahjazz win in their #NBA2KSummerLeague finale!
26 PTS | 11 REB | 4 AST | 2 STL | 3 3PM pic.twitter.com/kKUsNkRi3C
— NBA (@NBA) July 22, 2024
The big man, coincidentally, played alongside former North Carolina rival Armando Bacot as the two both made Utah’s summer roster. Bacot, who also started for the Jazz, finished the game with 11 points and three rebounds.