Oklahoma City Thunders Jaylin Williams may not receive the attention that his teammate Jalen Williams gets.
But the third year’s inner presence has opened a few eyes late with two triple dubbles during the last six matches. He will look to continue his driving of luck to Friday’s play against the visiting Charlotte Hornets.
Jaylin Williams comes from the best game in his career, a 19-point, 17-Rebound. 11-Assistant performance in Oklahoma City’s 133-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.
That victory came with a seriously exhausted range without players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein and Luguentz Dort and opened the door for more opportunities for Jaylin Williams.
But during the last 13 matches of the season, Jaylin Williams looks to strengthen a place in the rotation after the season for Thunder.
During his last six matches, Williams is an average of 7.2 points, 7.5 returns and 4.0 assists in almost 21 minutes per match.
“I play with some really good players who will get me very open,” Williams said. “When I get the open looks I want to beat them, so it was one of my emphasizes this summer.”
After a slow start beyond the arch, Williams shoots better than 40 percent on 3-score during its last row.
He credited the Thunder coach Mark Daigneault for building his trust.
Jaylin Williams missed the first 27 matches of the season with a hamstrings injury.
When he was getting ready to check in for the first time this season, Jaylin Williams saw at Daigneault and told him he was a little nervous.
“Slide the first one you get,” Daigneault told him.
“What just shows the kind of coach land is,” he said. “When you get that trust from your head coach, it’s the best in the world.”
However, Thunder (57-12) will have a little more help on Friday, as Gilgeous-Alexander and Hartenstein are expected to play.
Dort (right hip impingement) and the jale Williams (right hip stem) remain outside.
Oklahoma City enters the competition on a winning line with four games and has won 11 of its last 12.
Thunder is 25-1 against eastern conference opponents this season.
Charlotte won for the fourth time in her last seven matches on Thursday night and beat Knicks 115-98 at home behind 25 points and eight assists from Lamelo Ball.
Hornet’s coach Charles Lee’s feeling to work to turn the team sounded like much of what Daigneault said when Thunder underwent the rebuilding process.
“I think the process is the most important part and maintains that process,” Lee said. “If there is a good process and a bad result. I can sleep a little on that front. That’s when you have poor process-poor results, they are they who really eat on you.”
Ball has not played both ends of a back-to-back since November,
Hornets (18-51) is only 3-9 this season on the back of a back-to-back.
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