Antonio Reeves didn’t understand on the time what sort of warm streak he changed into on.
After all, he changed into simply doing what he has recognized a way to do due to the fact that taking all the ones jumpers he took as a child developing up in Chicago.
And for Reeves, the New Orleans Pelicans’ rookie guard, the ones jumpers simply stored going in.
It changed into a memorable 2½ recreation stretch for Reeves, beginning with ultimate Friday’s recreation towards the Minnesota Timberwolves and finishing with Monday’s recreation towards the Philadelphia 76ers.
Reeves went an excellent five-for-five from the ground in Minneapolis, together with flattening his lone 3-factor strive. He then tired his best shot strive Sunday towards the Detroit Pistons, additionally a 3-pointer. And he accompanied that up via way of means of making his first six pictures towards the 76ers, together with 5 3-pointers. He in the end overlooked a shot with 7 mins left withinside the fourth quarter. But now no longer earlier than making 12 consecutive pictures whilst he changed into in a quarter that he didn’t even realize he changed into in.
Reeves additionally grew up admiring fellow Chicago local Derrick Rose, the NBA’s MVP withinside the 2010-’eleven season. Reeves could watch Rose’s video games at the tv in his grandmother’s kitchen. Reeves, like Rose, attended Simeon High School in Chicago, a basketball powerhouse that has produced NBA gamers like Nick Anderson, Jabari Parker, the overdue Ben Wilson and previous LSU women’s basketball supermegacelebrity Aneesah Morrow. Now Reeves is doing his component to turn out to be a family name, too.
His teammates like what they’ve visible so far. When Elfird Payton is going to the fitness center to get a few greater photographs up, Reeves is normally there.
