Basketball

LaMelo Ball becomes first top-3 pick since 2013 to go scoreless in NBA debut

Subsequent to setting history close by brother Lonzo at the NBA Draft, LaMelo Ball set an alternate sort of history on Wednesday. In his official NBA debut, Ball completed scoreless in 16 minutes, becoming the first top-3 pick since 2013 to score zero points in his introduction, per Elias Sports.

That latest model was Otto Porter Jr., in Washington. The solitary other top-three picks to be held scoreless in the last 15 seasons were Hasheem Thabeet with the Grizzlies in 2009 and Greg Oden with the Trailblazers in 2008.

On Wednesday, Ball’s last detail line in those 16 minutes was zero focuses on five field objective endeavors, three of those coming from three. He additionally got done with three helps, two takes, one bounce back, three turnovers and two fouls.

Ball was additionally held scoreless in his preseason debut, however doled out a small bunch of garish helps and pulled down 10 bounce back, as yet figuring out how to have an effect.