Nan for 50 Hayes-Davies: “It’s very difficult and he made it look easy, he would put more people in the NBA”

The Euroleague points record is now held by Nigel Hayes-Daviessince with them 50 points who scored against Alba Berlin, surpassed the 49 that had been recorded by Shane Larkin against Bayern, in the 2019-2020 season.

Stars of the event commented on this tremendous achievement.

The first question they were asked was how hard it is to score 50 points in a Euroleague game and why, and then the question was what is the equivalent number of points in the NBA.

Nan: “It’s hard. It is very difficult and he made it look easy. And you should do it with a lot of 3-pointers. So kudos to Nigel for that, it was a big moment.

Probably at least 60 would be in the NBA. He would have more unmarked layups instead of 3-pointers. He would put more».

Mirotic: “First of all congratulations to my former teammate. I am very happy and proud of him. To be honest, I was a bit shocked, as scoring 50 points in the EuroLeague, trust me, is very difficult. So it’s worth it. It really showed how much he has improved over the last couple of seasons. I am very happy for him. Let’s say it again, he did it, he entered the books: He scored 50 points!

In my opinion it’s probably 80 points in the NBA. We discussed it with my teammates, and we think it’s around 80 points, a huge number».

Baldwin: “Too hard. You need a great shooting night to pull that off. You know 9 threes is just that. He seemed to be in a relentless state, to attack the basket and be dynamic, and Fenerbahce played exactly the way they needed to do that. They allowed him to be that player. They let him go out and break the record. I think it is good both for the organization and for the sport ».

Howard: “It is extremely difficult to score 50 points in a Euroleague game. The defense is very dynamic. Teams have a plan for how they’re going to try and stop big players. The path to the basket is very “tight”, so the difficulty is too high. So this achievement is remarkable.

I would say 70.75 points in the NBA. Too difficult».

.@NIGEL_HAYES ’50-piece was one of the most memorable moments from the 2023-24 regular season in EuroLeague…

We asked some other EuroLeague stars what they think about it??

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