Ranking Andre Drummond’s 10 best games of career
By Eric Black
3. March 29, 2015 – Loss at Miami
The line: 14/17, 32 points, 14 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 33.3 Game Score
Reggie Jackson and Drummond combined for 26-of-34 shooting and 63 points. The rest of the squad? 14-for-49 and 39 points. Ouch.
The next year, the Pistons had much better luck and made the playoffs. This team had 34-year-old Tayshaun Prince play 23 minutes. Before we all knew who Spencer Dinwiddie could be, he went 0-for-5 in this game from the floor. Jodie Meeks was this team’s sixth man. Remember Shawne Williams? Of course you don’t, he’s Shawne Williams.
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Needless to say, Drummond was one of the few bright spots on this struggling team. He tied a career high in Field Goals Made with 14, but playing against a 34-year-old Udonis Haslem certainly helped. If you’ve seen Haslem run recently, it looks like he’s got boots on because of how slow he is. Going up against a 21 year old Andre Drummond proved to be a tall order.
The problem is Haslem also went 8-for-13 from the field which negated a lot of what Drummond did on offense. The Heat really struggled outside of Dwyane Wade and Haslem and Detroit did not have a perimeter threat who could match Wade’s output, despite Jackson’s 31 points.
Miami led for over 32 minutes in this game, aided by Wade’s 40 point game and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope‘s lack of efficiency. 4-for-15 from the field and 0-for-6 from three. But, hey at least he’s trying I suppose, unlike Caron Butler‘s 0-for-1 performance from the field. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, which either Michael Scott or Wayne Gretzky has said, but I’m not sure.