Game 5 tip off

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It was the first punch to the face for a Purdue team that had cruised in their first four games of the season, scoring over 90 points in each contest. Also, they collapsed under the weight of Jaden Ivey who for the second time this weekend took over a stretch of the second half with his athleticism and playmaking.

This time it was Ivey drawing the Nova defenders and finding his true freshman Caleb Furst. With Ivey these plays happen in a blink: a drive from the top of the key, freezing the defense before whipping a pass inside to a wide open Furst for a two-handed dunk.

A fast break where Ivey pulled in two defenders and dumped it to the right where Furst was able to gather and finish going full speed at the rim. Then it was Ivey pushing in transition, drawing the defense into him again, and kicking it out to the left corner where Furst showed off his diversity of skills.

The true freshman big knocked down his only three-point attempt of the game and pushed the lead to with just over 2 minutes remaining in the game. None of those plays were the most impressive for Furst, who finished the game a perfect from the field, scoring 12 points to go with 4 rebounds.

The freshman has shown an ability to do everything on the floor. Tom Moore: NBA source: The idea of trading Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris together would allow the Sixers to acquire a power forward in return, expanding the pool of possible players they could get. Primary goal is still dealing Simmons and 76ers Chris Grier becomes what the lawyers would call prima facie evidence of institutional dysfunction.

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