How’d He Do That: Tyreke Evans’ Triple Double
Even before the Kings’ game against the Raptors started, it was a big night for Tyreke Evans. Wednesday night, the Sacramento Kings held a ceremony for Tyreke Evans in order to show their support for his Rookie of the Year candidacy. There were t-shirts given out, video presentations and a special introduction for Tyreke Evans. Evans responded to all of the love by posting his very first triple-double of his career. Let’s take a look at each aspect of the triple-double closer.
The Assists
In my opinion, assists are the toughest stat to compile when a player is going for a triple-double. This is because it is all dependent on your teammates. You can throw some great passes, but if your teammates don’t finish they don’t count. However, if you teammates are stroking it, you can have your assist count rise really quickly, and that’s what happened last night. Out of Evans’ 10 assists, only 4 of them were inside 10 feet, and the three that were at the rim were in transition:
