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J.J. Barea's scoring streak may result from a little extra motivation

Puerto Rican J.J. Barea scored 27 points as the Dallas Mavericks won against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. According to ESPN Stats & Info, he became the seventh player born in a Latin American country to score 20 points in four straight games and the first to do so since Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks" target="_blank">Atlanta Hawks did so in December 2013:

Most 4-Game Streaks with 20 Points - Latin-American Born Players

Country of Birth

Rolando Blackman 34 Panama

Manu Ginobili 4 Argentina

Al Horford 2 Dominican Republic

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