When we last spoke, the were 2-1 through three games, and Sasser was a few seconds short of logging 24 total minutes. In the five games since then, he’s averaging 24.8 minutes per game, and while the team is 0-5 over that stretch, Sasser has looked like one of the Pistons’ best players overall.
In those 24.8 minutes, Sasser is tallying 12.4 points (54.5% on 4.4 3PA), 3.8 assists (0.4 turnovers), and 1.6 steals per game. Those three-point numbers are astonishing, especially when you consider the outlier 1-for-5 game it included most recently.
Looking a little closer, his three-point numbers on the season (51.