In a game where he tied his career-high in made threes (four) and was two points shy of setting a new career-high in scoring, it was Jalen Suggs’ defense that stood out during Orlando’s season-opener loss to the Detroit Pistons.
Although Suggs ultimately fouled out of the game Wednesday night, the second-year guard made a handful of impact plays in his 25 minutes of action.
The first notable defensive play Suggs made in this game was when he stopped Bojan Bogdanovic from getting a layup.
Bogdanovic uses a rip through move to beat Paolo Banchero off the dribble, but Suggs slides down from the perimeter and beats him to the rim, allowing Banchero to recover in time to make a play on the ball.