ORLANDO – While Evan Fournier continues to be scorching hot from the perimeter, particularly from 20 to 24 feet away from the basket where he’s shooting nearly 56 percent, Markelle Fultz has been sizzling from a little closer to the hoop.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound point guard has made 54.5 percent of his 22 attempts from between 10 and 14 feet out.
How impressive is that?
The only players in the entire league who have taken more shots from this range than Fultz and are shooting a better percentage, per Second Spectrum tracking data, are Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton (57.