Pistons guard Malachi Flynn becomes 3rd player to score 50 points off the bench

Pistons guard Malachi Flynn exploded for a career-high 50 factors off the bench in Detroit’s 121-113 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Flynn’s 50 are probably the most factors scored off the bench in franchise historical past, surpassing Richard Hamilton’s 38 factors on Feb. 7, 2009. He scored 33 factors within the second half.

The efficiency ties Flynn for the second-most factors off the bench in NBA historical past, behind solely Jamal Crawford’s 51 factors on April 9, 2019, and makes him solely the third bench participant ever to succeed in the half-century mark off the bench. Nick Anderson scored 50 on April 23, 1993.

Flynn, whose earlier profession excessive was 27, was 18-for-25 from the ground and 9-for-12 on the line. He additionally had a season-high six rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in 34 minutes.

“It’s powerful (to place in perspective) as a result of on the finish of the day you need to win,” Flynn stated. “But it surely does really feel good to type of take within the second. I’m positive a few days from now, it can really feel actually good.”

Flynn didn’t first verify into the sport till the 5:38 mark of the primary quarter and nonetheless discovered a technique to turn into simply the tenth participant this season to succeed in the 50-point mark.

Flynn, who has averaged 5.2 factors per sport for his profession, has the bottom scoring common of any participant with a 50-point sport in NBA historical past.