Dont look now but Yuta Watanabe ranks as

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Dont look now but Yuta Watanabe ranks as

Yuta Watanabe hasn't started a game for the Nets yet this season. But he's finished 11 of them.Watanabe has been one of the most reliable players down the stretch of games not only for the Nets, but throughout the entire league. The team has leaned heavily on him amid their six-game winning streak, and he has performed every time he's been called on.Not only has he been in the team's closing lineup for every game since returning from injury on December 10, he is third on the team in DeAndre Hopkins Jersey fourth quarter minutes behind only Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.He has earned that level of trust from the coaching staff because of how he has elevated his game in high leverage situations.MORE: Watanabe has seemingly turned up his game in the fourth quarter of games. He's leading the league in fourth quarter 3-point shooting by a gigantic margin, of players that have taken at least 15 attempts.Yuta Watanabe 68.4%Damion Lee 56.8%Luke Kennard 56.3%Trey Murphy III 54.8%Seth Curry 54.5%While other players crumble down the stretch, Watanabe Chris Banjo Jersey has been at his best under pre sure.According to , he has been the 22nd-most clutch player in the league out of 514 tracked players.Players he ranks include LeBron James, Jimmy Butler and Jayson Tatum. Yes, you read that right. No, it's not a typo.Want examples? He hit a ma sively clutch 3-pointer against his former team, the Raptors, with only 14.1 seconds left, to give the Nets a one-point lead on Friday.Yuta the CLUTCH shoota! Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) He followed that up with another big Zach Ertz Jersey time 3 in a four-point game late in the fourth quarter on Sunday.Big-time triple from Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) Watanabe hasn't only won games late with his shooting. His hustle and intelligence have been huge factors in Nets wins. He fed Ben Simmons Arizona Cardinals Home Office for an easy dunk late in Friday's game.Watanabe's solid play against his former team had his former coach, Nick Nurse, rueing the franchise's decision to let him go as a free agent last summer.We did our best with him," Nurse told reporters after the lo s. "I keep saying it was hard. He was really good and then not so good, and dealt with a lot of injuries and sickne s. So it was hard to decide if we were going to continue. We didnt."Watanabe also earlier in the season, during the team's 136-133 win over the Pacers on Dec. 10. He's played great defense down the stretch of games too.All of those factors have led to the Nets having a 6-1 record in the clutch games that Watanabe has played in this season. He has quietly been one of Tanner Vallejo Jersey their most pivotal players during winning time.
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