American basketball fans are going wild for an Aussie international who plays on the Philadelphia 76ers — and it’s not Ben Simmons.
“Thybulle has been the guy. The block shot of the three-point attempt of Steph Curry, individually getting it done,” said ABC’s Mark Jackson in commentary.“Named after the French artist, Henri Matisse, the great painter. He’s quite the artist himself on the court,” added commentator Jeff Van Gundy.At full-time, Thybulle said he and teammate Joel Embiid had done their homework on Curry.
Embiid said the performance proved Thybulle was “probably the best perimeter defender in the league.”Even Warriors coach Steve Kerr was full of praise for Thybulle. “I thought he was fantastic defensively. He’s a rare combination of length and athleticism and brains. He did as good of a job on Steph as anybody I’ve seen in a long time,” Kerr said.— Joe Viray Thybulle has been a huge thorn for Curry.If Matisse Thybulle can become just a solid 3-point shooter, he can be a real problem.
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