Immanuel Quickley had a night on Tuesday.
Not just any other night, but a Wilt Chamberlain kind of evening.
The former Kentucky Wildcats star put on a show in the Raptors’ 145-127 win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., leading Toronto with 40 points on 11-for-13 shooting from the field to go along with 10 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in 34 minutes of action.
Quickley’s performance made him just the second player in the history of the NBA to have at least 40 points and 10 dimes, while shooting 80% or better from the floor in a game. Chamberlain was the first one to do it, and he accomplished that monster stat line three times, according to ESPN Insights.
The 26-year-old Quickley’s torching of the Warriors must felt good for Toronto, which invested a lot of stock in him.
It was also quite a way for him to bounce back from a thud in a 110-93 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday, when he scored just 9 points in 29 minutes of floor duty.
The Raptors acquired Quickley from a trade with the New York Knicks in 2023 and signed him to a 5-year, $175 million contract in 2024.
