The rise of the 24-year-old rookie in the Trail Blazers worries Curry! Does Yang Hansen look up to him?

The point guard position is full of injuries. As an undrafted rookie, Caleb Love seized the rare opportunity to move up. On November 22, the Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors 127-123 on the road. Love acted as a substitute. He played 38 minutes, 9 of 20 shots, 6 of 14 three-pointers, and contributed 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. Especially in the final quarter of the game, he scored 11 points alone, including 8 points at critical moments, including two crucial three-pointers.

The 24-year-old rookie set a new career scoring high, and he did not have any stage fright when he faced Curry for a three-pointer at the last moment. Love now only has a two-way contract. If he can continue his performance since the start of the season, it will be a matter of course for him to be promoted to a regular player and get a regular NBA contract.

Compared with the Blazers who have a strong center position, the point guard position is full of wounded soldiers. Lillard will not play this season due to injury, Henderson has not played this season due to injury, and veteran Holiday has recently been injured and sidelined. As a result, the Trail Blazers are short-handed at the point guard position and have to use two-way contract players to support the situation. Sissoko entered the starting lineup in this game and played 23 minutes. His performance was remarkable, scoring 15 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Rookie Love even got 38 minutes of playing time, ranking second in the team's playing time, second only to Avdija, who played 40 minutes. In this game, Avdija contributed 26 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists and 1 block. He took on many offensive organizing tasks.

Love played as a backup point guard. He came on the court in the middle of the first quarter and scored a three-pointer and a floater. In the second quarter, Love scored a layup, then a three-pointer, then fouled Moody and made two free throws. Love scored 12 points in the first half.

In the third quarter of the game, after coming on the field, he helped the Blazers set off a counterattack. He assisted Klingen to make a three-pointer, and then Klingen assisted him to make a three-pointer. At the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, Love assisted Sissoko to score consecutively. With 8 minutes and 35 seconds left in the final quarter, Love made a three-pointer to help the Trail Blazers lead 107 to 102 by 5 points. With 4 minutes and 58 seconds left in the final quarter, with the Warriors catching up to only 2 points behind, Love broke through and scored on a throw.

With 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the final quarter, Love made a three-pointer to help the Warriors lead 122-118 by 4 points. With 29.2 seconds left in the game, Love threw another three-pointer to help the Trail Blazers lead 125-120 by 5 points. Curry made two three-pointers in the last 2 minutes, but Love also made two three-pointers during this time.

There is no doubt that Love was the contributor to the Blazers' win in this game. He was heartbroken. Love is a two-way contract player and usually has to travel between the G League and the NBA. Due to the current number of injuries at the Trail Blazers point guard position, Love has basically been playing in the NBA since the start of the season. I have to say that Love is a lucky man. Although he was undrafted in the draft, God gave him a chance to counterattack. Before this game, Love played 7 games with the Trail Blazers, averaging 13.6 minutes per game, 5.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists. As a rookie with a two-way contract, putting up such data is pretty good. And this game against the Warriors may change Love's fate.

At least until Holiday and Henderson return, Love will return to more playing time. Zeng Lingxu, the former national player and commentator of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team, commented on Love, who plays the role of a surprise player, on Weibo. He wrote: "Trail Blazer Love, a player with a two-way contract, is on the G League team's roster with Yang Hansen! He seized the opportunity today! Career night."

Love's rise will also give Yang Hansen some inspiration, that is, to always be ready to play, patiently wait for the opportunity to play, and firmly grasp the opportunity once it arises. (Text/Li Huanyu)