Gillespie heats up from 3 after Green's exit.

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00:00Have you seen Colin Gillespie's stunning performance for the Phoenix Suns?

00:04On Saturday the Phoenix Suns turned to Colin Gillespie for additional scoring

00:08after his teammate Jalen Green left the game against the Los Angeles Clippers

00:13due to a hamstring injury late in the first quarter.

00:16In the first half, Gillespie made a significant impact by hitting four three-pointers,

00:21which equaled his career high for a single game.

00:24Notably, he scored three of those three-pointers in the final 319 of the half,

00:28contributing to a strong 19-4 run by Phoenix that allowed them to establish a 14-point lead by

00:35halftime. Devin Booker played a key role in this surge, providing assists on two of Gillespie's

00:41last three-pointers, and he recorded a total of seven assists in the first half. However,

00:47Gillespie struggled in the second half, missing all four of his three-point attempts. Despite this,

00:52he remained a crucial part of Phoenix's offensive efforts in their 114-103 victory.

00:58Head coach Jordan Ott has emphasized the importance of Gillespie being more assertive

01:03with his shooting, especially, given that he entered the game with a shooting percentage

01:06of 37.9% on an average of 6.4 attempts per game. Gillespie's journey has been remarkable,

01:15especially considering he went undrafted in 2022 and spent most of his first season recovering from

01:21a leg fracture. Gillespie played two seasons on a two-way contract, initially, with the Denver

01:27Nuggets before joining the Phoenix Suns last year. In the first half, Gillespie was not the only Suns

01:32player making an impact from beyond the arc off the bench. Jordan Goodwin successfully made both of

01:38his attempts in five minutes, while Royce O'Neal contributed with two additional three-pointers.

01:43Entering this game, Phoenix was leading the Western Conference and ranked fourth in the NBA for the

01:48average number of three-point attempts per game, with a rate of 43.2 attempts and a shooting percentage

01:54of 37.5%. On the other hand, the Los Angeles team struggled significantly, managing only one

02:02successful three-pointer out of 14 attempts in the first half, with James Harden being the sole player

02:07to score from deep, making one out of five attempts. Do you think Gillespie can maintain this level of

02:12consistency in the upcoming games?

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