{"id":37029,"date":"2021-02-03T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=37029"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:03:41","slug":"fred-vanvleet-scores-toronto-raptors-franchise-high-54-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/02\/03\/fred-vanvleet-scores-toronto-raptors-franchise-high-54-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred VanVleet Scores Toronto Raptors\u2019 Franchise-High 54 Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanvlfr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fred VanVleet<\/a><\/strong> was the story of Tuesday\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\">Orlando Magic<\/a>. As a result, the Toronto Raptors won two-straight games and are now ninth in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Toronto Raptors\u2019 Fred VanVleet Scores 54 Points against the Orlando Magic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to Tim Bontemps of <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/toronto-raptors-fred-vanvleet-scores-54-points-break\/story?id=75648970\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>, VanVleet became the only undrafted player in NBA history to score 54 points. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/malonmo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moses Malone<\/a><\/strong> was the previous record-holder with 53 points. He also passed four-time NBA All-Star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/derozde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a><\/strong> as having the most points in one game in franchise history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to my brotha Freddy V! Kyle old ass couldn\u2019t do it. Glad you did champ! Been telling you!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeMar_DeRozan\/status\/1356793964226093058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeRozan had 52 points against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/bucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Jan. 1, 2018. VanVleet ranks second in Raptors&#8217; history for most three-pointers made in one game with 11. This is what <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lowryky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Lowry<\/a><\/strong> said about VanVleet\u2019s accomplishment against the Magic, according to Bontemps:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight is really special, because it came from a kid who was undrafted, worked his way to an NBA player and an NBA starter, and possibly this year an All-Star and possibly an All-Defensive Player. That&#8217;s what makes it really special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet finished the game 17-for-23 from the field, 11-for-14 from the three-point line, and 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. He also had three rebounds, two assists, three steals, and three blocks in 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Also, VanVleet is having a career-year in points and rebounds per game in the 2020-21 NBA season. He is averaging 20.4 points, 6.2 assists, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game. He is also averaging a career-high in free-throw percentage, which is currently at 88.1 percent. It is remarkable how great VanVleet has become as a player. He went from an undrafted player to a possible NBA All-Star. He is probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, pickup in Raptors franchise history.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Overview of VanVleet Scoring 54 Points against the Orlando Magic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Raptors are now only a game back of seventh and eighth place in the Eastern Conference. This was after a dismal 1-6 start, a record in which only one NBA team rebounded to make the playoffs since 2001, according to Alexandro Fidanza of <a href=\"https:\/\/raptorsrapture.com\/2021\/01\/08\/toronto-raptors-past-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raptors Rapture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They will be looking to continue this momentum against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/nets\/\" target=\"_self\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Friday. The Nets are currently second in the Eastern Conference with a 14-9 record. They will face familiar faces from previous NBA Playoff battles against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong> and the 2019 NBA Finals against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors\/status\/1356814430202458115<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"BG2ghJ6KRe1d4nTvKrGE3w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1198213536\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BG2ghJ6KRe1d4nTvKrGE3w',sig:'KcU4UG2FeaOaoQICxDrPJQfmDqI-bkufWlbwxjudEeY=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1198213536',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred VanVleet was the story of Tuesday\u2019s game against the Orlando Magic. As a result, the Toronto Raptors won two-straight games and are now ninth in the Eastern Conference. Toronto Raptors\u2019 Fred VanVleet Scores 54 Points against the Orlando Magic According to Tim Bontemps of ABC News, VanVleet became the only undrafted player in NBA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":37058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1608,62],"tags":[350,1244,2145,136,318],"class_list":["post-37029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raptors","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-demar-derozan","tag-fred-vanvleet","tag-moses-malone","tag-orlando-magic","tag-toronto-raptors"],"modified_by":"Carl Knauf, Department Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}