Ayo Dosunmu’s Top Five Games By Game Score as Rookie
No one could have anticipated Ayo Dosunmu making the impact he did as a rookie. Much was made about the Bulls not having a first-round pick in the 2021 draft, but the homegrown Dosunmu soon made that a moot point. Taken 38th overall in the second round, he slowly but surely built up his production to the point where he was selected to the Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star Weekend. In 77 regular-season games, the All-Rookie Second Team selection averaged 8.8 points, was eighth in the rookie rankings with a 3.3 assists average and stood out defensively among those same rookies.
John Hollinger’s Game Score allows us to measure how productive a player is during any given contest. Dosunmu’s top five scores for the season happened from Jan. 15 to Feb. 11. For that particular span, he led all rookies with 6.9 assists a game and had a scoring average of 11.8. Hopefully, he’ll have plenty of stretches like that going forward and maybe even improve on those numbers.
Here the aforementioned five games with Dosunmu’s top game scores
5. Feb. 4: 122–115 win at Indiana — 15 points, 14 assists, two steals, 6 of 9 from the field; 19.3 Game Score
4. Jan. 24: 111–110 win at Oklahoma City — 24 points, five rebounds, eight assists, one block, 10 of 14 from the field; 20.6 Game Score
3. Jan. 19: 117–104 win vs. Cleveland — 18 points, three rebounds, eight assists, two steals, 7 of 8 from the field; 20.7 Game Score
2. Feb. 11: 134–122 win vs. Minnesota — 14 points, four rebounds, 10 assists, three steals, 6 of 7 from the field
- Jan. 15: 114–112 loss at Boston — 21 points, four rebounds, 10 assists, 9 of 10 from the field
