It appeared as though the Miami Heat faithful and Philadelphia 76ers supporters would not be having a pleasant Christmas game. Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler were both sidelined, which may have led to a dull game. However, Jaime Jaquez Jr. stopped it all from occurring. He faced off against Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr., a deadly scoring tandem for the Sixers. Right from the start, the performance was intense and left no room for disappointment.After Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s incredible scoring spree, comments such as “He’s like a Jimmy Butler with growth serum” began to circulate. Even at 22, he is performing like Butler was at 28.

A few ardent Heat supporters even implored Coach Erik Spoelstra, saying, “Jaime Jaquez Jr. should already start for the Heat permanently.”

It seems like the Heat rookie is deserving of all of these accolades. At all three scoring levels, he scored a career-high 31 points at a 73% shooting percentage. His ten rebounds enable him to dominate while dismantling the glass. With these, he became just the fifth rookie in NBA Christmas Day history to record a double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds. Patrick Ewing is among the names in those star constellations, according to StatMuse.

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Tyrese Maxey, Kelly Oubre Jr., and Tobias Harris of the Sixers combined for 64 points, but he outscored them all. It helped a little from his own Heat backups, Tyler Herro, who finished with 22 points and five assists, and Bam Adebayo, who recorded a huge 26 points and 15 rebounds.

The Heat rookie had previously accomplished this feat. “Jaquez has a bigger impact on a playoff team than Chet and Wemby idc, Chet should be third and Wemby second and Jaquez first,” he may even be frightening some members of his draft class.

Big claims are always made following an outburst. However, it appears that this Heat performance is different. Spoelstra’s rookie took up the challenge when the team needed a star and Jimmy Butler wasn’t available. When the injury reports surfaced, there might not have been a lot of stars available. But this night was undoubtedly the birth of a star.

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