In Saturday night’s win over the LaMelo Ball-led Charlotte Hornets, the Brooklyn Nets forward Yuta Watanabe had 11 points, five rebounds and a career-high five steals off the bench.
It was the most steals in a game for a Net this season and the first five-steal game for the team off the bench since Caris LeVert on Feb. 8, 2019, against the Chicago Bulls.
“I didn’t know I had five,” Watanabe said. “I was able to develop my game because coaching started trusting me, giving me a lot of minutes. So I don’t know how I got five steals, but I’m glad that I got them.”
