Ryan logged 19 minutes and 23 seconds off the bench tonight.
His stat line:
Points: 14 Assists: 3 Rebounds: 4 Steals: 4
Field Goals: 6/12
Three-Point: 1/4
Free Throws: 1/2
Plus/Minus: +12
For a rookie playing just his second game off the bench? More than solid.
Especially in the fourth quarter—he went 5-for-6, scoring 11 points, a very impressive showing.
But compared to the absurd fireworks of his debut—35 points in a single quarter—tonight felt… quieter. Not bad, just not headline-grabbing.
And then, of course, there was the quote.
At the postgame press conference, after last game, Ryan looked straight into the cameras and said,
"Forty-plus? I can do it. No problem."
That made tonight's 14 feel underwhelming by comparison.
Some fans even wondered: did the media mishear him? Maybe he said fourteen, not forty?
So they went back and pulled the clip.
Watched it again. And again.