This twenty-game stretch was defined by erratic, fleeting cameos where Adou Thiero functioned less as a reliable rotation piece and more as a chaotic spark plug who often short-circuited. When given extended run on 12/05 vs BOS, he logged a disastrous -14.1 impact score across 20 minutes. His complete offensive invisibility and blown defensive assignments actively cratered the team's net rating that night. Yet, he occasionally managed to tilt the margins in his favor without taking a single shot. On 11/30 vs NOP, Thiero posted a +1.1 impact score in just three minutes simply by flying around the court to generate crucial hustle stats. Even when he finally found the basket on 12/23 vs PHX to score a stretch-high 6 points, his overall impact still dipped to -0.9 because his aggressive downhill driving failed to offset the hidden costs of a disjointed floor game. Ultimately, his best moments came from pure force, like on 12/28 vs SAC where a brief five-minute stint yielded a stellar +4.5 impact score purely because he injected immediate physicality and crashed the glass.