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[bchaikin]

harden has a chance to lead the league in both scoring and passing - now at 29.4 pts/g and 11.2 ast/g...

here's the only player to ever do that - 1972-73 with 34.0 pts/g and 11.4 ast/g:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtxFkxpbgQ4

nice pass at the 1:25 mark...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOKd-xyTkIs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8D0IIW ... fOI08Szq8d

[Mike G]

Nate Archibald did not win MVP with those numbers; it went to Cowens.
The previous year, he averaged 28 and 9 and didn't even make the all-star team; only player ever with that distinction.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/lea ... me_rosters

It seems quite unlikely Harden will make up 1.7 Pts/G on Westbrook. With just 10 games to go, he'd have to outscore Westy by 17 per game?

[jgoldstein34]

Would be super cool, but unless Westbrook just has a crazy cold streak and Harden has a crazy hot streak it's not going to happen this year for Harden. On the flip side, I don't think there's really any way Westbrook can catch Harden in assists without some crazy streak from both.

[Mike G]

In 1968, Wilt led the league in rebounds (1952) and assists (702)

Meanwhile, neither Harden nor Westbrook has missed a game. Harden plays more minutes, and his team plays at a faster pace. Is that what gives him the edge?
From just the top 100 in minutes played, here are your per-100 rate leaders:

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Pts/100
44.3   Westbrook
42.4   Thomas
39.6   Cousins
39.1   Leonard
38.9   Harden
38.8   DeRozan

Reb/100
23.5   Drummond
21.8   Whiteside
21.5   Jordan
21.2   Howard
19.8   Gobert

Ast/100
14.9   Harden
14.7   Westbrook
14.5   Wall
14.0   Rubio
12.1   Teague

Stl/100
3.1   D Green
2.9   Covington
2.8   Rubio
2.7  Wall, Leonard, T Young, Drummond

Blk/100
4.0   Gobert
3.4   M Turner
3.2   Whiteside
3.0   A Davis, Porziingis