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Tiny
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:26 am
by 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
Re: Tiny
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 10:22 am
by 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?
Re: Tiny
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:59 pm
by 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.
Re: Tiny
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:33 pm
by 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