Their 135 points were a season-high. The key is that, while many bigs see their value weighed down by sub-par free throw shooting, Turner not only blocks a lot of shots but he also converts 80 percent of his free throws. "Pierce topped the mark when he scored a bucket inside in the fourth quarter much to the delight of the Clippers" bench.
The main difference between Harden and Westbrook is what surrounds them. For the year the Clippers are averaging 108.4 points per game on offense while allowing 104.6 on defense.
With guards getting quicker and quicker seemingly by the year, the speed at which the game is played makes it nearly hard to believe that more players haven't gotten injured.
Same goes for a player like Georgios Papagiannis, who has shown flashes in his growing amount of minutes.
Not everyone will join in - just as not everyone believes Westbrook's triple-double is worthy of unbridled adulation - but make no mistake, efficiency would begin to consistently beat out impact, and that's going to change how we analyze basketball for years to come. How the Thunder does in the playoffs is beside the point in the MVP race which covers only the regular season. The definitive MVP case is being on the right side of history. A good amount of their loss can be attributed to inadequate team play, along with an inability to take care of the rock.
Washington's Scotty Brooks, after the Wizards" disastrous start, has recovered from the depths of 2-8 to guide them to the franchise's first division title since 1978-79 and a shot at 50 wins (the "78-79 season also happens to be the last time this team won 50). Although it has become a matter of tradition, the number 82 is entirely arbitrary, with no underlying argument that makes it better than perhaps 76 or 66. When New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady tossed 50 touchdown scores in 2007, an National Football League record, he received 49 of 50 possible MVP votes. Gregg Popovich didn't have to come back for his twenty-first season coaching the Spurs (he could've run for president!), but he did, largely because with Leonard, the team would still contend for the National Basketball Association championship.
If the standard for MVP is "which player improves his team the most", you could pretty much give the award to LeBron James every year.
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Let this sink in: as of last Sunday, Westbrook is averaging 31.9 points per game, 10.7 rebounds per game and 10.4 assists per game.
Westbrook's latest triple-double was another 50-point effort, his third such triple-double of this season. The Cavaliers hold the tiebreak over Boston, but must win out to control their own destiny.
Former Clipper Eric Gordon led the Rockets with 17 points. Like Russell, Leonard's case for MVP rests not in the sort of flashy, statistical smorgasbord, but in perhaps the most important of all MVP categories: value to his team. Since they didn't clinch home court, coach Doc Rivers will play his usual starters against the Kings. They don't, not with the way the Warriors are playing and Durant back from injury.
"He's played extremely well all season long", Harden said.
Prior to Harden's departure from OKC, there was a realistic expectation that the Thunder would win multiple championships.
Harden has been sensational in leading the Rockets to the Western Conference's third seed.
The final score seems to indicate a closer game than it actually was.
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