By the Numbers This Week
November 18, 2007 by admin
Filed under Houston Rockets, Jason Kidd, NBA Basketball, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Each week during the NBA season there are some numbers that just grab you on the stat sheet. It might not necessarily be the highest scorer of the week, but rather something that is a little out of the ordinary.
Here are a few things that have stood out this week.
5 – Baron Davis had five blocks on Friday night against the Clippers. FIVE! I’m not sure that he’s had five other blocks in his life. Well … okay it’s not that drastic, but he has averaged 0.4 blocks a game in his NBA career.
19 – When you see 19 next to Jason Kidd’s name, you may assume that’s his assists. Not in this case, 34-year-old Kidd has 19 rebounds on Friday night against the Magic en route to his 89th triple-double of his career. I bet he would trade it for a victory as the New Jersey was pounded by Orlando 95-70.
20 – Reserve rookie Luis Scola of the Rockets was averaging less than four points a game heading into Friday night’s contest against the Spurs. After scoring 20 points on 10-for-11 shooting against San Antonio on Friday night, he followed it up with another 20 against the Suns on Saturday.
43 – Kevin Martin went wild against the Knicks on Friday, scoring 43 points on 11-for-21 from the field and 16-of-19 from the line. The 24-year-old Martin is second in the league in points per game (28.2) behind LeBron James.
