(The original text was published on December 13. The author is Brad Botkin of CBS Sports. The content of the article does not represent the translator’s point of view)
Stephen Curry will usher in another MVP season. Even so, people still underestimate his ruling power. So far, it is hard to say that there are better players than Curry in the league. Of course, this does not mean that Curry can get the MVP. Warriors may need to improve their ranking in the West to achieve this goal, especially Tatum, who led the Celts to the league’s first record. To feel Curry’s dominance in the competition, you can start with the following three data.
Section 4 total score
Curry scored 179 points in the fourth quarter of the game, ranking first in the league, while the total playing time in the fourth quarter ranked 93th in the league. I repeat, Curry even though he played less than the other 92 players in the fourth quarter, he scored more than anyone else. The total score of the fourth quarter of the letter Gothic is 177 points, which is second only to Curry, but it takes 24 minutes more than Curry in the fourth quarter. The third place was Tatum with a total score of 171 in the fourth quarter. He played nearly 50 minutes more than Curry in the fourth quarter.
Curry played 6.8 minutes in the fourth quarter, almost 2 minutes less than brother alphabet and Tatum. Curry was very busy on the court in the fourth quarter. He took the first place in the league 131 times in total and helped the Warriors gain a 48-point lead, at the same time, the three-point hit rate can also maintain the average level of the whole season (43.6%).
50/40/90/30
In history, only 9 players have shot more than 10 times on the field, with field goal percentage, three-point hit rate and free throw hit rate reaching 50%, 40% and 90% respectively. Curry is the only player who not only meets the above conditions, but also scores more than 30 points per game. This is Curry’s performance of winning MVP with full votes in the 2015-16 season. He has done it again this season.
Before the Celtics game, Curry averaged 20.3 times this season, scoring 30 points, and the three hit rates were%,% and% respectively. At present, only four other players in the League hit 50+40+90, three of them (Kaminski, AJ-Green, Tony Bradley) the average playing time is less than 2 minutes, which is actually not counted.
Strictly speaking, at present, only two players in the league are in the “180 Club”, and one is curry with an average of 30 points, the other was Luke Kennard, who scored 7.9 points in 5.8 games.
Average three-point hits
Curry is the only player in history who has averaged at least 5 points in a single season. He has achieved these 1.3 times and is expected to reach the fourth time this season. Before playing the Celtics, Curry can hit 5.1 points in the game.
If we lower the standard, other players can also be included in the discussion. Harden averaged 4.8 three points in the 2018-19 season, ranking second in history, but his three-point hit rate was less than 37% that season. In the 2019-20 season, HA can make 4.4 three points, with a hit rate of 35%.
Except Curry, the only player who hit at least 4 points per game and hit more than 40% is Lillard in the 2019-20 season, with an average hit of 4.1 points per game and a hit rate.
Think carefully, these players are all the most productive three-point pitchers in history, but except Curry, there is only one player whose average three points hit more than 4 records at the same time hit more than 40%, and he only made one season. Curry’s average three points hit more than 5 records this season, with a hit rate of no less than 42%, which is his fourth performance in a single season.
Original: Brad Botkin
Compile: Li Taibai
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