With NBA All-Star 2019 In the back view and a few days to take stock before the return of the action on Thursday, let's take a look at what has happened since the end of the training camp.
Harden can not stop scoring
The last time James Harden scored less than 30 points, the Rockets were sitting at 12-14 and in 14th place in the Western Conference. In the next match, Harden lost 50 points to the Lakers in a win. Then he had 32 at the next match and 47 after … and over 30, over and over, until he was left alone with Wilt Chamberlain, who had already owned all four of them. longer streaks. As we come out of the break from the stars, Harden and Chamberlain are tied for second place with 31 games. Houston will face the Lakers on Thursday (10:30 ET, TNT).
James Harden scored 30 points or more in 31 consecutive games.
Leonard has an average of 27.7 points (percentage of 49.2% goals scored, 36.3 percentage points to 3 points), 13.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.9 flies. He led Toronto – with great support to coach Pascal Siakam – to the league's second record, just two losses away from leader Milwaukee.
The world of Westbrook? Triple-double, every day
Another season, another Oklahoma City star Russell Westbrook has a triple-double average. And this time, it's not close:
Westbrook, despite its efforts to keep its shot north of the field at 25% of the 3-point range and 65% of the line, has an average of 21.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game. And he did so by essentially trusting Paul George as the team's first option – his utilization rate (the percentage of his team's assets used) is at his highest level. low since his second season.
He literally entered unprecedented territory, both with this third season full of statistical prowess and the ongoing series of 11 games with a triple-double.
The previous record – held, of course, by Chamberlain – was ten. Russ had threatened several times in recent years, chaining sleeves of up to seven games. He switches, in fact:
Kings are back
The Sacramento Kingdoms were just their only schedule, but the Sacramento Kings made a collective leap into the NBA dungeon to endanger the longest drought in the league playoffs. Backed by the duo formed by the fast De 'Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield, the Kings went up at 30-27, a good ninth place in the super competitive West – just four games away from Portland, the No. ° 4.
They added Harrison Barnes for running, and should be prepared for more fun moments like Bogdan Bogdanovic's: