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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
October - 4pts, 4reb, 50.0% shooting
November - 7.4pts, 4.3reb, 64.7% shooting
December - 10pts, 7reb, 57.8% shooting
January - 14pts, 7reb, 74% shooting
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There's a funny thing about stats. They don't differentiate between playing and blowing out a smallish GS Warriors team and then getting smacked around by the Lakers. However, the stats from both those games are lumped together to come up with an average, and that average can be very misleading. Strictly looking at the average of the stats for these 2 games, one might conclude that Powell played pretty well, but anybody who watched both games knows that Powell was not the same player in both games - especially not the player the average of the stats would have you believe he is - especially in the Laker game, so yeah, while he may be effective and have some nice games against backups and smaller lineups, when the rubber meets the road against a bigger, more physical playoff bound team with 5 legitimate NBA starters, well, let's just say that Powell won't be sniffing the average of his stats. He's clearly not the same player in these matchups that his stats would lead one to believe imo.
Can somebody even name for me 2 or 3 other NBA teams who would have Powell as their starting 5 if he were on their team?