Looking on the 08-09 clutch players.
Dirk is obviously pretty high in scoring, but what I found interesting is that Barea was above anyone on the Mavericks besides Dirk and Jet in scoring (not Bass, not Kidd). He had not a missed a 3PT in "clutch" time, although he may have only taken that game winner, which would make him 1/1.
Kidd, on the other hand, averages 4.5 steals in clutch time per 48 (2nd to only Trevor Ariza) and shoots 63.6% from 3s. 8th in assists per 48 in clutch situations.
Bass was in the top 20 in rebounds in clutch times per 48, with 14.6. Also shot 75% in clutch situations.
Josh Howard, believe it or not, has the largest +/- in clutch time, with +41, +1 more than Lebron. Guess who's 3rd on that list? Brandon Bass, with a +37.
Interestingly, Dirk, Kidd, Jet and Barea are all in the top 20 as well, so that kind of puts a damper on the Howard stat (who averages merely 0.4 points per 48 in clutch situations than Jason Kidd).
That's 6 Mavs in the top 20 +/- in clutch situations. Cavs only have 3, LAL only have 3, Boston only has 3, Denvers and Hornets only have 2, and Spurs have 1.
Josh also has not missed a FT in clutch situations. I'm going to blame that on the fact he's taken maybe 2 FT's in clutch situations...
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