2008-09 Clutch Stats

Sortable NBA Player "Clutch" Stats

For these stats "Clutch" is defined as:

4th quarter or overtime, less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points

2008-2009 NBA Season Stats
Last update: 4/16/2009

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					Production per 48 Minutes of Clutch Time
Team	Player	Gm	Min	+/-	+/-	Fga	Fg%	3pA	3p%	Fta	Ft%	Pts	Ast'd	Reb	Ast	T/o	Blk	Stl
LAL	Bryant	41	142	100	+34	39.1	.457	10.1	.400	18.2	92%	56.7	15%	8.4	5.7	3.0	0.0	1.0
CLE	James	31	111	103	+45	31.2	.556	8.2	.421	20.8	85%	55.9	20%	14.3	12.6	4.8	1.7	3.5
DEN	Anthony	24	82	16	+9	26.9	.565	7.0	.583	24.0	82%	54.4	57%	7.6	2.9	1.2	0.0	1.2
MIA	Wade	45	194	10	+2	32.7	.470	7.9	.281	22.3	73%	49.2	12%	5.4	9.4	4.2	4.9	3.0
NOH	Paul	44	146	28	+9	28.7	.494	2.6	.375	17.5	90%	45.1	9%	6.3	10.5	4.6	0.3	4.3
NYK	Robinson	36	112	-46	-20	28.7	.433	10.7	.200	18.4	95%	44.6	31%	5.1	3.4	2.1	0.0	0.4
POR	Roy	39	170	-5	-1	27.9	.475	4.5	.188	16.1	91%	42.0	10%	7.9	6.2	2.5	0.8	1.7
DAL	Nowitzki	43	156	53	+16	31.1	.406	7.1	.304	16.0	84%	40.9	41%	11.4	2.2	1.5	1.5	0.6
BOS	Pierce	44	187	51	+13	23.4	.451	3.9	.467	19.0	85%	39.1	26%	5.9	6.2	4.1	0.0	1.3

Does this mean Kobe is more clutch than Pierce? Perhaps. Or perhaps it means something else. Perhaps it means that the Lakers are a two-man show (Kobe and Pau), and of those two, the Lakers rely on Kobe to score the points in the fourth quarter most of the time. My theory is backed up by the fact that LeBron James is number 2 on the list. Before this year, James was more or less a one-man show in Cleveland.

Pierce might be the best clutch scorer in Boston. But the Celtics still move the ball around in crunch time.