 | We all love Chris Paul, we love his smile, and his fancy dribbling, and all of his commercials on TV. We also love his temper tantrums, how he gets frustrated and starts to hit people in the nuts . . . or just last night with the game in hand and an opportunity to run out the clock in a classy fashion on the homecourt of a team whose owner just died the day before he decided to drive in for a dunk -- only to get blocked by Andrei Kirilenko (who was not credited for the block on that play for some reason). Chris Paul is awesome. He's the whole package. He just can't beat Deron Williams -- a fact that's known to the NBA and the schedule makers, that's why the Jazz and the Hornets have only played each other 3 times per season twice in the last three seasons. Anyway, here are how they fare against each others' teams: |
| Games | MPG | PPG | FGMPG | FGAPG | FG% | 3PTMPG | 3PTAPG | 3PT% | FTMPG | FTAPG | FT% | APG | TOPG | A:TO | STP | BPG | RPG | PFPG | |
| C.Paul | 12 | 35 | 15.67 | 5.08 | 12.50 | 40.67 | 0.50 | 2.25 | 22.22 | 5.00 | 5.83 | 85.71 | 8.67 | 2.58 | 3:25 | 2.25 | 0.08 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| D.Williams | 13 | 35 | 16.92 | 6.77 | 12.54 | 53.99 | 1.15 | 2.77 | 41.67 | 2.23 | 3.23 | 69.05 | 8.00 | 3.15 | 2.54 | 0.69 | 0.08 | 3.31 | 2.92 |
The first thing that shows up is that Deron has played one more game, it's not his fault CP missed one of these head-to-head marquee match ups. Secondly, Deron is killing Chris on shooting percentages (save for the FT line) -- 54 fg% > 41 fg%, 42 3pt % > 22 3pt%. Deron scores more and is way more efficient in his shooting, and Chris assists a little more -- that's pretty much a wash. Chris steals more and Deron rebounds better in this match up. They both have the same number of blocks per game. Chris has a better assists:turn over ratio, but he also fouls more.
Probably the only stat that matters is W 10 - L 2. What's that? That's the score between Deron and Chris, and Deron's beaten Chris 10 times.
Go Jazz Go! and RIP LHM!
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