Welcome to the Top 10 Boxscore of the Week, a weekly segment on the Boxscore Geeks where we break down our favorite boxscores of the week. While we do use statistical criteria to guide our choices, this list is subjective. With that said, here's our list! These are from games from 3/21/16 through 3/27/16.
| Player | Date | Minutes | PTS(TS%) | TRB(ORB)| | AST | TOV | STL | BLK | PF | PoP48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 3/25 | 33 | 32(80.2%) | 12(5) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29.4 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 3/23 | 38 | 19(66%) | 20(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23.5 |
| Julius Randle | 3/25 | 34 | 13(59.7%) | 18(0) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17.6 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 3/27 | 29 | 16(68%) | 16(7) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15.3 |
| LeBron James | 3/26 | 36 | 27(57.1%) | 11(3) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13.8 |
| Draymond Green | 3/27 | 36 | 13(67.4%) | 11(1) | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8.1 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 3/23 | 42 | 27(53.6%) | 11(1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 |
| James Harden | 3/25 | 42 | 32(60.6%) | 10(0) | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 |
| Russell Westbrook | 3/22 | 37 | 21(48.8%) | 12(3) | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 3/27 | 23 | 4(13.3%) | 2(1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -27.5 |
1. Aldridge puts up the best game of the week. He's been playing the best ball of his career in San Antonio, and he's playing the best ball of his San Antonio career in March. Hopefully, he has a few more games like this waiting for the Warriors come the playoffs.
2. The best center in the NBA puts up another twenty rebound game. His 50% from the line was decent, but a little better and he'd easily have had a 20-20.
3. Randle has been playing well lately, and a triple-double is a pleasant surprise. I mean, the Lakers still lost by 9, oddly not due to Kobe, but because the rest of the team is terrible.
4. DeAndre Jordan makes the list again thanks to a 16-16 line. Tack on six blocks, and you have fun "Mark of the Beast" game.
5. Remember when LeBron James was putting up triple-doubles regularly? This is only his third of the season, but maybe he's still got the MVP-caliber to take the Cavs to the Finals.
6. Another regular name on the triple-double list makes it again. Impressively Draymond Green also put up three blocks.
7. Mudiay has had a bit of a rough rookie season (see below) However, he put up a 27-11 game, with a 4-1 assist to turnover ratio. He also put up the game-winning shot. A great game out of Mudiay, and he needs a few of these (again, see below)
8. A thirty point game on 60.6% True Shooting out of James Harden is nothing unusual, to be honest. And when you factor in seven turnovers, this wasn't the best triple-double we've seen. Still, a triple-double is a triple-double.
9. Westbrook has been a triple-double machine, which is why he's on this list. Of course, I don't count the points given his poor shooting. That said, his fifteen assists more than made up for it in a needed win against the Rockets.
10. Oh, the coveted 10th spot. Mudiay put up the worst game of the week. When you have 1/4 the number of points as you do shots, it's a bad start. Two turnovers wouldn't have been that bad, except he only had one assist. He did get a block and a steal, so that's something, I guess.
That's our list! Did we miss someone? Are any players too high? Well don't worry, we'll be back next week with another one. If you see any box scores you think deserve consideration, leave them in the comments or tweet at myself (@nerdnumbers), Patrick (@nbageek), or Brian (@boxscorebrian) with hashtag #BSGTop10. Seeya next time!