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 10/31/16 through 11/6/16.
| Player | Date | Minutes | PTS(TS%) | TRB(ORB)| | AST | TOV | STL | BLK | PF | PoP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 11/1 | 38 | 41 (78.4%) | 7 (1) | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17.5 |
| James Harden | 11/2 | 34 | 30 (76.8%) | 6 (1) | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 |
| Damian Lillard | 11/4 | 37 | 42 (86.9%) | 4 (0) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.8 |
| Amir Johnson | 11/2 | 30 | 23 (96.8%) | 6 (1) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14.1 |
| Chris Paul | 11/2 | 33 | 15 (55%) | 11 (1) | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10.8 |
| Andre Drummond | 11/5 | 34 | 19 (64%) | 20 (3) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8.2 |
| Kris Dunn | 11/1 | 29 | 10 (63.5%) | 4 (1) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7.3 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 11/6 | 39 | 30 (74.3%) | 8 (2) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 11/2 | 33 | 35 (51.5%) | 6 (1) | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3.9 |
| Marc Gasol | 11/2 | 38 | 8 (21.2%) | 11 (1) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -5.5 |
1. James Harden with the best game of the week. In a loss against the defending champs, Harden scored amazing and distributed the ball amazingly. If you cut out his turnovers, Harden is maybe the most dangerous person in the NBA on offense. Speaking of which ...
2. James Harden followed up the best game of the week with the second best game of the week the very next night. Agains the Knicks Harden put up another 30+ points and 15 assist performance. His turnovers ticked up a bit, but still, a 5-1 assist to turnover ratio is nothing to sneeze at!
3. Damian Lillard had the best scoring performance of the week. With forty-two points on 86% True Shooting, Dame helped keep the Mavericks winless (at the time) He didn't do much else, but when you shoot that well, do you need to?
4. Amir Johnson filled up the boxscore with a great outing. His twenty-three points were on absurdly efficient scoring. He didn't turn the ball over. He only fouled two times to go with two blocks and three steals. Definitely a vital part of the Celtics taking down the Bulls.
5. Chris Paul is "quietly" the best player in the NBA right now. Sadly the Clippers lost this game to the Thunder. You can't blame Paul, though. He also got the most steals of the week, which will come up again on this list!
6. Drummond went 7 for 11 from the Line, which is certainly respectable. Still, if he could have just made one more shot, he'd have gotten a 20-20 line. Still, a 19-20 game is decent, to say the least. Tack on three blocks and Drummond helped the Pistons beat the Nuggets by 17.
7. Kris Dunn put up the best rookie game of the week. Maybe Jokic and Karl-Anthony Towns spoiled us last season, but sadly I was underwhelmed. Still, Dunn filled out the box score with production that helped the Timberwolves take down the Grizzlies.
8. I have to give credit where credit is due. Emmanual Mudiay has been one of the worst chuckers in the NBA in his short NBA career. That said, he put up an excellent scoring performance putting up 30 points on very efficient shooting. Sadly, his out of control turnovers remained out of control. The Nuggets still got the W against the Celtics, so I'll take it.
9. Westbrook is having a great season, no doubt. That said, he was outplayed by Chris Paul in a close loss to the Clippers. The real reason Westbrook makes the list is for leading the NBA is turnovers for the week with 10. Shake it off Westbrook!
10. Marc Gasol gets the coveted tenth spot for the worst game of the week. In an ugly loss to the Pelicans (it went to OT and was an 89-83 game!), Gasol only put up 8 points on eighteen shots. Gasol was 50% from the line, 15.3% from two, and 20% from three. In short, just awful. He did get 11 rebounds, but that took him an OT game, so I don't even count that.
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!