Michael Jordan, George Mikan, LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon.The players just behind Paul are Kevin Durant and Tim Duncan.In 102 playoff games, Paul has averaged 20.9 points, 8.5 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. 2018 NBA Western Conference First Round Jazz vs. Thunder League Champion: Golden State Warriors. An avalanche of 3-point shots.And the Rockets are an intriguing team. The Clippers then collapsed in the second round, blowing a 3-1 lead against the Rockets.Paul missed Games 5 and 6 in a 2016 first-round loss to the Trail Blazers.In 2017, Paul shot just 6-of-19 in Game 7 against the Jazz — Paul’s final game with the Clippers.The Warriors eliminated the Rockets during Paul’s two seasons in Houston.If Paul hadn’t suffered a hamstring injury in Game 5 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals, maybe the Warriors dynasty ends a year early. He previously covered University of Kentucky football and basketball for SEC Country. Maybe Paul, James Harden and the Rockets beat the Cavaliers to win the title.This postseason, aside from being played in a bubble, will be unique for Paul. A team that wins a lot of close games isn’t likely to sustain such trends in the playoffs.
He ranks sixth all-time in NBA playoff player efficiency rating. The Thunder is 4-7 all-time in series in which it entered with a worse point differential. Russell Westbrook (when he returns from a quad injury). Chris Paul has been a Western Conference mainstay for 15 years, but only once did he face the Thunder in the playoffs.That 2014 second-round series between the Thunder and Clippers was an early knock against Paul’s playoff resume. Rockets League Champion: Golden State Warriors. Chris Paul has been a Western Conference mainstay for 15 years, but only once did he face the Thunder in the playoffs. The Rockets are beatable.Commenting on NewsOK requires a NewsOK Pro or Oklahoman subscription. With the series tied 2-2, the Clippers held a seven-point lead with less than a minute left in Game 5 at Chesapeake Energy Arena. “We can talk about it as much as we want to, but we just gotta go out there and play now. Houston’s point differential was +3.0, which is solid but nothing close to the neighborhood of an elite team.Point differential is revered by the stat geeks because it somewhat takes away happenstance.
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So that’s within a point of Houston’s. Harden is impossible to guard, and the Thunder’s clutch-time magic seems to have worn off.But a +3.0 is a small point differential. Finals MVP: Kevin Durant (35.2 / 8.2 / 5.4) 2017 Playoff Leaders: PTS: LeBron James (591) TRB: Kevin Love (191) AST: LeBron James (141) WS: LeBron James (4.3) More playoffs info Those numbers are in line, or better, with his career regular season averages of 18.5 points, 9.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds.Paul is a career 47.1% shooter in the regular season.
The Thunder was within a point (4.2-3.4) of the Blazers last season and within a point of the Jazz in 2018 (4.3-3.5). Joe Mussatto joined The Oklahoman in August 2018 to cover OU football, men’s basketball and softball. Before then, Paul had the title of most career playoff games without a conference finals appearance.But the perception of Paul underperforming in the playoffs is overblown. They’re also the sixth-worst team OKC ever has faced in a playoff series, including the third-worst since the Thunder’s NBA Finals season of 2012.That’s using point differential, the favored tool of the analytics crowd.The Rockets finished 44-28, same record as OKC and Utah. The Thunder plays the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, and the Rockets are considered a formidable team. Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant sports editor, sports editor and columnist. The 2018 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2017–18 season. 47.7%.Paul’s lack of deep playoff runs are no doubt one of the few holes on his hall of fame resume, but not all losses are equal.The Donald Sterling saga understandably affected the Clippers in 2014.In 2015, Paul hit the winning shot in Game 7 against the Spurs. The Thunder was within a point (4.2-3.4) of the Blazers last season and within a point of the Jazz in 2018 (4.3-3.5).The Thunder is 4-7 all-time in series in which it entered with a worse point differential.The series OKC won: 2016 San Antonio (10.6-7.3), 2014 Clippers (6.9-6.4), 2012 San Antonio (7.2-6.2), 2011 Denver (4.8-3.8).The series OKC lost: 2019 Portland (4.2-3.4), 2018 Utah (4.3-3.5), 2017 Houston (5.7-0.8), 2016 Golden State (10.8-7.3), 2014 San Antonio (7.8-6.4), 2011 Dallas (4.2-3.8), 2010 LA Lakers (4.7-3.5).The Rockets are favored in this series and should be. In the playoffs? Thunder vs. A team that wins by a consistently large margin is likely to sustain such trends in the playoffs.Going by point differential, here is how OKC’s all-time playoff opponents rank:Now that’s interesting. The five players ahead of him? With the series tied 2-2, the Clippers held a seven-point lead with less than a minute left in Game 5 at Chesapeake Energy Arena.Two turnovers from Paul in the final minute, and a controversial foul call against Paul on a Russell Westbrook 3-pointer, doomed the Clippers, who went on to lose the series.Now a member of the Thunder, Paul is set to begin his 12th postseason and 18th playoff series when the Thunder and Rockets tip off Tuesday night in the bubble. Oklahoma City Thunder 2017-2018 Schedule and Results All the scores of the games played by the Thunder in the NBA 2017-18 Regular Season and the 2018 Playoffs, with teams, results, winning and losing streaks, partial and final records and evolution of the playoff series.
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