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5 NBA Stats to Know From the Last Week
D'Angelo Russell's Brooklyn Nets are averaging a league-high 124.3 points per game. The Oklahoma City Thunder aren't. What other numbers stood out from the first week of the NBA season?

Six of the Seven Top Scorers Stand at Least 6'10"

Small ball, schmall ball. In 2017, the big dudes are getting theirs.

Rank Player Average Points Height
1 Giannis Antetokounmpo 36.8 6'11"
2 Kristaps Porzingis 32.0 7'3"
3 Anthony Davis 31.7 6'10"
4 Blake Griffin 29.0 6'10"
6 DeMarcus Cousins 28.3 6'11"
7 Nikola Vucevic 27.7 7'0"


Last season, only two bigs finished the year among the top 10 scorers, those being Davis (28.0) and Cousins (27.0).

So to recap: The Warriors are 2-2, and a bunch of tall dudes are getting all the buckets, which begs the question, is the era of small ball era over? Stay tuned...

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