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5 NBA Stats to Know From the Last Week

Alan Goldsher  —  @alangoldsher Dec 5th, 2017
After a self-imposed exile, Derrick Rose has rejoined the Cleveland Cavaliers. But is that necessarily a good thing?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on a 12-game winning streak. You can't hate on 12 consecutive wins.

Or can you?

The combined record of their 12 victims during the run is -- wait for it, wait for it -- 94-144. And the Cavs’ average margin of victory over this collection of cupcakes is only 9.4. They should be beating Atlanta by 30 points, not 7.

Interesting numbers, no doubt. But what other NBA digits grabbed our attention this week? Let's go back to Cleveland for the first batch...

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