A study in excellence

Well, isn't is just typical of the hype nowadays. Steph Curry, who is not even in the top 20 in three point shooting percentage this year, gets all the attention just because he scored 51 points against the Wizards last night. In three quarters. With 23 of those points coming in the first quarter...and, at one point, 14 points in two minutes. So everyone gets all excited:




Lost amid all the chatter about this show-boating is the quiet excellence of Shaun Livingston, who in the first three games of the season has played a total of 48 minutes, and attempted 15 field goals.  He has made nine of those, which, combined with four made free throws on four attempts gives 22 points on 15 shots.

As the table below proves, he and Curry are virtually the same player so far this season:

This is the sort of thing that the tv shows won't tell you about, but is well-understand by sophisticated students of the game.


via GIPHY