This week we’ll target the league’s high scorers in clutch things — once the score is at intervals 5 points within the final 5 minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime — a listing that has 3 of the league’s high 5 scorers this NBA Season. (Read Also: US and Russia are in the middle of talks for the US Basketball player’s sentence case)
Top 10 clutch scorers (total clutch points)
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | PTS | FGM-A (FG%) | 3PM-A (3P%) | FTM-A (FT%) |
| 1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | OKC | 60 | 16-38 (42.1%) | 3-8 (37.5%) | 25-27 (92.6%) |
| 2 | Luka Doncic | DAL | 53 | 20-40 (50%) | 3-16 (18.8%) | 10-14 (71.4%) |
| 3 | Jalen Brunson | NYK | 52 | 16-33 (48.5%) | 3-7 (42.9%) | 17-19 (89.5%) |
| 4 | Donovan Mitchell | CLE | 51 | 17-38 (44.7%) | 5-16 (31.3%) | 12-13 (92.3%) |
| 5 | De’Aaron Fox | SAC | 50 | 20-32 (62.5%) | 4-7 (57.1%) | 6-6 (100%) |
| 6 | Stephen Curry | GSW | 49 | 15-36 (41.7%) | 6-20 (30%) | 13-15 (86.7%) |
| 7 | Anfernee Simons | POR | 48 | 13-29 (44.8%) | 7-14 (50%) | 15-16 (93.8%) |
| 8 | DeMar DeRozan | CHI | 43 | 14-33 (42.4%) | 0-2 (0%) | 15-16 (93.8%) |
| 9 | Jerami Grant | POR | 43 | 10-22 (45.5%) | 5-8 (62.5%) | 18-23 (78.3%) |
| 10 | Jordan Clarkson | UTA | 43 | 16-35 (45.7%) | 7-18 (38.9%) | 4-5 (80%) |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Gilgeous-Alexander is within the interior of an overall jailbreak season and his play in clutch things has been no totally different. His overall grading is up from 24.5 ppg (16th) last season to 31.3 ppg (3rd) this season, and his clutch grading ranking has gone from 28 last season (76 points) to No. one through the primary quarter of this NBA Season (60 points).
Luka Doncic
The league’s top scorer (33.4 ppg), Luka Doncic ranks No.2 a pair of in-clutch grading with 53 points across 64 minutes of clutch time. Doncic’s clutch grading has come back totally on two-point shots as he’s connecting on 70.8% (17-for-24) of his shots within the arc, however simply 18.8% (3-for-16) from on the far side of the arc.
In addition to being the second-leading scorer in clutch things, Doncic has dish-shaped a lot of clutch assists (15) than any player within the league to this point this season. whereas Doncic ranks third in usage rate (37.2%) overall, he ranks sixteenth in clutch usage rate (34.8%).
Jalen Brunson
Brunson ranks No.3 his former Mavericks mate in clutch grading with a complete of fifty-two clutch points in exactly under fifty minutes of clutch play. Brunson has been terribly economical within the clutch, shooting forty-eight. 5% from the sector, 42.9% from 3-point vary (on seven 3-point attempts), and eighty-nine. 5% from the charity throw line (in nineteen attempts).
Donovan Mitchell
Mitchell’s 1st season in Cleveland has brought rather more economical clutch play than he delivered in his final season in Beehive State. Last season, Mitchell finished twenty-fourth in clutch grading (79 points), however, shot simply thirty-third (30-91) from the sector, 18.8% (6-32) from 3-point vary, and 61.9% (13-21) from the charity throw line.
In the half-moon of this season, Mitchell’s field goal proportion is up nearly 12 proportion points (44.7%), his 3-point proportion is up 12.5 proportion points (31.3%) and his charity throw proportion is up over 30 proportion points (92.3%). His one clutch 3-pointer and charity throw are from matching what he did a season past and the Cavs still have 58 games to play.
De’Aaron Fox
Fox rounds out the highest 5 clutch scorers of the season to date — all of whom area unit 26 or younger — as he’s scored fifty points over 42 clutch minutes in twelve games for the Kings. Wherever Fox stands out from the remainder of the highest 5 is his exceptional shooting splits in clutch situations: 62.5% (20-32) from the sphere, 57.1% (4-7) from 3-point vary, and 100% (6-for-6) on free throws.
Stephen Curry
Curry ranks sixth in clutch rating despite his shooting proportion dropping off late in shut games. This season, Curry is shooting 49.9% from the sphere and 43.2% from on the far side of the arc — each of that area unit his highest marks since his unanimous Kia NBA participant winning season within which he announces a 50/40/90 shooting season.
Anfernee Simons & Jerami Grant
Clutch time has typically been brought up as “Dame Time” within the geographic region, however to date this season the Blazers are the sole team with 2 prime ten clutch scorers — and neither is known as Damian Lillard. Stepping up in Lillard’s place area unit Simons (48 points) and Grant (43 points), WHO have combined to get 91 of Portland’s league-leading 176 clutch points to date this season. The Blazers are a league-best 5-1 in games set by 3 points or less.
Simons and Grant have delivered from 3-point home in clutch things, combining to shoot 12-22 (54.5%) from on the far side of the arc to date this season. However, after within the 3-point line, their shooting has fallen off to a combined 11-29 (37.9%).
DeMar DeRozan
Last season, DeRozan (157 clutch points) finished second to Embiid (158) in clutch rating and did therefore by swinging up spectacular shooting numbers: 53.5% from the sphere, 2-4 from 3-point vary, and 88.7% from the charity throw line. DeRozan’s 2 clutch 3-pointers came as game-winning buzzer-beaters on succeeding nights (New Year’s Eve and Day) for the Bulls.
So far this season, the Bulls is a league-worst 2-9 (18.2%) in clutch games once finishing fourth last season at 25-16 (61.0%). DeRozan has nonetheless hit a clutch 3-pointer this season however will have 14 two-point shots and 15 free throws to his credit.
Jordan Clarkson
Last season, Clarkson announced an 11.4% usage rate in clutch things as those possessions were sometimes dominated by All-Star Donovan Mitchell. With the departures of Mitchell, fellow All-Star Rudy Gobert, and fellow starters Royce O’Neale and Bojan Bogdanovic, there are additional clutch things for Clarkson to figure out as he leads the team in clutch usage at 29.7%. Those additional clutch opportunities have translated into jazz points as Clarkson rounds out the highest 10 with 43 clutch points on 47.7% shooting from the ground field.
