On March 16, Beijing time, in the Nets game against the Magic, Irving broke out and scored 60 points, and the Nets were able to win easily, winning a full 42 points. Because of Irving's efficiency, Durant also gave up a lot of shots, only 30 minutes, 9 shots hit 6 goals, and also scored 19 points.
At the beginning of the season, it was mainly Durant and Harden who led the team, Durant was the scoring champion for a long time, and in the last game Durant single-core led the team, he even got a new season high of 53 points. But in the two games where Irving scored 50 and 60 points, Durant scored 14 and 19 points, he is not obsessed with shooting, when teammates are in better shape, Durant is willing to let teammates play.
Although the scores in these two games are not high, Durant's early advantage is too large, he still has an average of 29.3 points per game, which can rank fourth in the league, but it does not appear on the official scoring list, because Durant's attendance is less than 70%, so it has not been shown for the time being. Embiid, who currently ranks first in the scoring list, is 29.9 points, which is not much of an advantage over Durant, which means that Durant still has a chance to impact the scoring king, but the Nets only have 13 games left, and Durant wants to regain the scoring king, how many points do he need to take?
Why is there a 70% attendance requirement? In fact, it is also related to Rondo, he won the assist king in 2012 and 2013, but the attendance was 53 and 38 respectively, 53 games is good to say, at least close to 58, but 38 games are not even half of the attendance. That's why the alliance has a 70% attendance rule, which is also known as the "Rondo clause". If there is no such regulation, it is possible to be exploited, some players will play twenty or thirty games, but the data is very good, let them take the data king, it is too unfair to the players with high attendance. After all, the more games there are, the harder it is to maintain the data.
Counting today's game, Durant played a total of 42 games, with a total of 1232 points, and the Nets' record is 36 wins and 33 losses, which means that the Nets have only 13 games left. Even if Durant plays all the way behind, he can only play 55 games, which cannot meet the 70% setting. However, another NBA rule is that the average data for players with less than 70% attendance (total data/58 games) is calculated, that is, Durant has a chance to become the top scorer as long as the score is high enough.
Based on Embiid's average of 29.9 points per game, the scoring king needs at least 30 points, that is, Durant's total score this season needs to exceed 1740 points (30 points * 58 games), Durant also has to take 508 points, if all 13 games are played, the average game is 39 points, if only 12 games are played in a rotation, the average game is 42.4 points.
No matter which number, it is not easy to do. But Irving only has 3 away games left to play, Simmons has no comeback schedule for the time being, Durant will also face a single-core lead situation, the team needs to get high points, so there is still a chance to counterattack the scoring king. However, for a player who has been seriously injured, overdraft in the regular season will bury hidden dangers, and the Nets still have to find ways to share durant's pressure.