Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon (14.9 ppg) and New York’s Immanuel Quickley (12.3 ppg) rank fourth and eighth, respectively, in scoring common off the bench this season.
With the Kia Sixth Man of the Yr award set to be introduced on Thursday, we break down the stats for every of the three finalists – Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon, New York’s Immanuel Quickley and Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis – and evaluate how they stack up in opposition to each other.
The primary slide above seems to be at full season stats for all three gamers – no matter whether or not they started the sport on the bench or as a part of the beginning 5. When scoring, we see Brogdon and Quickley tied at 14.9 ppg with Portis barely behind at 14.1 ppg.
The following two slides break every participant’s stats down utilizing solely video games after they got here off the bench and solely video games after they have been a starter. It is a key distinction to make as a result of Brogdon is the one one of many three finalists that got here off the bench in each recreation he appeared on this season, so his 14.9 ppg scoring common stays the identical, whereas Quickley and Portis – who each began over 20 video games this season – see their scoring common drop when they’re in a reserve function.
Right here is one other look, however utilizing complete factors scored. After we add up Quickley’s factors as a bench participant and a starter, he leads the three finalists with 1,209 complete factors scored. Brogdon nonetheless leads in bench scoring at a fair 1,000 factors, scoring extra factors as a reserve solely than Portis scored in all video games mixed.
Quickley completed the season with 9 25+ level video games, all coming as a member of the beginning lineup when he performed large minutes. His highest scoring recreation off the bench got here on March 29 when he completed with 24 factors in 32 minutes in opposition to the Miami Warmth.
Portis’ two highest scoring video games of the season — 28 vs. Brooklyn on March 9 and 27 vs. Chicago on April 5 — each got here as a part of Milwaukee’s beginning 5. His prime scoring recreation as a reserve got here on Dec. 13 vs. Golden State when he completed with 25 factors in 32 minutes off the bench.
With Brogdon coming off the bench in all 67 of his video games, all six of his 25+ level video games got here in a reserve function.
Right here’s a breakdown of every participant’s bench factors primarily based on the place the factors have been scored – within the restricted space, within the paint (exterior the restricted space), from the mid-range, the 2 corners and above the break 3-pointers. Brogdon completed with a major edge in 3-point scoring with 396 of his 1,000 factors approaching 3-pointers, in comparison with 303 for Quickley and 174 for Portis. Brogdon additionally led all three finalists on the free throw line with 160 made free throws on 87% capturing.
In the meantime, Portis scored practically half of his factors from contained in the paint (inside and out of doors the restricted space mixed) and led the three finalists with 94 factors on mid-range pictures. Whereas Brogdon led the sector in complete 3-pointers made, Quickley scored extra from the corners with 75 factors on simply 29.4% capturing.
Lastly, we evaluate the three finalists in 5 main classes – factors, rebounds, assists, discipline objective proportion and 3-point proportion – over the course of the season with a month-by-month take a look at their bench manufacturing. As a result of we solely use stats from video games performed off the bench, Quickley has no stats for April as he was a starter for the Knicks in all 4 video games he appeared in to shut out the common season.
Brogdon posted the outright lead in scoring in 4 months and tied for 2 different months as December was the one month he didn’t lead the three finalists in bench scoring. In terms of rebounding, it was no contest as Portis dominated the sector, recording 23 of his 38 double-doubles on the season whereas coming off the bench. Much like scoring, Brogdon led the way in which in assists in each month however one.
Brogdon and Portis exchanged the lead in discipline objective proportion for a lot of the season with Quickley ending second simply as soon as (January). Brogdon led the way in which in 3-point proportion for practically all the season, with Quickley edging him out in December.
After we study the numbers and focus solely on bench manufacturing, Brogdon stands out above the opposite two finalists by way of complete manufacturing and effectivity. Nevertheless, if we take into consideration the instances that these sixth males have been known as upon to begin – both for an injured teammate or resulting from a good matchup – then the race will get a lot tighter.
